March 31st, 2019 | by Chanan Bos
For many years now CleanTechnica has been looking to expand beyond articles, and now it's finally happening. Zachary Shahan is on the verge of launching a special new podcast that is focused on interviewing top people in the cleantech world, and we are also launching CleanTechnica TV on YouTube, which I will host.
Our very first episode? How about a full-fledged exclusive tour of the Tesla Fremont factory
March 10th, 2019 | by Zachary Shahan
Walking into Tesla's large, open, light office space at its Fremont factory, it only took a moment before something hit me. The atmosphere is enormously different from the image of Tesla that you find in much of the media
February 16th, 2019 | by Cynthia Shahan
As part of CleanTechnica's Cleantech Revolution Tour in Warsaw, Poland, Zachary Shahan began a panel discussion about the hurdles, potential, and best practices of EV charging infrastructure
February 10th, 2019 | by Nicolas Zart
Welcome to our new weekly #CleanTechnica video recap of some of our favorite stories of the week. In this new feature, Alex Guberman from "E for Electric" and I provide our opinions on hot news from our decade+ of experience with electric vehicles
February 10th, 2019 | by Nicolas Zart
After reading fellow CleanTechnica writer Sebastian Blanco's review of the Hyundai Kona EV, I knew I was in for a fun drive. I had no idea how much fun it would be, though. I walked away wondering how anyone could justify buying a daily gasoline driver when you can have a 258-mile electric crossover like this
February 2nd, 2019 | by Cynthia Shahan
Shuji Nakamura was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics 2014 He met up with the director and chief editor for CleanTechnica, Zachary Shahan, at the 2018 Zayed Energy Prize Awards
January 15th, 2019 | by Andrea Bertoli
In November, the CleanTechnica team traveled to Edinburgh, Scotland, to cover the 2018 Climate Launchpad Global Grand Final event. This event, bringing together hundreds of participants from as many countries, is billed as the "global green business competition." It’s a fascinating event, full of energy and innovation from climate-focused entrepreneurs and experts
December 30th, 2018 | by Zachary Shahan
CleanTechnica has had the lucky opportunity to review a freakin' ton of electric vehicles this past year, and many more in previous years. In the article below, you can find links to most of the reviews as well as short snippets about the vehicles (and a few other products)
December 23rd, 2018 | by Cynthia Shahan
CleanTechnica and EV charging leader GreenWay last year led a working group of EV charging leaders — EVBox, Fortum, the Norwegian EV Association, and approximately a dozen others — to create EV charging guidelines for cities. CleanTechnica Director and Chief Editor Zachary Shahan presented a 10 key tips included in the report at a conference in the UAE in January. A video of the presentation is above, and a summary of it is below
December 16th, 2018 | by Cynthia Shahan
The Autonomy conference in Paris is special in that it features diverse panels of experts focused on everything from electric cars to electric scooters and bikes to electric aviation to city planning. A group discussion moderated by CleanTechnica Director Zachary Shahan considered how cities and governments around the world could promote, support, and protect two-wheelers in the city
December 8th, 2018 | by Kyle Field
We spoke with the Frans Nauta, the founder of ClimateLaunchpad, at the Global Grand Final to get the inside scoop on what early stage startup themes were really taking off, which areas he wasn't seeing teams do as much work in, and what keeps him going
November 24th, 2018 | by Sebastian Blanco
The Guangzhou Motor Show is like the Chinese auto industry as a whole. It's huge, it's confusing (to a foreigner there for the first time), and it's full of electric vehicles. As someone who's been paying attention to the North American and, to a lesser extent, European EV scene for a dozen years, visiting the show in Guangzhou this past week was a revelation. I mean, how many new alphanumeric EV names can you cram into your brain in a matter of hours
November 22nd, 2018 | by Cynthia Shahan
Ben Pullen, the managing director of Global EVRT, led a rousing day of informative e-mobility talks for the first ever e-mobility session at Intersolar Middle East last year. It culminated in questions from the audience. This question & answer session followed presentations on the accelerating transition to electric vehicles, the power of inflection points, sustainable cities, and more
