Published on May 18th, 2019 | by Zachary Shahan
As I announced last week, we are now collecting data for our 2019 electric car driver report. Yet again, building on the work of previous years and always looking to evolve, we're aiming to significantly improve the data, analysis, and report in ... Read More →
Published on May 26th, 2019 | by Dr. Maximilian Holland
Mase Goslin, whose previous graphs we have highlighted, has compiled a new time series graphic of EV sales in the US, this time by brand. This more clearly shows Tesla's rise to absolute dominance of the US EV market, crushing all other players and accelerating off over the horizon. EVs are the future, and Tesla is the undisputed market leader, especially in the US, but also globally. If you're an automaker on the wrong side of this trend, it must be terrifying!... Read More →
Published on May 26th, 2019 | by Paul Fosse
On Friday, Tesla received notification from the Australian Government that the company's application to sell Model 3’s in Australia was approved. From looking at the application, Tesla only applied for ... Read More →
Published on May 26th, 2019 | by Paul Fosse
I'll start off this article by admitting that I was totally wrong on the subject of this article a couple of years ago. Sometimes your first impression of a technology is clouded by your biases, sometimes it is clouded by your lack of knowledge, sometimes it is just laziness. In my case, it was all ... Read More →
Published on May 26th, 2019 | by Steve Hanley
Nissan ProPilot 2.0 will allow drivers to take both hands off the wheel as long as the car stays in its designated travel lane thanks to a camera that monitors the driver's eyes. ... Read More →
Published on May 26th, 2019 | by Steve Hanley
Two new EV surveys give contradictory results. One says 44% of people expect to buy an electric car within 5 years, The other says only 16% of people do. Which is correct? ... Read More →
Published on May 26th, 2019 | by Guest Contributor
Two Italian dads (Fede and Leo) and their two 5th grade climate activist daughters (Aryanna and Elena) are attempting a road trip from Minnesota to D.C. with an electric car... Read More →
Published on May 26th, 2019 | by Sebastian Blanco
If you're reading CleanTechnica, then you probably know all about the Audi e-tron. After all, this is the German automaker's big push into all-electric mobility. It's an easy-to-live-with electric SUV that should appeal to any Audi fan, and it's proof positive that Audi is trying to woo ICE drivers into the electric fold without any big compromise. If you like electric vehicles — and we assume our readers do — then strategies like this are what will make driving electric the norm, someday... Read More →
Published on May 26th, 2019 | by Zachary Shahan
It's a real surprise that some Americans still support Donald Trump. He has vehemently attacked just about everything America is supposed to stand for — democracy, freedom of speech, the rule of law, patriotic heroes of justice, the FBI's search for justice, former US presidents and vice presidents of both parties, racial equality and religious freedom, decency, honesty, compassion, and love... Read More →
Published on May 26th, 2019 | by Paul Fosse
A company operating in Southwest Florida (St. Petersburg and Fort Myers), Nickel Ride, has found a new way to turn the advantages of electric vehicles into a competitive advantage. Just download the Nickel Ride app at either the Apple or Google store and request a ride for free... Read More →
Published on May 26th, 2019 | by Zachary Shahan
Another brand new Tesla Model 3 has arrived and 16 new Tesla Shuttle routes have been added. In fact, these are our first routes in Canada!... Read More →
Published on May 25th, 2019 | by Dr. Maximilian Holland
Demand for the Tesla Model 3 remains very high in California, with 15,805 sales throughout Q1 2019, giving it the #1 spot in terms of revenue out of all vehicle models sold — and by a huge margin (79% more than the runner up). As reported last night, it also held the third spot in terms of unit sales... Read More →
Published on May 25th, 2019 | by Dr. Maximilian Holland
How easy is it to recharge an EV? So easy that a 9 year old can get the job done in a matter of seconds!... Read More →
Published on May 25th, 2019 | by Guest Contributor
