Zachary Shahan is tryin' to help society help itself one word at a time. He spends most of his time here on CleanTechnica as its director, chief editor, and CEO. Zach is recognized globally as an electric vehicle, solar energy, and energy storage expert. He has presented about cleantech at conferences in India, the UAE, Ukraine, Poland, Germany, the Netherlands, the USA, Canada, and Curaçao. Zach has long-term investments in NIO [NIO], Tesla [TSLA], and Xpeng [XPEV]. But he does not offer (explicitly or implicitly) investment advice of any sort.
January 27th, 2021 | by Zachary Shahan
An especially blue Ford Mustang Mach-E made the trip over from Miami to the better coast of Florida today. Three other Tesla owners and I converged to get a first look, first touch, first smell, first drive, and first charge. Without a doubt, each of us was eager to get to know this hot new thang
January 26th, 2021 | by Zachary Shahan
We've got a beautiful blue Ford Mustang Mach-E 1st Edition AWD with an 88 kWh battery. What questions do you have for us? What do you want to see? What do you want to hear? What do you want to smell
January 25th, 2021 | by Zachary Shahan
I'm not the CEO of a self-driving tech company, and I don't (normally) pretend to be one on the internet. If I ever do, please feel free to shame me and ridicule me and toss me to the lions
January 23rd, 2021 | by Zachary Shahan
JinkoSolar, one of the largest solar module producers in the world, is ramping up its solar cell production tremendously. It is building a 20 gigawatt solar cell factory that is expected to be fully operational by the end of
January 23rd, 2021 | by Zachary Shahan
Global corporate funding in the solar power sector grew by $11.7 billion, or 24%, in 2020 compared to 2019 — despite the coronavirus pandemic
January 23rd, 2021 | by Zachary Shahan
If you've got an electric car, whether you live in the United States, the United Kingdom, Timbuktu, or Antarctica, you know the two questions most people ask when they are curious about your car: 1) how far can it drive, and 2) how long does it take to charge. Typically, though, these are sort of useless questions. For the most part, people charge at home and need to think about it very little
January 23rd, 2021 | by Zachary Shahan
As CleanTechnica has reported in recent months, solar power now generates the cheapest electricity in history — according to the conservative, fossil industry–entrenched International Energy Agency. As a result, demand for solar power has been growing strongly in the United States and worldwide
January 22nd, 2021 | by Zachary Shahan
Renewable energy creates about 35% of Morocco's electricity needs, according to data from 2019. But the country is aiming to do much better
January 21st, 2021 | by Zachary Shahan
Volta has been doing quite well, and investors recently poured an extra $125 million into the company to supercharge growth. Volta pulled in $125 million in an oversubscribed Series D financing round
January 21st, 2021 | by Zachary Shahan
We recently reported that a stunning 470 BYD electric buses were headed to Bogotá, Colombia. That was apparently the warmup act. BYD has now been selected to provide the city with 1,002 more electric buses. This comes from winning an open tender the city put out
January 19th, 2021 | by Zachary Shahan
CleanTechnica switched to Fifth Third Bank (5/3 Bank) in 2019. Two big factors for us were 1) it had the most ambitious clean energy achievements and plans of any bank, and 2) it won't
January 18th, 2021 | by Zachary Shahan
On Saturday, I published a new CleanTechnica report showing that US auto sales were down 15% in 2020, whereas Tesla's US sales were estimated to be up 9%. Only two companies other than Tesla had their US sales increase in 2020 — Volvo and Alfa Romeo, each by 2%. However
January 18th, 2021 | by Zachary Shahan
The top 20 CleanTechnica stories of the past week included a look at increasingly popular lithium, nickel, and EV battery stocks
January 16th, 2021 | by Zachary Shahan
The US auto market took a whipping in 2020. No one knows why. (Oh ... yeah ... never mind.) Overall, US auto sales were down by 2,592,185, or 15%, last year. Only three automakers saw their year-over-year sales increase from 2019 to
January 15th, 2021 | by Zachary Shahan
Summit Ridge Energy put new 25 community solar farms online in Illinois in the 4th quarter of 2020, bringing the company's community solar farm total in Illinois to
January 15th, 2021 | by Zachary Shahan
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has just announced that state's 2021 infrastructure plan. It's a $306 billion plan, making it the largest in the nation. The plan includes a lot of support for climate-friendly transportation solutions. Let's take a quick look
January 14th, 2021 | by Zachary Shahan
ENGIE has more power capacity installed globally than any other country. In recent years, it has made a strong shift to renewable energy. In North America, almost 100% of its installed power capacity comes from renewable energy or other low-carbon power (i.e., nuclear)
