Author: CleanTechnica

What can be done to alleviate energy usage during fossil fuel instability and the transition to renewables? Motivating people helps. So does new legislation and applying legal sanctions for non-cooperating countries.

In a recent announcement, Aptera kicked off an investment competition. To get in the game, you’ve gotta invest at least $10,000 in the company. The prize? If you’re among the top 2,000 investors, you get one of the first Apteras to leave the factory. If you beat everybody else, the first car will be yours, […]

USDA takes next step in forest stewardship agenda to protect the “lungs” of North America

Tesla’s stock has remained a polarizing topic, especially as the company’s stock price dropped immensely throughout the last year. Bears and bulls are trying to put Tesla’s incredible growth and industry disruptions over the past few years into a narrative that fits their viewpoints, but an argument between the two in recent weeks just got […]

Akio Toyoda is stepping aside as CEO of Toyota in favor of Koji Sato, the head of Lexus. Does this mean more electric cars from Toyota?

At the coal face of a conference that involved governmental figures, academics, logistics customers and OEMs, the detailed technical conversations are almost all about how battery electric trucks will work in the coming decades.

This article is the second part in a two-part series. You can find Part 1 here. Texas Project (Continued) “We are very pleased that construction on the Mockingbird Solar Center is set to commence next week. The Mockingbird Solar Center will bring new construction and maintenance jobs to the area and new tax revenue for […]

Ørsted used to be one of the most coal-intensive energy companies in Europe, and was dedicated to fossil fuels. But it decided in 2009 to move away from fossil fuels. Now, it is one of the biggest clean energy companies in the world. By January 2022, Ørsted had become the world’s number one offshore wind […]

In a previous article, I discussed two corporate solar energy deals that we’ve covered previously, but to make a real trend, you need at least three (because twice is only a coincidence). Truth be told, we’ve seen a number of partnerships like this, but this is the first time I’ve seen so many of these […]

In some ways, EVs are the same as other cars. Four wheels, doors, seats, windows…all basically the same thing, but pushed around by a different drive system. But, under the sheet metal and behind the other covers, they can be quite different. Porsche Group engineers are developing advanced concepts of brake force distribution to ensure […]