Update: Video added showing auto-braking in action. With Autopilot going live this month on all the Tesla Model S electric sedans running around in the field, everyone is starting to look deeper into the cool safety tech that’s included. Today, Tesla Roadster owner and Tesla Model X Signature reservation holder … [continued]
The Los Angeles Auto Show is coming up next month and, as activity starts ramping up, news is starting to break on the new models that will be announced and other juicy tidbits. This past week, the five finalists for the Green Car Journal’s 2016 Green Car of the Year award were … [continued]
We spend a lot of time here on CleanTechnica discussing the many benefits of EVs but there’s one specific benefit that really surprised me – regeneration. At its core, regeneration is utilizing an onboard generator (usually the primary drive motor) to slow the car and convert that power back to … [continued]
SimpliPhi Power has been all over CleanTechnica in the last few months, and just continues to share more and more supporting detail for its battery products. When I was up at its headquarters a few weeks back, company reps shared that they had just completed some intense battery stress testing with the … [continued]
After talking with BYD at Solar Power International last month, BYD invited CleanTechnica over for an inside look at the latest and greatest creations from BYD at their Lancaster, California, electric bus factory. Zach covered the launch of the facility back in May of 2013 on our sister site EV … [continued]
After talking with BYD at Solar Power International last month, BYD invited CleanTechnica over for an inside look at the latest and greatest creations from BYD at their Lancaster (California) electric bus factory. Zach covered the launch of the facility back in May of 2013 on our sister site EV Obsession, … [continued]
Here in Southern California, we don’t have a lot of power outages, but as temperatures continue to increase as a result of global warming, the load on the grid to cover the ever-increasing load of air conditioning units is making outages a more frequent occurrence. During an outage earlier today, … [continued]
Here at CleanTechnica, we regularly cover BYD’s electric buses and its electric cars, so I was excited at the chance to get more detail on its work in the utility-scale storage space and its photovoltaic (PV) solar modules when I attended Solar Power International for CleanTechnica last month. EVs were represented at the show as well, … [continued]
We recently covered SimpliPhi Power’s history, levelized cost of energy (LCOE) figures, and the exciting automated home it enabled in New York. We ran into the company again at Solar Power International last month and arranged for a visit to its corporate HQ in Ojai, California, to sit down with CEO Catherine Von Burg and CTO Stuart Lennox … [continued]
The Event The Santa Monica Alt Car Expo is a Southern California event that’s now in its 10th year and takes a unique approach to educating consumers about alternatives to gasoline for personal transport. This year’s event was a nice mix of typical expo booths and vendors with actual test drives of many … [continued]
