June 27th, 2018 | by Nicolas Zart
Get ready to for this mouth-watering electric motorcycle (e-motorcycle) straight out of California. Alta Motors, which we've covered over a dozen times now, has introduced its Alta 2019 Redshift
June 27th, 2018 | by Nicolas Zart
More electric bicycles (e-bikes) are finding their way to law enforcement — to help law enforcement. Although police officers riding bicycles might not seem like the ideal pursuit approach, e-bikes are perfect for many instances when a car is just too big and motorcycles too loud
June 27th, 2018 | by Nicolas Zart
Like most people here, I associate Jaguar racing with four-wheel cars. So, when I saw Jaguar broke a speed record, I didn't think much of it. But then I noticed the word "boat" and the word "electric" next to it. Jaguar + boat + electricity — now that got our attention!
June 26th, 2018 | by Nicolas Zart
Electric aviation has been a nonstop media affair this past year. It is riding on strong tailwinds from the growth and improvement of the electric car and electric bus industries. Overall, 2018 has been a dominant year in the field of electric mobility, after 2017 and prior years laid the foundation. With regard to air travel and aircraft designs, that means getting closer and closer to commercial viability
June 25th, 2018 | by Nicolas Zart
I'll defend everything I present here, but the Maserati Alfieri Concept is much closer to what the Maserati brothers were working on than anything else from these past decades. An electric Maserati, even the Maserati Alfieri Concept, is closer to the original pioneering Maserati spirit of the 1930s than what we've seen since then
June 20th, 2018 | by Nicolas Zart
Welcome to today’s “Cleantech Talk Today” discussion of fresh electric vehicle (EV) news. In this daily podcast and video series, we talk about anything electric that moves, crawls, flies, rides, drives, swims, swings, or skips. Today we take a closer look at Zero Motorcycles, jump into an interesting Jaguar Electric Boat world speed record, and circle the topic of what it takes to go on a Tesla Model 3 road trip and what we need in the EV charging space overall for the masses to join the fun
June 20th, 2018 | by Nicolas Zart
I can answer that question easily, but you would be surprised at how some people respond. But the question is, how would you use your time in an autonomous vehicle (AV) in a typical daily work commute
June 19th, 2018 | by Nicolas Zart
Welcome to today’s “Cleantech Talk Today” discussion of fresh electric vehicle (EV) news. In this daily podcast and video series, we talk about anything electric that moves, crawls, flies, rides, drives, swims, swings, or skips. In this episode, #5 of Cleantech Talk Today, we cover CleanTechnica's fresh review of the Jaguar i-PACE, Elon Musk's recent comms regarding Tesla and other matters, and Denmark squeezing cargo space!
June 18th, 2018 | by Nicolas Zart
In this episode, we cover a number of clean power stories before jumping into our EV bread & butter
June 14th, 2018 | by Nicolas Zart
Welcome to today’s “Cleantech Talk Today” discussion of fresh electric vehicle (EV) news. In this daily podcast and video series, [&hellip
June 13th, 2018 | by Nicolas Zart
Mercedes has been raising the news alarm to let us know it is still here and has decided to work on getting its tiny two-door electric vehicle, the EQA, out the door. I has just shown the electric EQA Concept, which is part of the new EQ electric sub-brand from Mercedes-Benz
June 12th, 2018 | by Nicolas Zart
We were wondering why we hadn't heard anything from the Kitty Hawk project recently in the midst of a big wave of autonomous aircraft and electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft news. Then Google Co-founder Larry Page came out of the woodworks to tell us that it is indeed still alive and is actually kicking with major improvements. You just won't believe who they reached out to in order to discuss the matter
June 12th, 2018 | by Nicolas Zart
We've previously written about Byton, a Chinese electric vehicle (EV) startup that hopes to conquer the global market with its autonomous design and generous internal display, as well as other important features. The company just announced it has secured a Series B funding round to the tune of $500 million
June 7th, 2018 | by Nicolas Zart
The state of the railroad system in the US is a mixed bag. The cargo and freight segment is competitive for a number of routes and purposes, but has basically just chugged along with incremental improvements. The rail passenger industry in the U.S. is easily 70 years behind Europe and on par with developing countries. Amtrak knows it. Everyone knows it. Bullet train projects have abounded since the 1970s and are still tantalizing us, but are hard to get rolling. Nonetheless, there may be progress
June 6th, 2018 | by Nicolas Zart
Charging an electric vehicle (EV) should be as convenient as refueling a gasoline car, if not better. While many carmakers try to find the best solutions, the simplest option is often overlooked. If you don't have to plug in to charge, you never even have to realize that you are doing so. Wireless charging is a great out of sight, out of mind solution to keep your EV humming along. It has long been a bit of a distant option, but BMW is now offering it for new plug-in models
June 6th, 2018 | by Nicolas Zart
