Originally published on Sustainnovate. If you haven’t heard the news: ~1.3 billion people don’t have electricity… or any electricity at all. The health, education, and economic difficulties that result are impossible to comprehend. Those are some notes from Dr Nawal Al-Hosany, Director of Sustainability at Masdar and Director of the Zayed Future Energy Prize, … [continued]
I was very happy to announce blitzzcar as a CLEANTECH REVOLUTION TOUR → Berlin partner a few moments ago, that it would be bringing a Tesla Model S or two for the entire weekend, and that Germany Station Manager Helge Hinrichs will be providing a presentation on EV Saturday. But what the heck is … [continued]
CLEANTECH REVOLUTION TOUR → Berlin is around the corner, and we have 3 new EV speakers to announce. We also have updates regarding EV test drives and discounts! Discounts include optional one-day passes and special CleanTechnica discounted tickets that we’ll raffle off! First of all, the new speakers: Hannah Yanchuk, Deputy Head of … [continued]
Following the Tesla Model 3 unveiling on March 31, Kyle Field and I spent approximately 20 minutes interviewing Roger and Matt Pressman, founders of EVANNEX, about their test ride in the Model 3. Being Tesla aftermarket specialists, and Roger being an engineer who worked on displays for fighter pilot cockpits … [continued]
Kyle Field and I found ourselves in an area where no other bloggers/photographers/videographers landed after the Tesla Model 3 unveiling — alongside the test tracks where people were taking turns test driving the Model 3, Model X, and Model S. We spent ~2 hours there filming and snapping photos of the Model … [continued]
I rolled into Los Angeles at 1:00am on March 31, catching sleep on the flights from Frankfurt to DC and DC to LA in order to be rested for an early arrival at a Tesla store, so that I could to put down an early Tesla Model 3 reservation (or 2). Meeting … [continued]
In Cleantech Talk #23, Matthew, Kyle, and I talked about the coming Tesla Model 3 unveiling and a solar farm being built on land where a coal plant once lived. The solar power plant is supposed to be built by SunEdison… but given SunEdison’s currently shaky position, we discuss options should SunEdison have … [continued]
I know we already publish more clean transport stories than most readers can consume, but the arena is getting so popular that there’s a lot of bike, rail, bus, electric car, and even Tesla news that we can never get to. Below are several stories I think are worth a read, or … [continued]
Accumulating more solar news in a week this time, instead of 3 months, I’ll supplement the headlines and links with short summaries again, since I know some of you prefer that. Click, read, enjoy. Solar Projects How Austin Energy Aims to Reach Solar-Plus-Storage Integration at 14 Cents per Kilowatt-Hour Back in December, Texas … [continued]
Cleantech Talk #22 is now live, and you can listen below! Hot topics included the Koch Brothers and their latest plan to destroy society (if only those pesky kids didn’t get in the way), Ontario giving EVs some northerly love, and GM going full blast (er… 50% blast) into an EV & … [continued]