Guest contributor: Steve Sasman*. Note: Steve recently went on an epic 48 state road trip visiting 107 Tesla stores, meeting over 500 Tesla employees, and discovering some helpful Tesla road trip hacks. Here, Steve looks back at the cost of owning his Tesla after breaking the 200,000-mile mark. ... Read More →
Published on May 25th, 2019 | by Paul Fosse
News reports out of Norway highlight a large cutback in sales at Oslo's largest Mercedes dealer, Bertel O Steen. Norwegian car sales have increased by 4 percent over last year, but there has been a large shift away from gas and diesel vehicles, and toward electric vehicles... Read More →
Published on May 25th, 2019 | by Jesper Berggreen
This story was supposed to start with the delivery of my Tesla Model 3 with zero on the odometer — which did not happen — and myself heavily in debt — which did happen. However, it's a positive story, so far... Read More →
Published on May 25th, 2019 | by Zachary Shahan
The most popular articles of the past week started with a couple of space scientists correcting a very misleading Audi presentation comparing e-tron fast charging to Tesla Model 3 fast charging. (That article has since been referenced in the Wall Street Journal.) Other top stories included a fun Tesla software update, some news regarding perovskite solar cells, and our 2019 EV driver (and non–EV driver) surveys... Read More →
Published on May 25th, 2019 | by Jennifer Sensiba
“The future of transportation is inevitably one of electric-powered fully-autonomous vehicles that you don’t own. This will all be mandated by the government, because it’s the only thing that can prevent thousands of pointless deaths every year.”Am I raising a strawman to burn here? Yes, but it’s not as fake as it appears at first glance... Read More →
Published on May 25th, 2019 | by Tina Casey
The Energy Dept. is looking for a few good science based facts to show that pumped hydro energy storage will funnel more wind and solar into the grid... Read More →
Published on May 25th, 2019 | by Andy Miles
The UK government, like the eccentric Don Quixote, is charging on without a rational plan for charging infrastructure. What has been required since 2010 when the first viable EVs started to emerge is a central government plan and policy for charging infrastructure. In the absence of any such planning, charging points of all kinds have sprung up like weeds in a neglected garden, with no specifications for siting, for access, or for payment... Read More →
Published on May 25th, 2019 | by Kyle Field
ChargePoint and Chevron have partnered on a new corridor of DC Fast Charging stations along California's Interstate 5 that fill in a few of the key gaps in universal fast charging coverage in the area... Read More →
Published on May 25th, 2019 | by Cynthia Shahan
It's a fine balance to stay above the depression point when one is educated about the state of our environment, the state of our union, the state of our planet, the state of politics, and the legacy we are leaving for our grandchildren. A new report on air pollution doesn't really help with that depression, but it is important for us to cover nonetheless... Read More →
Published on May 25th, 2019 | by David Zarembka
Regular CleanTechnica readers should know that Elon Musk was born in South Africa and only left for Canada when he finished high school. Does Tesla have a presence in his birth country? As far as I know, there is one Tesla employee who is promoting battery storage, which is sorely needed in a country with frequent blackouts. South Africa, as a former British colony, is a right-hand drive country and Musk has said that Tesla would open a store and begin sending Model3s there by the end of this year. There are many wealthy people in South Africa, and with Musk having “hero” status there, it ought to be a good market for Tesla cars, potentially the biggest in Africa... Read More →
Published on May 25th, 2019 | by Steve Hanley
Researchers at Colorado State University have found that adding selenium to cadmium telluride thin film solar cells increases efficiency to as much as 22%... Read More →
Published on May 25th, 2019 | by Kyle Field
A fleet of fully electric buses in Argentina was brought across the Chilean border and to its final destination in the City of Mendoza by BYD on May 23rd after making the lengthy trek to get into the country by freighter. The 12 new BYD K9 buses will be the first fleet of electric buses in Argentina when local bus operator STM puts them into operation later this year. ... Read More →
