Electric Vehicle Stocks Tumble — Dept. Of Defense To The Rescue!
The US Department of Defense has enough buying power to help lift US electric vehicle makers out of the doldrums, and they just might do it.
The US Department of Defense has enough buying power to help lift US electric vehicle makers out of the doldrums, and they just might do it.
It’s been a special week in much of the world, and there was plenty of good cleantech news as well. The 10 stories most popular on CleanTechnica are on the bottom of this article, but first … let’s look at some of my favorites (or don’t do so and just … [continued]
British police have been testing Tesla Model 3 vehicles as part of its plan to electrify its fleet, The Guardian reports, noting that a Tesla spokesperson said that the results were promising so far. According to the emergency services lead at Tesla, Max Toozs-Hobson, the early findings are showing great … [continued]
A German consortium is developing an autonomous robot, AMU-Bot, to solve the problem of manually hoeing weeds out of crops without having to spray those crops with herbicides or pesticides. The project is being funded by the German Federal Office of Agriculture and Food and coordinated by the Fraunhofer Institute … [continued]
Drive Tesla Canada reports that drone flyovers have shown that a new Tesla Model Y leaves Giga Shanghai’s workshop every 38 seconds. The article noted that Tesla China’s November sales reflected an annual production rate of 683,000 cars per year, which is well above Tesla’s own estimates from the Q3 … [continued]
StoreDot has announced that it has developed a technology that will allow batteries to, in a nutshell, self-heal. Technically, the term is self-repair, and these new cells will allow for longer battery life and better EV performance. The new patented technology enables battery cells to regenerate while they are in … [continued]
Porsche is changing the way people interact with and buy their cars.
The climate crisis is one of the defining challenges of our time, but 2021 proved that resilience, ambition, and wherewithal can also create a better, zero emissions future.
Chinese car companies have their eyes on the US market. NIO and Geely want to be at the head of the line.
The new EPA tailpipe emissions standards are not as tough as they appear to be. Perhaps in a few years, they will be obsolete.