September 27th, 2020 | by Michael Barnard
UpriseEnergy was the only wind innovation that passed my sniff test in 2013, and they've just delivered a solid win and demonstration. Onward and upward
May 31st, 2020 | by Johnna Crider
It’s a hot Louisiana afternoon and as I write this I’m inside watching the SpaceX livestream. My neighbor brought over cheeseburgers and my kitten, Tesla, is going nuts because I won't let him chew on the HDMI cord
November 2nd, 2019 | by Michael Barnard
This is the first in the series of articles on barriers to rapid climate responses in governments and business, and how they might be overcome
April 28th, 2019 | by Kyle Field
Tesla is, at its core, an engineering company. The company as we know it today was founded on the building blocks of lithium-ion batteries and electric motors. Having an early interest and exposure to supercapacitors, Elon Musk saw the potential with lithium-ion and electric motors and ultimately found the golden combination he was looking for at AC Propulsion
November 14th, 2018 | by Michael Barnard
As part of our series on the disruptions facing the two-wheel transportation space leading up to our 2019 report, we'd like to gather market feedback from the informed global users of CleanTechnica. Let us know what you think
November 7th, 2018 | by Michael Barnard
Christensen, Iyer, and Bartman would do well to review the full range of innovation that Tesla is bringing to bear in their assessments of whether it is disruptive or not. Low-speed EVs in China likely are, but it doesn't follow that Tesla is not
November 5th, 2018 | by Michael Barnard
As with its cars, BMW's two-wheelers are not well-aligned with the disruptions sweeping through the market. Its growth results mask its inherent weakness
October 27th, 2018 | by Michael Barnard
Zero is better positioned to deliver excellent motorcycles than any of the legacy motorcycle companies. But if the segment shrinks due to electric bicycles, it could end up as a Xerox, not a Canon
October 24th, 2018 | by Michael Barnard
Alta Motors is a victim of focusing too narrowly for effective entrepreneurialism. Its vision is to be admired. Its aspiration to compete directly with specialized gas offroad bikes was fulfilled. But unlike Tesla, it wasn't going after a big enough market for investors to care
September 18th, 2018 | by Michael Barnard
Boyan's vision could have fallen apart at multiple points over the past five years. Reisser's study or someone else's could have shown a much more even distribution of plastics through dozens of meters of water column. Plastics could have degraded more quickly in ocean water and sunlight. He could have failed to capture many people's imaginations
January 18th, 2018 | by Michael Barnard
Recently Business Insider published a fairly thoughtful, historically informed, but ultimately inaccurate opinion piece saying that GM just hadn't bothered crushing Tesla yet, but was about to. In other words, it looked backward well, but forward poorly
December 27th, 2017 | by Michael Barnard
As these 3 articles show, blockchain-enabled smart contracts aren't a home run in the utilities sector. There are many cases where the advantages are strongly one-sided. But that doesn't mean that they have no value or that value won't emerge
December 24th, 2017 | by Michael Barnard
9 factors will help us determine where smart contracts based on blockchain will shine. There are many cases where the advantages are strongly one-sided. But that doesn't mean that they have no value or that value won't emerge
December 23rd, 2017 | by Michael Barnard
Blockchain-enabled smart contracts aren't a home run in the utilities sector. There are many cases where the advantages are strongly one-sided. But that doesn't mean that they have no value or that value won't emerge
December 12th, 2017 | by Michael Barnard
Bitcoin is very interesting for cleantech for two reasons. One is obvious: the primary currency sucks a lot of electricity, and more electricity demand is good for investment in renewable generation. Of course, a lot of the electricity still comes from carbon-rich fossil fuels too. The second is the underlying technology, blockchain, which has a number of interesting uses emerging in the cleantech space
May 13th, 2017 | by Steve Hanley
Ben Tarnoff argues in The Guardian that only governments can afford to invest in the basic research that leads to true innovation and wealth creation.
March 23rd, 2017 | by Elemental Excelerator
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