Clif Bar is slashing the carbon footprint of its Twin Falls, Idaho bakery with the installation of a 2 megawatt (MW) ground mounted solar farm that will be installed adjacent to the bakery. When completed next June, the new solar farm will supply 30% of the annual electricity needs of the 300,000 sq ft facility.
An interesting mixture of inspiration and disappointment have pushed CleanTechnica to launch a new campaign and article series — Clean Revolution.
Tesla has unlocked free Supercharging for its customers in the vicinity of the California wildfires this week to make it that much easier for Tesla owners to stay charged and safe.
One enterprising Tesla owner hacked together a homegrown solution to charge his Tesla only when his rooftop solar system is producing energy, allowing him to drive on sunshine.
The silence was deafening at the Buttonwillow raceway in central California this past weekend as Mountain Pass Performance (MPP) headed off to the raceway to support customer and longtime racer Cameron Rogers in his assault on the track in his brand spanking new Tesla Model 3 Performance.
In the past week, CleanTechnica stories of all stripes were popular and spread far and wide across the internet, but the most popular stories were the 20 below. The biggest eyeball earners covered: 5 years of poor Tesla analysis by one prominent short seller, an estimate for the introduction of Tesla Model 3 deliveries in China, Tesla Autopilot vs lidar-based autonomous driving, automotive giants vs. the EV revolution, Jaguar I-PACE efficiency, China’s electric car sales, and more Tesla, autonomous vehicle, EV, and cleantech fun.
EV Driver Desires, Demands, & Dreams explores the preferences of current electric car drivers in North America and Europe regarding electric car models, classes, special features, range, battery options, and more. It also takes a deep dive into key consumer benefits of electric cars and respondents’ views on the best ways to promote electric car adoption.
eMotorWerks is bringing its JuiceNet intelligent EV charging software platform to EO Charging as part of a partnership to develop the new EO Mini Pro EVSE for UK and European customers.
As anyone who’s stuck paying an onerous bill to a local internet monopoly will agree, there’s a great market opportunity out there for any company that could offer a global wireless internet connection. SpaceX has been working on just that since 2015, developing a broadband satellite constellation called Starlink. A recent article in SmarterAnalyst proposes that Tesla could be an integral part of the plan.
The popularity of electric vehicles is becoming very apparent in so many ways. In many places, the price of used electric vehicles is actually increasing, because demand is so high. In the case of the Tesla Model 3, some people are paying more for a recent used car, than the price of a new one. This is because they are not prepared to wait in the reservation list to get one. In my own experience, I see more and more electric vehicles on the road. Where I used to have the charging stations to myself when on my travels, now I see more and more electric vehicle drivers charging alongside me. I think I will soon be joining a queue, as there will be more drivers needing a charge than available chargers.
