If you follow certain YouTubers or listen to some of the Tesla stans on Twitter, your impression of Electrify America could be pretty poor. According to some, it’s an utterly unreliable charging network, plagued with issues that strand drivers, perhaps even making them start life over in some rural town between the coasts until the […]
Author: CleanTechnica
Tesla Shareholders Demand Child & Forced Labor Rights
A vote at the annual meeting will allow Tesla to explain its supply chain dilemmas that result from artisinal mining. Additionally, shareholders are expressing concern again over Elon Musk's ability to function fully as CEO.
Growing Colombia’s Clean Energy Workforce
Labor shortages in the US, particularly in the solar industry, are delaying clean energy projects across the country. Colombia, which is starting to see rapid deployment of clean energy projects and considerable government investment, will need to transition its labor force from the oil and coal industry into clean energy professions. In Latin America, which […]
Spiro Now Has 6,000 Electric Motorcycles Across 3 Countries In Africa
The motorcycle sector in Africa is one of the largest vehicle segments on the continent. There are over 27 million ICE motorbikes registered across Africa, with around 80% of them used in the motorcycle taxi industry. Many operators in this industry face rising costs and dwindling profits due to high operational costs associated with frequent […]
Making EV Charging Stations Cybersecure
As more electric vehicles (EVs) hit the road, charging stations are popping up across the United States. The benefits go beyond curbing carbon emissions from road travel. These systems can also link to the electric grid through smart charging, drawing power when overall demand is low and feeding it back to the grid when needed. […]
New York State Pushes Ambitious Public Renewable Energy Agenda
New York has enacted a new law that will require the state's power authority to increase the amount of renewable energy it provides.
What Would The Impact To GDP Be If The Social Cost Of Carbon Was Included?
Recently I pointed out that with Canada’s current social cost of carbon, the impacts of our oil, gas, and coal industries, about $250 billion CAD annually, are $85 billion CAD more than the annual revenues of those industries. We seem to be subsidizing climate destruction quite a bit. I also pointed out that Australia had […]
Lightning eMotors Jacks Up Electric School Bus Production With GM-Based Lightning ZEV4 Platform
Lightning eMotors has begun production of its next-generation Type A electric school bus that is built on the GM 4500 platform. In the 130,000-square-foot manufacturing facility in Loveland, Colorado, the first orders for nearly 70 next-generation Type A electric school buses have started to move across the production floor. Over 20 school districts across the […]
The Winds of Change Keep Blowing
NREL Wind Pioneers Revisit the ‘Wild West of Wind’ and Look at Wind Energy’s Future
Kenya’s New Special Tariff For E-Mobility
Kenya’s Energy and Petroleum Regulatory Authority (EPRA) recently approved new electricity tariffs effective 1 April. As part of this latest tariff review, EPRA introduced a special tariff regime for the electric mobility sector. EPRA also expanded the Time-of-Use (TOU) tariff structure to include the small commercial sector, amongst others. Kenya Power, the country’s main electricity […]