Published on February 11th, 2020 | by Carlo Ombello
January sales are out for the Italian car market, and electric cars are up by nearly 600% (!) over the same month last year. 1943 BEVs were sold in the country, an epic surge over last year's 283 units during the same period. Surprised? 2020 was awaited with great anticipation in the EV community, with many new electric models entering the market and stricter emission regulations by the European Union forcing automakers to sell cleaner cars. A surge in popularity for EVs was expected, but the first month of the new year goes beyond expectations. ... Read More →
Published on February 11th, 2020 | by Sponsored Content
ampUP is offers smart, easy to use, and controllable EV charging to businesses. Feature-abundant software and a reliable user experience complements the rapid charge station growth while waving the EV adoption flag... Read More →
Published on February 11th, 2020 | by Kyle Field
Nikola Motors has partnered with IVECO to establish the manufacturing hub for its first production vehicle in Ulm, Germany. The facility will produce both the battery electric and fuel cell electric versions of the the company's cab-over heavy duty truck for the European market, the Nikola ... Read More →
Published on February 11th, 2020 | by Jake Richardson
Energy Innovation, a nonpartisan energy and climate policy firm, recently released research showing the state of California may not meet its 2030 climate emissions reduction target. Chris Busch, Energy Innovation’s Research Director, answered some questions about the EV side of the equation... Read More →
Published on February 11th, 2020 | by Steve Hanley
In 2017, Vietnam made a plan to attract 850 MW of new solar power. Two years later, they have 6 times that amount. ... Read More →
Published on February 11th, 2020 | by Kyle Field
Hyundai and Canoo announced today the establishment of a joint effort to develop a standardized, scalable electric vehicle platform to underpin future Hyundai and Kia vehicles, but buried in the release was a hint at a completely new market segment for the Korean automaker: purpose-built vehicles... Read More →
Published on February 11th, 2020 | by Kyle Field
Canoo and Hyundai will be developing an all-electric platform based on Canoo's skateboard. The move has the potential to inject some much needed electric vehicle innovation into Hyundai, which, despite the success of the Hyundai Kona EV and sister company Kia's Niro EV, has yet to find a solid foothold in the market... Read More →
Published on February 11th, 2020 | by Remeredzai Joseph Kuhudzai
A lot of the OEMs have not expressed any interest in bringing EVs to the rest of Africa anytime soon. With the majority of them struggling to meet demand in their home and traditional markets, it doesn’t look like Africa will be a priority anytime soon... Read More →
Published on February 11th, 2020 | by Jake Richardson
Research at Monash University in Australia led to the development of a very high-performance and energy efficient lithium-sulfur battery. Dr. Mahdokht Shaibani, a Research Fellow in Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering at Monash University, who also held a leadership role on the project, answered some questions about the work for CleanTechnica... Read More →
Published on February 11th, 2020 | by Johnna Crider
Major cities are flooding more than was previously thought. This news comes from a new study published in the journal Nature Communications that used Twitter to measure the impact of tidal flooding along the U.S. Gulf and East coasts... Read More →
Published on February 11th, 2020 | by Steve Hanley
Hapag-Lloyd is testing a new marine fuel that combines low sulfur bunker oil with biodiesel to reduce carbon emissions. ... Read More →
Published on February 11th, 2020 | by Kyle Field
ChargePoint has partnered with the National Association of Truck Stop Owners (NATSO) to launch a massive new $1 billion initiative to add EV charging to deploy DC fast charging and level 2 EV chargers at more than 4,000 NATSO member locations, travel stops, and fueling locations across the country... Read More →
Published on February 11th, 2020 | by Johnna Crider
President Trump wants to plant one trillion trees to protect the environment. In his State of the Union Address, he announced that the United States would join the One Trillion Trees Initiative... Read More →
Published on February 11th, 2020 | by Johnna Crider
A new study shows that the abrupt thawing of the Arctic permafrost will double previous estimates of potential carbon emissions — carbon that was once frozen in the permafrost ice. In fact, it is already changing the landscape and ecology of the circumpolar north... Read More →
Published on February 11th, 2020 | by Barry A.F.
There was a building on a relatively busy corner leading out of town that could never stay in business. From the time I was a kid, it kept changing and opening as something else — a restaurant, a trading post, an antique store, a restaurant several times, and probably a few other businesses over the years that I can't even remember... Read More →
Published on February 11th, 2020 | by Steve Hanley
Elon Musk told the hosts of a Third Row Tesla and HyperChange podcast recently that he has no plans to develop an electric airplane -- yet. ... Read More →
Published on February 10th, 2020 | by Johnna Crider
There is a new commercial for the Made-In-China Tesla Model 3 out, but it's not known if Tesla produced this or a fan did. It's most likely produced by a fan. The original Weibo video was posted by the user New Travel Editor... Read More →
Published on February 10th, 2020 | by Guest Contributor
Considering how much major automakers are struggling to develop their own commercially viable EVs and catch up with Tesla, it’s ironic that several of these brands did produce EVs back in the 1990s, but cancelled those models, leaving the field wide open for the California upstart... Read More →
Published on February 10th, 2020 | by Guest Contributor
By day, he’s a mild-mannered company director in the software industry. But when duty calls, he suits up, and uses his powers to advance the cause of clean energy and transportation, foiling the nefarious schemes of fossil-fueled evildoers... Read More →
Published on February 10th, 2020 | by Johnna Crider
Sean Ryan, of the New York State Assembly, says that he is "pleasantly surprised" at Tesla's progress at its factory in Buffalo. He toured it on Friday. "The factory is built out. It has complete lines running, product moving around, people are there, so it's really transformed itself into what we've been hoping for," he says... Read More →
Published on February 10th, 2020 | by John Farrell
Each year, the Institute for Local Self-Reliance tracks and scores states based on their energy policies and how these policies help or hinder local clean energy action.
In the 2020 Community Power Scorecard, two states excelled, seven states and the District of Columbia saw above average scores, 11 were average, 17 were mediocre, and 13 states received failing grades at enabling individuals and communities to take charge of their energy futures... Read More →
Published on February 10th, 2020 | by Kyle Field
Today, Nikola Motors unveiled a new electric truck, the Badger. The vehicle is still in the early stages of development, but the company is working on a battery electric version and a hydrogen fuel cell electric configuration that can also recharge its onboard battery from the grid. The Badger will hit the market with a 600 mile (965 km) range and a 0–60 mph time of 2.9 seconds... Read More →
Published on February 10th, 2020 | by Michael Barnard
Funds based on third-party indices did very well and very poorly. Of the top seven performing funds, four were based solely on internal investment management decisions and didn't start with third-party indices at all... Read More →
