When driving an electric car, the two most common questions you get from people fairly new (or completely new) to the technology are: “How long does it take to charge?” And “How far can you drive before you have to charge again?” The thing it seems they often don’t understand is that … [continued]
ABB brought CleanTechnica to Switzerland to show off a wide array of the products and services ABB offers, as the base from which to cast a vision for the future through the eyes of ABB. We sat down with CEO Dr. Ulrich Speisshofer over lunch at the conclusion of the … [continued]
One of the challenges of cleantech blogging is actually regarding the images, rather than the text. It can be quite hard to find good photos of electric cars, certain solar & wind energy topics, and other green matters that we can legally use. Flickr is great, but it seems that it’s … [continued]
Originally published on EV Obsession. A product manager for Porsche was recently quoted as saying that Tesla’s Ludicrous Mode upgrade was a “facade” — using the dig to also claim that the Porsche Mission E will be capable of being run very hard for long periods of time, without overheating … [continued]
(Left to right, the people in the video are: Viktor Irle, Roland Irle, José Pontes, me, and Julian Cox.) As part of the first Cleantech Revolution Tour conference, we had an EV panel discussion with several EV experts — José Pontes of EV Sales and cofounder of EV Volumes; Roland & Viktor Irle, cofounders … [continued]
Editor’s Note: In this episode of Cleantech Talk, Matthew and I chat about Tesla’s unique 18650 batteries, Tesla manufacturing and manufacturing in general, robots, Volkswagen’s gigafactory plans, and more. Enjoy! –Zach Shahan Welcome, everyone, to a belated set of show notes for this Cleantech Talk episode! While we strive for … [continued]
Australia’s Genex Power is recycling a disused gold mine as a 400-450 MW pumped hydro storage project, with the potential to store and generate around 2,225 MWh daily, making this Australia’s largest energy storage project by far. The site will ultimately include 150 MW of PV — with 100 MW of that … [continued]
CleanTechnica’s last two articles about the zero-fuel Solar Impulse plane flying around the world described a visit to the plane’s temporary hangar in the Lehigh Valley of Pennsylvania and interviews with the craft’s two Swiss pilot/adventurers, Bertrand Piccard and André Borschberg. However, our continuing coverage dates back to 2009. (See … [continued]
Editor’s Note: Per my request, José put together an article summary of initial Cleantech Revolution Tour presentation. It’s a fun dive into the “pre-history of EVs,” as José calls it. Enjoy! (For a much longer supplement to this, I recommend the “Electric Car Evolution” article I wrote last year.) Most people believe that … [continued]
ABB brought CleanTechnica to Switzerland to show off a wide array of the products and services ABB offers, as a way for us to visualize the future through the eyes of ABB. I sat down over dinner with Reiner Schoenrock, ABB Vice President of Strategic Product and Innovation Communications, to talk about the product … [continued]
