BYD Excluded From Infrastructure Funding Because It Is Chinese
BYD builds electric buses in America with American-made batteries and assembled by American workers. So why is it excluded from federal infrastructure funds?
Small Generators Aren’t As Good As Solar For Emergency Preparedness (Part 1)
With recent news that California intends to ban small off-road combustion engines (leaf blowers, chainsaws, portable gas generators), I’m already seeing hysterics in the preparedness community (including “doomsday preppers”). Here are a few of the gems I found: While I wouldn’t recommend wasting time typing out detailed rebuttals to every … [continued]
Freyr Battery Announces 31 Gigawatt-Hour Lithium-Ion Deal
Freyr Battery says it has received an order for 31 GWh of lithium ion batteries. But the customer is not a vehicle manufacturer.
The Electric Vespa T5 Is On The Road!
Now, before we all rightfully note the pricing and the poor sound quality of the video below, let’s appreciate the authenticity that this company represents. The lads at eDub services love what they do, and I for one just can’t help letting their enthusiasm get to me. I have written … [continued]
Space Age Wind Power For Ro-Ro Ships: 20% Carbon Savings Ho!
Wind power might not be the cure-all for shipping industry emissions, but Airsail is talking an average 20% cut in fuel with just two days for installation of its new Sailwing all-automatic parafoil.
BrightDrop Deliveries Begin, Chevy Bolt Deliveries Delayed Again
GM has delivered the first of 500 BrightDrop EV600 delivery vans to FedEx, but delayed the restart of the Chevy Bolt until the end of February.
Cost of Installing Home Tesla Charger, Ford EV Production Boost — Top CleanTechnica Stories
December is always an odd time of year for any news, and that includes cleantech news. As such, looking through the most popular stories of the past week on CleanTechnica also came with various surprises. Before that, though, below are the stories that stood out to me. To see the … [continued]
Selective Separation Could Help Alleviate Critical Metals Shortage
A new way of processing rare-earth and other key metals to separate them from other materials could reduce environmental impact and cost. Courtesy of MIT News. By Becky Ham | MIT News correspondent New processing methods developed by MIT researchers could help ease looming shortages of the essential metals that power everything … [continued]
NREL Experimental Effort Synthesizes A Previously Theoretical Material
Scientists at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) have experimentally synthesized a nitride perovskite that previously only existed in theory and measured its properties in collaboration with researchers at the Colorado School of Mines. Making the nitride perovskite a reality opens the possibility of its application as a material for … [continued]
Ford F-150 Lightning Battery Specs Revealed
The Ford F-150 Lightning will be available with two battery sizes and four trim levels. Here’s more.
