The U.S. Department of Energy has awarded $40 million to fund continuing research into perovskites, with much of the money going to facilities connected to a consortium led by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL). The collaborative effort established at NREL two years ago called the U.S. Manufacturing of Advanced Perovskites Consortium … [continued]
I kept thinking about this AutoTrader story and smiling intermittently for hours when it came to mind again. It cracked me up. It’s one thing to try to deny reality in a sad way (and maybe this had a bit of that in it), but it’s another thing to try … [continued]
The World Car Awards recently chose the Volkswagen ID.4 for World Car of the Year. After test drives of eligible vehicles by a panel of 93 well-known automotive journalists, they chose winners for every category and then the overall winner. Here’s the stream of the final announcement, which was conducted … [continued]
In December, I covered Audi’s plans to electrify the Dakar Rally. The team has made good progress since then, with the concept of the prototype largely completed. First tests are planned for the middle of the year, and it will going to be using the motor-generator unit from its prior … [continued]
Some recent court documents shed light on a drug organization’s fascinating attempt to create a zero-emission vehicle for their drug smuggling. If the project had been finished, it would have enabled smugglers to get drugs into Europe and eventually other places much more easily. Background: The Cat & Mouse Game … [continued]
The first Cadillac Lyriq cars will be available to customers in the first half of 2022, starting at $59,990.
Green hydrogen fans have lots to cheer about this year, but LNG stakeholders are still pitching decarbonization through not-so-green hydrogen.
Another recent piece here at CleanTechnica went over a way to get 5 electric cars built with the same lithium that goes into an EV today. What George said is definitely true, but I wanted to add some thoughts on how we could actually make it happen. One non-starter I … [continued]
I more or less started my coverage of Tesla almost a decade ago responding to nonsense about Tesla that was being pushed by much bigger players in the media industry. Unfortunately, that work is still necessary today. There was a very unfortunate Tesla crash this week that led to the … [continued]
Just following news that Tesla solar power systems (Tesla solar panels and Tesla solar roofs) will only come bundled with Powerwalls starting with orders placed next week, Tesla CEO & Technoking Elon Musk added that some huge improvements are coming to Tesla Powerwalls, via a software update of course. The … [continued]
