A recent press release from Lordstown announced that its Endurance pickup has finally gotten required regulatory approval. According to the release, 500 units of full-size battery-electric pickup trucks have been homologated and are now leaving the Foxconn EV Ohio plant for customer delivery. This is a slow start to production, … [continued]
Tesla’s stock is among many that have had a rough year in the face of the current bear market. But some investors see the company’s shares trading at low prices as an opportunity, while one analyst even upgraded Tesla’s stock ahead of the coming holidays. Citi Research analyst Itay Michaeli … [continued]
A recent article over at The Drive tells of a cleantech effort that many of us saw the results of: the 2003 remake of The Italian Job. Almost as famous as the star-studded cast were the show’s automotive stars: a trio of Mini Coopers. After reading the piece at The … [continued]
The top five corporate solar users in America, according to the research that tracks and analyzes commercial solar adoption, are Meta, Amazon, Apple, Walmart, and Microsoft. Nearly 19 gigawatts (GW) of on-site and off-site solar capacity have been installed by American enterprises through June 2022, more than double the 9.4 … [continued]
In a perfect world, there would be plenty of battery materials available at affordable prices, manufacturing costs would be dropping steadily, and there would be a large supply of affordable electric cars in the world’s showrooms. Sadly, we don’t live in a perfect world. The price of battery materials is … [continued]
The shortage of semiconductor chips required for advanced technologies will soon turn into a surplus, reversing the semiconductor shortage that has afflicted the automotive industry for the majority of the previous two years. VNC Automobile, an in-vehicle networking specialist, believes that the possibility of a recession may trigger a surplus. … [continued]
The Shoprite Group is South Africa’s largest retailer by market capitalization, sales, profit, and number of employees and customers. Shoprite operates in 11 African countries, and has more than 2,900 stores across Africa. The Shoprite Group is expanding its key environmental programs as part of its sustainability strategy. One the … [continued]
According to new research on V2G technology from an MIT team published in the journal Energy Advances, as the number of EVs rises, the collective fleet’s batteries might function as a cost-effective, large-scale energy source, with potentially significant effects on the energy transition. Electric vehicle (EV) owners are used to … [continued]
There are reports that a significant refresh of the Tesla Model 3 is planned for next year that will reduce manufacturing costs.
I’ve been eagerly awaiting the Tesla Semi since the first article that I wrote for CleanTechnica four and a half years ago, and I’ve been eagerly revisiting my notes from when I wrote that first article. I then saw that Zachary Shahan just published an article titled “The Tesla Semi … [continued]
