Dealers Getting Squeezed By Charger Installers — Dealer Digest #4
Are car dealers getting some karmic payback with six-figure installation bills? Maybe!
Cleantech Talk
Buzz Solutions Takes Out 50% Of Grid Inspection Image Effort & Duration
The data volumes are staggering, the need to inspect them is increasing significantly, and there aren’t enough people to do the work. Enter Buzz Solutions. They save 50% of image assessment time today, and are trending to 80% of effort savings.
The EV Battery Production Chain — Insights from Deep in the Industry
We’re digging deeper and deeper into the EV battery industry and EV battery supply chains. In this Cleantech Talk episode, I interviewed Sebastian Lange, Vice President of Film Division at Brueckner Group, about the EV battery market, EV battery components, and EV battery component production equipment. Listen in for deep … [continued]
Georgia Tells Rivian: You Can’t Sell Electric Trucks Here
The State of Georgia will not let Rivian sell its electric vehicles directly to its customers within the state. There were initially two bills moving through the legislature to solve this problem, but neither bill passed. Currently, the auto dealer franchise law in several states prohibits direct-to-consumer sales of cars, … [continued]
California Solar Energy — Attacks on Solar Net Metering, Rooftop Solar’s Many Benefits
There have been attacks on solar net metering for a decade or more, due to the fact that net metering shifts revenue and profit from utilities to individual homeowners. An extreme attack on California solar net metering arose in the past year, but then recently stalled and got punted indefinitely … [continued]
Interview: Tony Seba on the Cleantech Revolution
I recently sat down with the famous and widely loved Tony Seba to talk about the revolutions underway in energy (clean energy is taking over the energy world), transportation (the EV revolution is rolling fast now), and food. Listen to the interview on CleanTechnica Pro. Be sure to log in first … [continued]
Today, You Can Have It Your Way — Dealer Digest #3
For new car buyers, choice is the new luxury – and the answer to, “What can I do to get you to drive this home, today?” is: nothing.
Accelerating Corporate EV Adoption — Fleetcor
I recently sat down with Alexey Gavrilenya and Keagan Russo of Fleetcor about how Fleetcor is accelerating the adoption of electric vehicles. The podcast is embedded below, followed by a short summary of some of the topics we discussed. You can also listen to the podcast on Anchor, Apple Podcasts/iTunes, … [continued]
Bill Nussey of Freeing Energy Talks About His Chart-Topping New Book on Local Energy
Local energy is an express lane for climate change. The world is obsessed with gigabets on offshore wind and nuclear and there’s a traffic jam of political systems. COP26 was a disappointment. People can pull into the express lane, contribute in a personal way, and get great business value as well.
EV Evangelism & Evolution in Kentucky & Beyond
How do you stimulate EV adoption in rural America? How do you best implement EV charging infrastructure in rural states? How has the EV market changed in recent years in towns and small cities? How will it change in the next couple of years? One of the best people to … [continued]