Ironically, as I was gathering notes for an upcoming article on the state of the electric air propulsion industry, I read about the tragic electric Siemens Magnus eFusion prototype crash that recently took the lives of its two passengers in Hungary
May 30th, 2018 | by Nicolas Zart
The state of electric vehicle (EV) batteries can get confusing. Although internal combustion engine (ICE) aficionados talk about engine displacement and horsepower, EV drivers often consider energy storage as the most important part of their decision making. Today, there are more lithium battery chemistries than ever and figuring out which one is used where and what appears after the dust settles can be difficult. Here's a brief look at what's in store tomorrow from the major EV battery OEMs
May 29th, 2018 | by Nicolas Zart
Sport utility vehicles (SUVs) are all the rage. Sport? Well, not really. In fact, most of them never leave the comfort of paved roads. Utility? Sometimes, once or twice a year, or you could include kids in that definition. Vehicles? Definitely, they are vehicles, and lot of them! So much so that SUVs have become Detroit's bread and butter for decades. It's more profitable building big heavy cars than it is building fuel-efficient vehicles
May 28th, 2018 | by Nicolas Zart
A highly accomplished grid-edge startup, Sonnen, has just received a significant investment from European energy giant Royal Dutch Shell. The investment will help it to develop its U.S. and Australian solar + storage market share
May 26th, 2018 | by Nicolas Zart
In the race to electrify vehicles, electric buses (e-buses) and other utility platforms have been kept in the specialized news media. Despite the low profile, this market segment has the industrial and financial might to catapult EVs into mainstream use earlier than predicted
May 25th, 2018 | by Nicolas Zart
Although the term "fast train" in this context might make a few European and Asian railroad commuters smile, US "fast trains" are getting more abundant nonetheless — albeit, at an American pace — and that's a good thing. From California to Texas (a coming story) to Florida, progress is being made
May 23rd, 2018 | by Nicolas Zart
BP Ventures invests $20 million into an ultra-fast-charging battery developer called StoreDot that targets a battery for electric vehicles that charges in just 5 minutes. The goal is to commercialize a flash battery for mobile communication devices as early as 2019 followed by an EV battery. Who said petroleum companies were sitting on a goldmine and not taking advantage of it
May 23rd, 2018 | by Nicolas Zart
This story hits home in more ways than one since I live in Long Beach, California. Although Long Beach is a fun city, we pay a high price living in such a highly polluted Californian city
May 21st, 2018 | by Nicolas Zart
Good old Subaru. We don't hear much from the company, and rightfully so. It doesn't have much clean news to report beyond a 2004 net-zero landfill factory in North Carolina and the introduction of its hybrid CrossTech in 2013 — if you count that
May 18th, 2018 | by Nicolas Zart
Hang onto your hats, we may be entering the era of the electric SUV. The Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV, Porsche Cayenne S E-Hybrid, BMW X5 xDrive40e, and of course Tesla Model X have been around for a while, but we now have the Kia Niro EV, Tesla Model Y, Jaguar I-PACE, Audi E-Tron Quattro, VW ID Crozz, Nio ES8, Weltmeister EX5, Nissan iMx, Byton's first entry into the market, and others on the way. The latest to join the club? Aston Martin. As Jo Borras writes, Aston Martin is planning to revive the legendary Lagonda brand. The electric SUV concept it is ... slick
May 18th, 2018 | by Nicolas Zart
Alejandro Agag will introduce the Jaguar I-PACE eTROPHY this Saturday, May 19, on the Berlin Tempelhof Circuit for the start of the 2018/19 season of the ABB FIA Formula E Championship. Get ready for another season of electric racing!
May 18th, 2018 | by Nicolas Zart
We're glad to see we're not the only ones impressed with the amazing Mitsubishi Outlander Plug-In Hybrid (PHEV). We reported in January that it had just passed 100,000 sales in Europe. Now we get news that it is still the top best-selling plug-in vehicle in the UK, and there is a reason of 10 for that
May 13th, 2018 | by Nicolas Zart
One whole year ago, Uber launched its Elevate summit. Uber continues to invite and gather electric aircraft leaders in order to advance, explore, and promote electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) air taxi pods — or something like that. This sounds exciting, but will such ideas survive the company's negative public image
May 13th, 2018 | by Nicolas Zart
Hot on the latest Uber Elevate summit this month in Los Angeles, Pipistrel planned the unveiling of its electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft concept to the public
May 10th, 2018 | by Nicolas Zart
California can stand up against whatever flavor of the year Washington, D.C., tries to impose on the rest on the country. As the world's 5th largest economy, it continues to push for renewable energy and electric vehicles despite an unruly political landscape that has slowed down cleaning up our pollution. Once more, California has forged ahead, with the latest news being that it is requiring most new homes to be solar energy ready
