2016 was a pretty huge year for cleantech, but I think it was more like a foundation-laying year, whereas 2017 and 2018 will be the breakout years in which we start seeing the walls of the beautiful cleantech transition that foundation is going to support. (Building-integrated solar PV walls with EV charging plugs, of course.)
Back in August 2014, I polled CleanTechnica readers on when an electric car would break into the top 20 of US car sales. The specific question was, “When will a plug-in car break into the top 20 of monthly US car sales?”
The most popular response (27%) was 2017.
The Chinese tech giant LeEco has begun construction on its planned $3 billion electric car manufacturing facility in China, following a $1.44 billion investment from an unnamed source.
Those wanting to take a look at the newly started battery cell production at the Tesla + Panasonic Gigafactory in Nevada can now do so … to some degree. Tesla has posted a short video teasing the beginning of cell mass production there.
The heavy-duty electric bus firm Proterra recently secured $140 million in new funding through a recent Series 5 funding round. These new funds, which were raised in partnership with the financial industry giant JP Morgan, will reportedly be used for the “dramatic” acceleration of production capacity on both coasts of the US, as well as the continuing development of next-gen electric vehicle offerings.
Moments ago, Tesla emailed that battery cell production has begun at the Gigafactory (er, Gigafactory 1).
I’m not going to attempt to identify which CleanTechnica stories of 2016 were my favorites, but below is a top 50 list of our 50 most popular articles in 2016 based purely on pageviews. After that, there’s a top 30 list for December (also purely based on pageviews).
Tesla will be hosting an invitation-only “investor event” at its Gigafactory in Reno, Nevada, on January 4, according to recent reports. The idea is seemingly that, rather than taking part in CES 2017 in Las Vegas, the company will just host its own event a bit earlier — at its own very impressive battery manufacturing facility a bit to the northwest.
An agreement has been finalized between Tesla and Panasonic to begin manufacturing solar photovoltaic (PV) cells and modules at Tesla’s new plant in Buffalo, New York, according to a new blog post from the company.
Why does CleanTechnica cover political matters? And why do we so heavily favor Democrats when it comes to US political matters?
