I appears that Alameda County has started a needless war with one of its major job providers, and the winners won’t be Tesla or Alameda County. The winner will be whichever new state ends up being Tesla’s new headquarters.
As America spins out of control and into a virus induced coma, laughter may be the best antidote.
Tesla’s Q1 earnings call was one week ago today, and in that week it seems that a million things happened in the world of Tesla.
2020 was supposed to be a decisive year for climate action. Countries were expected to put forward new, more ambitious climate plans (NDCs) in accordance with the Paris Agreement on climate change, kicking off a “decade of ambition.” Then COVID-19 happened.
There have been plenty of predictions of late about how quickly the US economy will recover from a pandemic-induced recession that has shut down most business activity and put millions of people out of work.
April flew by, right? Oh, no, never mind — April was 8 years stuffed into one calendar month. Looking back on the top CleanTechnica articles of the month, some feel like they were an era ago. It’s also weird that the top 3 were about ventilators, masks, and motorcycles. What a month.
As the human tragedy of the COVID-19 pandemic worsens, global restrictions to stop the spread of the virus — including stay-at-home orders, business closures, and travel prohibitions — may contribute to the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression.
Apparently, countries around the world have seen their total death count jump mysteriously in recent weeks. There is no clear explanation for it.
Local leaders weigh in on a lawsuit to stop the Trump administration from weakening regulations on power plants.
I haven’t been writing that many articles lately, mainly because I happen to own a business that has been directly impacted by the COVID-19 storm, but I made time last night to listen to Tesla’s earning call, and … most of it was great. But one thing stood out that I’d like to address. At a point during the call, Elon Musk went on what I only feel comfortable describing as a rant about how we need to let people back out because we were taking away their freedoms due to the COVID virus.
