Author: CleanTechnica

Utilities in three states are now prohibited from spending their customers’ money on lobbying activities in a win for consumer advocates who say the measures offer important transparency safeguards, the Washington Post reports. The laws passed recently in Colorado, Connecticut, and Maine — all with bipartisan support — prohibit utilities from using money from customers’ […]

At its Investors Day 2023 event this week, Hyundai announced plans to invest $80 billion to achieve its latest Hyundai Motor Way vehicle electrification strategy. Of that total amount, about $40 billion will be dedicated to developing next generation batteries and creating an all new platform for future electric cars known as Integrated Modular Architecture. […]

It’s a holiday long weekend. You’ve decided to take an EV roadtrip to a couple of New England summer tourist spots. You review your PlugShare app and identify chargers along the route. You pack up the vehicle and hit the highway. After nearing 200 miles of used range, you pull into a rest area on […]

The offshore wind industry is opening up new opportunities for solar panels, wave energy harvesters, and green hydrogen to piggyback on the operation. Seaweed farming is also beginning to make an appearance in amongst the wind turbines. Considering the rising interest in using seaweed for everything from food and fuel to plastics and pharmaceuticals, this […]

In a recent announcement, Rivian told the EV world that they bought a key route planning software company: A Better Route Planner (ABRP). Before I dig into the announcement, I want to explain why EV route planning matters. Then, I’ll get into some important details existing ABRP users will want to know. Why Route Planning […]

According to Rethink Energy, Dr. Andrew Forrest, the founder of Fortescue Future Industries (FFI), a subsidiary of Fortescue Metals Group, has clearly articulated the way forward for hydrogen at the Financial Times Hydrogen Summit in London last week.  According to speakers’ notes from the conference: “In 2021, Fortescue Future Industries (FFI) was established as a […]

Tesla CEO Elon Musk has said for years that Tesla needs to “unwind” its delivery wave. It has always had an issue of delivering (aka selling) a lot more vehicles in the 3rd month of a quarter. This has especially been the case on continents where Tesla hasn’t had factories. What has happened recently is […]

VinFast has unveiled the VF 3, a compact electric car designed specifically for the Vietnamese market and positioned to become the “national vehicle” of choice because of its size and mass market intentions. The introduction of the small two-box vehicle isn’t a surprise, because Vinfast made it clear on several occasions that it was readying […]

Potomac Riverkeeper Network and NRDC File Lawsuit in Federal Court in Maryland

As the saying goes, “the only constant in this world is change.” The Tesla Model 3 was once king of the hill in the EV world. Even for years before the first Model 3 was produced, demand for the model was through the roof and the car shattered records for reservations of a product (in […]