Author: CleanTechnica

Blink & ChargePoint Take New Approaches To Charging

Sometimes, it seems like EV charging is becoming pretty standardized. Sure, there are differences in things like what charging connector is used or who owns the station, but the general idea is that you pay for everything at your house while everything away from home is run by somebody else. Also, rapid chargers generally all […]

What’s A Virtual Power Plant?

Virtual power plants may be our most important and most overlooked domestic energy resource. Last summer, California’s record-breaking, grid-straining heat wave forced the state government to send text messages asking residents for emergency, voluntary energy conservation. And it worked. Energy demand dropped; blackouts were avoided. California’s successful response illustrates how devices in our homes and […]

Elon Musk: Let’s Not Overhype Tesla Cybertruck Start Of Production

On Tesla’s Q4 2022 and full-year 2022 conference call for shareholders (still occurring as I’m typing this), we received updates on Tesla Cybertruck production and overall Tesla production capacity. Tesla Cybertruck Production Timeline On today’s Tesla conference call for shareholders, there was a question about whether start of Cybertruck production is still slated for mid-2023. […]

With Concrete, Less Is More

Demand Changes Can Drive The Future Of Zero-Carbon Concrete As world leaders convene at the World Economic Forum’s annual conference in Davos to discuss global issues including climate change, they will spend the day surrounded by concrete. Houses, skyscrapers, roads, freeways, bridges, sidewalks, water systems, dams, and more rely on concrete for its unrivaled strength […]

Tesla A “Sustainability Behemoth,” Analyst Calls Out

Tesla is increasingly focusing on renewable energy as a whole, rather than just electric vehicles, offering a broad range of solar and energy storage products for clean energy purposes. The result has made Tesla into an unprecedented and new type of company, and one that offers huge benefits to the world in the way of […]

AVA & BasiGo Partner To Assemble Kenya’s First Electric Buses: 1,000 Buses Over 3 Years, Creating At Least 600 Jobs

The transition to electric mobility is happening faster than previously  thought. Electric buses provide a key pathway to increasing access to more sustainable transport for the majority, especially in developing countries. Electric buses coupled with the right business models can usher a new era in Africa’s mass transit sector and also catalyze the manufacturing sector, […]

CleanTechnica Tested: The Jackery Solar Generator 1500 Pro

Jackery’s line of lithium-ion based portable power stations set the bar for the category and defined what a solar generator was for consumers around the world. The category has expanded significantly and has become the backbone for off-grid homes, van lifers, RV people, campers, and much more all around the world. Jackery continues to lead […]