Remember the awesome electric VW camper from eDub services I wrote about a while back? What actually makes her tick, or tock, or whizz, or buzz? Well, what she certainly doesn’t do is chug, or splurt, or cough and splutter. Maggie is 100% electric, and has left the old world she was born into. Just […]
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BlueFloat Energy Propels Offshore Wind Projects Forward In Taiwan
BlueFloat Energy, a prominent player in the field of floating offshore wind, made an exciting announcement in May 2022 about its entry into the Taiwanese market. Taiwan leads in the Asia-Pacific region in terms of planning and implementation of offshore wind — starting as early as 12 years ago — and is mapping how to […]
Honda Fit & Wuling Bingo April Sales In China Give Us An Indication Of What’s To Come
One of my favourite reports of the month, the China EV Sales Report, was published yesterday. I always look forward to the monthly China EV Sales Reports here on CleanTechnica. That’s because markets like China and India are probably the most likely candidates for scaling affordable electric vehicles for the masses in their home markets, […]
CleanTechnica Tested: TESCAMP Mattress, Y Not Sleep In Your Tesla?
A week ago, I was contacted by a company called TESCAMP. They wondered if I would like to try out their mattress for the Model Y for free. In exchange, I agreed to write an honest review on this site. Since I had slept in my electric cars a bunch of times over the last […]
Funding Solar For Schools & Community Housing In Australia
In this time of global cost of living crisis, community housing tenants in Adelaide’s north will enjoy reduced power bills following the installation this month of solar panels on their roofs. The organization Citizens Own Renewable Energy Network Australia (CORENA) has partnered with Believe Housing (formerly known as Anglicare) to provide solar panels on 13 […]
Empowering New Wave of Incoming Solar Customers
WASHINGTON D.C. — Today the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) is releasing a suite of new and updated resources for consumers to meet the increase in demand for solar power created by the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA). With the IRA’s incentives in place and energy bills weighing on family budgets, consumers are eager to add […]
100,000 Miles On My 2019 Tesla Model 3 — Where Do I Stand Now?
Why I still love my Model 3 after 3.6 years and almost 100,000 miles. Looking at my Tesla app, my Tesla Model 3 odometer now reads: 99,377 miles. By the time this is published, I will probably be over 100,000 miles. I am a huge proponent of green technology, and in particular electric vehicles. I […]
Heliostat Consortium Announces Funding Awards Aimed At Lowering Costs & Barriers to Widespread Heliostat Deployment
The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and Sandia National Laboratories, co-leads of the Heliostat Consortium, announced seven awardees from a request for proposals (RFP) aimed at achieving DOE’s goals for heliostat cost reduction, sustained multifaceted innovation, and improved solar field performance. Heliostats are mirrors that track the sun in order […]
Electric Car Report — Fear & Loathing At NADA Annual Convention
The electric car revolution may be happening, but you would never know it if you attended the NADA national conference.
The Neighbours Are Going Electric
As a bright red BYD Atto 3 breaks up the grey Corolla gang in my suburban neighbourhood, the march of the electric vehicle invasion is becoming more and more obvious. Three years ago, I received my Tesla Model 3 SR+ and showed it to my neighbours. They were impressed as I drove them up hills […]