November 19th, 2018 | by Cynthia Shahan
This presentation — video and text summary below — is not the freshest one from CleanTechnica Director Zach Shahan. However, it is as relevant today as when the presentation was delivered live in Dubai, UAE, last year. Furthermore, at ~25 minutes, it is a bit longer than a typical presentation, which provides more room to run somewhat deeply and broadly into the topics. The downside of the presentation, Zach notes, is that he was horribly sick for a week or two leading into this
November 18th, 2018 | by Dr. Maximilian Holland
The European ultrafast EV charging network Ionity has recently upped the tempo of its CCS network rollout, having gone from 6 locations in operation in mid September (and 14 more under construction) to 23 locations operating as of mid November (and 40 more under construction). They look set to meet their initial goal of having 50 locations open (averaging 6 charging stalls each) by the end of
November 4th, 2018 | by Cynthia Shahan
Janette Sadik-Khan is a top rock star in the world of city planning. She led NYC's recent transportation transformations under Mayor Bloomberg. In the interview, Zachary Shahan, CleanTechnica's director and chief editor, returns to his roots as he interviews Janette Sadik-Khan and talks urban transport leadership. Zach's master's degree was in city and regional planning (from UNC-Chapel Hill). UNC–Chapel Hill was ranked the #1 grad school in the nation for his specialization the year he graduated. The pair, on the same page, were brought together by Autonomy
November 4th, 2018 | by Cynthia Shahan
Zachary Shahan, director & chief editor here at CleanTechnica, interviewed NIU International Director Joseph Constanty at Autonomy in Paris last year. Below is a rundown of the high-quality connected scooter company, the "Tesla of electric scooters." NIU is reportedly the world's top selling smart electric scooter globally
October 31st, 2018 | by Cynthia Shahan
Zachary Shahan, Director & Chief Editor at CleanTechnica, earlier this year interviewed all of the 2018 Zayed Future Energy Prize (ZFEP) winners, including the youngest of the winners, the high school winners
October 28th, 2018 | by Cynthia Shahan
Zachary Shahan, Director & Chief Editor here at CleanTechnica, recently congratulated and interviewed Joseph Kava of Google after they won the Large Corporation Award of the Zayed Future Energy Prize. Google won for its leadership in the green, sustainable, “circular economy," as Joseph Kava put it. Kava is President of Data Centers at Google
October 28th, 2018 | by Cynthia Shahan
Zachary Shahan, Director & Chief Editor at CleanTechnica, recently interviewed Thomas Samuel, founder of Sunna Design, a 2018 Zayed Future Energy Prize (ZFEP) winner. Every prize is a sweet acknowledgment of leadership in sustainable development and deep humanitarian efforts. Sunna is a kind business that brings light to undeveloped countries. It brings not only streetlights but also "nano grids" where energy is nonexistent or scarce.
The interview is a fresh exchange between two young, inspired fathers who are successfully supporting sustainability goals in different ways
October 18th, 2018 | by Zachary Shahan
There has been a little bit of a positive surprise in the past two weeks in Europe. The European Parliament voted a couple of weeks ago to support a 40% reduction in CO2 emissions from transport by 2030, a notably more aggressive transportation emissions cut than the 35% reduction target the European Commission had proposed. That led to a compromise decision to make the target 35%. Exclusive intel I've collected from the inner circles of this world is that this was the first time when such a vote came up that German Chancellor Angela Merkel didn't
September 30th, 2018 | by Cynthia Shahan
Do you ever wonder what keeps environmentalists and humanitarians going? It is stories like the story of Laura Stachel & We Care Solar, and organization that provides light to medical facilities without electricity
September 24th, 2018 | by Cynthia Shahan
Zachary Shahan, Director & Chief Editor at CleanTechnica, interviewed Zayed Future Energy Prize (ZFEP) winner Harish Hande of the SELCO Foundation earlier this year in Abu Dhabi. SELCO Foundation was founded in 2010 as an open-source, nonprofit, public charitable trust. It is headquartered in Bangalore, Karnataka
