January 15th, 2020 | by Cynthia Shahan
Mass transit, and especially electric mass transit, are top solutions for a variety of transportation challenges. It provides solutions to traffic congestion, pollution, and inequity. Many people who choose buses, walking, subways, and mass transit, do so — to avoid the stress of traffic. They are an antidote to some of the biggest negative side effects of car culture
January 15th, 2020 | by Maarten Vinkhuyzen
After the bankruptcy of the iconic British carmaker MG/Rover, the MG brand name was sold to a Chinese company. A few years ago, it was bought by SAIC Motor Corp. (formerly Shanghai Automotive Industry Corporation). This is about the brand name, the logo, the goodwill, claims to its history, the models, and intellectual property. The production facility was used for a few years, but ultimately all production was relocated to China
January 15th, 2020 | by Remeredzai Joseph Kuhudzai
Kenya’s installed generation capacity is sitting at over 2,700 MW, which now exceeds the current peak demand of around 1,900 MW. At night during the off-peak periods, this demand goes down even further, to about 1000 MW. So where can all this excess and very clean nighttime electricity go
January 15th, 2020 | by Steve Hanley
A new report from Wood Mackenzie says Volkswagen is on pace to become the largest electric car manufacturer in the world. Elon Musk and Tesla may have something to say about that.
January 15th, 2020 | by Johnna Crider
The Tesla Model 3 and Tesla Model Y may look somewhat similar, but they are not the same vehicle. However, some may not realize that or choose to believe otherwise. Twitter user Alter Viggo helped put things into perspective for some who may be confused
January 14th, 2020 | by Johnna Crider
Tesla is growing like no other company in the auto industry and is pretty much on a tear. This is a good thing. In late 2019, as in four days before 2020, CNBC had Steve Westly, a former Tesla board member and a member of the Westly Group, on its Power Lunch show. They got right to the point with this question: "What's changed in 90 days?"
January 14th, 2020 | by Nicolas Zart
NIO has released its delivery figures for December 2019. With deliveries of 3,170 vehicles in December 2019, including 2,537 ES6s and 633 ES8s, the cumulative deliveries of ES8 and ES6 have reached 31,913, spelling good news for the company as it closes a tumultuous year
January 14th, 2020 | by Nicolas Zart
Hyundai Motor Company and Uber Elevate showed us a fairly complete urban air mobility (UAM) electric vertical takeoff & landing (eVTOL) concept vehicle, autonomous pods, and a hub ecosystem that fits with Uber Elevate’s air taxi model at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES)
January 14th, 2020 | by Kyle Field
In late 2018, ChargePoint raised a round of funding to enable expansion overseas into European markets and to push into the fleet space. Today, the company announced the tailor-made CPF50 Level 2 charging solution aimed directly at the needs of fleets and multifamily dwellings
January 14th, 2020 | by Steve Hanley
Tesla has adjusted its strategy in Connecticut. It has quietly dropped its appeal of the state's franchise dealer law and begun leasing cars at its service facility in Milford.
January 14th, 2020 | by Steve Hanley
Tesla has filed certification papers for the Model Y with CARB. Does that mean deliveries will begin next month?
January 14th, 2020 | by Zachary Shahan
The biggest, hottest, most enticing CleanTechnica stories last week were led by Sony unveiling an electric car, the impossible-to-comprehend scale of this month's Australian wildfires, and a solar energy storage device from the 1980s that has come back to life. You may have noticed something unusual by now — there wasn't a single Tesla story in the top 3! That's the first time in a long time, and ironic considering that Tesla stock [TSLA] went bonkers last week (and is still going bonkers)
January 14th, 2020 | by Zachary Shahan
Iceland made it clear that winning the silver medal was a piece of cake for the island nation, as it logged a massive 25% EV market share in
January 13th, 2020 | by Johnna Crider
Lexus was basically claiming that the fuel or power for the vehicle was free
January 13th, 2020 | by Dr. Maximilian Holland
2019 electric vehicle market share in the world's largest auto market, China, increased from 4.5% to 4.7%, even after a significant trimming of incentives from July
January 13th, 2020 | by Jesper Berggreen
The 2019 trend that led to record sales of plug-in vehicles is most certainly not going away any time soon: Denmark is jumping on the electric wagon, for real this time
January 13th, 2020 | by Johnna Crider
There is a taxi company in Canada called Current Taxi. It has an all-electric fleet, or should we say, an all-Tesla fleet. The company is now hiring drivers. One of the perks, of course, is that you get to drive a Tesla. Current Taxi's goals is to change the way of the taxi industry one ride at a time
January 13th, 2020 | by Steve Hanley
The rumor mill is working overtime and suggesting Renault and Nissan may soon dissolve their decade-long alliance. If so, will they find other partners
January 13th, 2020 | by Steve Hanley
A study in Germany predicts electric cars could lead to the loss of up to 410,000 jobs in its auto industry. But there's more to the story.
January 13th, 2020 | by Carolyn Fortuna
Range anxiety, be gone! New codes will usher in an era where all new home construction will be EV-ready
