April 26th, 2018 | by Zachary Shahan
Some people seem to be born with a particularly adventurous, exploratory gene. I get the sense my colleague Tomek Gać, another Tesla Shuttle co-founder, is one of those people
April 25th, 2018 | by Zachary Shahan
If you want to improve public health, cut air pollution, slow global warming, and boost your regional economy, there are few things you could do that would be more helpful than hastening a shift to electric transport. CleanTechnica has been in the business of "trying to help society help itself" for approximately a decade, and we have focused our work on broadly raising awareness about the benefits of cleantech. However, following the 2016 US elections, we were particularly keen to find out more ways we could help society, and in particular, ways that we could help cities move forward since we saw cities as key leaders in the cleantech revolution
April 24th, 2018 | by Zachary Shahan
The biggest stories of the past week on CleanTechnica covered Tesla, AI, Tesla, Solar Cars, Tesla, Solar Chimneys & Towers, Tesla
April 23rd, 2018 | by Zachary Shahan
One month ago, we got an email from IHS Markit. The market analysis firm had a totally unsurprising yet also shocking story to share — Tesla [TSLA] was a dramatically shorted stock. It's unsurprising because this has been TSLA's fate for years — it's a favorite of stock shorters. However, it's shocking because: 1) People and companies shorting TSLA have gotten absolutely burned in recent years and even months. 2) Model 3 production is ramping up — it's certainly not at full speed and there have indeed been delays, but production is ramping up
April 22nd, 2018 | by Zachary Shahan
In July of 2017 (and previously), I put together a comparison of Tesla Model S sales and other large luxury car sales in the USA. A few people recently made me realize an update was in order. I didn't really have a clue how things would turn out this time around since I hardly follow the non-electric car market, but my hunch was that the Model S was still #1 in the large luxury car category
April 22nd, 2018 | by Zachary Shahan
In this week's #Electrifying chat*, we are talking with Sono Motors co-founder & CEO Laurin Hahn. To join this free conference call (which starts at 6:00 pm CET / noon NYC time / 9:00 am California time), register on Zoom here and then join via the provided link once the call starts
April 16th, 2018 | by Zachary Shahan
The most popular CleanTechnica stories of the past week were epic ... or not. Check 'em out and decide for yourself
April 16th, 2018 | by Zachary Shahan
At the beginning of the month, Tesla noted that it had gotten Model 3 production up to 2,000 cars a week at the end of March. More recently, Tesla CEO Elon Musk told CBS that Tesla had produced 2,070 Model 3s in the week leading up to April 10. If you assume Tesla stalls at approximately 2,000 cars a week for the whole month, that's still over 8,000 Model 3 electric super-sedans produced in April
April 15th, 2018 | by Zachary Shahan
Syracuse Airport got a bit of support from Tesla fans recently when it was spotted that a rendering of a passenger pickup/dropoff area included two Tesla cars (a Model S and a Model 3). Looking at the entire rendering, that gave Tesla a 13% share of the 4-wheeled human movers
April 15th, 2018 | by Zachary Shahan
What was the hottest cleantech news in China in Q1 2018? Read on
April 14th, 2018 | by Zachary Shahan
As you may have seen, I was in Amsterdam last month for the 2018 rEVolution conference organized by EVBox. I both love and hate going to Amsterdam — it is electric vehicle (EV) heaven and bicycle heaven, which makes it perhaps the #1 large city in the world for clean transportation. Why would that make me hate going there? Because I don't live there!
April 9th, 2018 | by Zachary Shahan
The top 20 article of the past week on CleanTechnica were
April 6th, 2018 | by Zachary Shahan
The Tesla Model 3 appears to have been the top selling fully electric car in the United States in the first quarter of 2018. If you believe my estimates (see more on those below), #2 and #3 on the list were the Tesla Model S and Tesla Model
April 5th, 2018 | by Zachary Shahan
What actually changed in the electric vehicle world in Q1 2018? Here’s our rundown
April 4th, 2018 | by Zachary Shahan
What actually changed in the world of solar in Q1 2018? Here's our rundown
April 3rd, 2018 | by Zachary Shahan
The most popular CleanTechnica stories in March? Here they are
April 3rd, 2018 | by Zachary Shahan
With the end of the quarter wrapping up, Tesla Model 3 production news and speculation this past week was hotter than a spoon on a Florida beach. A story about official Hyundai Kona EV specs were able to sneak into the top 5 nonetheless, with the biggest reader concern about this sizzling newcomer being that Hyundai probably won't have the capacity (read: battery supply) to build a ton of them
April 2nd, 2018 | by Zachary Shahan
There are a lot of things that are exciting and cool about various cleantech products, but when it comes down to it, many of us hardcore cleantech enthusiasts follow this stuff because it saves lives. Saving any life is great, but there's something extra special about saving a baby's life. On the flip side, there's something extra harsh about seeing or even hearing about a baby's death
April 1st, 2018 | by Zachary Shahan
Germany-based startup sonnen is a solid leader globally in the residential energy storage market. In January, I spent a good amount of time talking with sonnen CEO and co-founder Christoph Ostermann. I had also interviewed him in January 2017, so this was a good opportunity to see what was new and also dive deeper into some interesting topics
March 29th, 2018 | by Zachary Shahan
Of course. Everyone would know. A drone would surely record its birth. The VIN would be known in a mere seconds. Local gnomes would carefully examine the fit & finish and measure any panel gaps
March 27th, 2018 | by Zachary Shahan
A couple of weeks ago, we announced the 2018 CleanTechnica Car of the Year finalists. The results were resounding. This was the full description of the winning car: "Well, it’s a car. It does car things."
March 27th, 2018 | by Zachary Shahan
I'm going to get to China in a moment, and the notable news of the week from that side of the world — another power grab of sorts that will almost certainly shift the global economy and politics to some degree or another. First, though, I just watched some great interviews with two conservative American pundits that I think made some important notes that relate to the broader story (you have to connect a few dots, which we're not great at these days, but connecting the dots does create a coherent picture)
March 26th, 2018 | by Zachary Shahan
The top 20 CleanTechnica stories of the past week were led, for once, by a non-Tesla story! But there were still 9 Tesla stories in the top 20. :-) Check them all out here
March 26th, 2018 | by Zachary Shahan
A few months ago, we launched Reality Check. After years of frustration with mainstream media coverage of cleantech, we felt it was time to put in a regular, full-strength, hardcore effort to correct the record and highlight what's wrong with such coverage
March 19th, 2018 | by Zachary Shahan
As Kirsten Grind's reporting on Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) in the Wall Street Journal expanded, the mortgage banking lobby's anti-PACE talking points were embraced
