Author: CleanTechnica

Danfoss' fleet of Volvo electric semi trucks will be running 24 hours a day, 5 days a week, with minimal downtime.

Three of the biggest names in heavy equipment are launching a new joint venture to co-develop advanced, lightweight electric truck batteries.

Below, I will look at what Tesla Full Self Driving (FSD) is currently very good at, what it’s bad at, what it’s very bad at, where I have to intervene even though I don’t have to, and the future of FSD. I have several updates throughout the piece, but let’s start with a few “news” […]

Keep an eye out for electric vehicles that look like ordinary freight cars, testing soon on railways in the US.

NREL Research Reveals Importance of Simultaneous Conditions To Determine Problem Areas

We estimate that the United States added 6.4 gigawatts (GW) of small-scale solar capacity in 2022, the most ever in a single year. Small-scale solar—also called distributed solar or rooftop solar—refers to solar-power systems with 1 megawatt (MW) of capacity or less. Rooftop solar panels installed on homes make up the majority of small-scale solar […]

In U.S. homes with electric vehicles (EVs), annual household electricity consumption for EV charging averaged 2,363 kilowatt-hours (kWh) in 2020, which is less than several other household appliances. According to recently released estimates from the 2020 Residential Energy Consumption Survey, water heating consumed 2,706 kWh of electricity on average in 2020 — similar to consumption […]

People experience fear in different ways. When it comes to the climate crisis, some people are alarmed to see extreme weather damage as a norm. For others, however, climate misinformation has exacerbated NIMBY attitudes and stymied mitigation endeavors.

A recent electric car road trip by Energy Secretary Janet Granholm exposed some of the concerns Americans have with EV charging.

Sun Cable, the grand scheme to make renewable solar energy in Australia and send it to Singapore by cable, is back in business.