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The Fight For A Tesla Gigafactory In Poland

7 years ago Jacek Fior 0 Comments

When writing my letter to Elon Musk a few weeks ago, little did I know about the real actions undertaken by so few for so many. Tesla is a dream — a dream of an extraordinary electric vehicle everybody wants to own, a dream of an out-of-the-universe leader, Elon Musk, who everybody wants to follow, and a dream of a gigafactory every nation wants to attract. It seems now that Poles around the world are joining forces to save Elon from making a terrible mistake by going some other place than Poland. 🙂 Here is the story.

Timelapse of Ionity Network Rollout — #CleanTechnica Video

7 years ago Dr. Maximilian Holland 0 Comments

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 2018.

CleanTechnica Interviews Byton Designer Benoit Jacob On Designing The Future Of Electric Mobility

7 years ago Nicolas Zart 0 Comments

I recently met with the Byton design team in Munich, Germany, for CleanTechnica and spent a few hours talking to the company’s head designer, Benoit Jacob, who also penned the stunning BMW i8 and i3. Find out via the interview summary below how the company sees the future of our green mobility and what its design language means for the industry.

Polestar 1 Prototypes In Production — CleanTechnica Interview

7 years ago Jake Richardson 0 Comments

Polestar 1 verification prototypes are now in production in Gothenburg, Sweden. They will be used for various tests and assessments before manufacturing the production version, a 600 horsepower hybrid vehicle with an electric-only range of 150 kilometers (or 93 miles). Sofia Björnesson, Commercial Project Leader for Polestar 1, recently answered some questions for CleanTechnica.