Author: CleanTechnica

Reports from China suggest BYD may be the first manufacturer to bring electric cars with sodium-ion batteries to market.

For the beginning of the great Aussie road trip in EVs, you need to read part 1. In Sydney, we stayed with old school friends and demonstrated how we could charge in their garage over the weekend. He is a big fan of Lexus, but they can only offer an EV with 200 km of […]

Ford wants the U.S. to be a bit loose in determining whether EVs comply with new EV tax credit requirements. Read on for what’s going on here. Some Background Rare-earth minerals are a big deal. By mining rare-earth minerals, we are then able to obtain the rare-earth elements needed for renewable energy, mobile devices, and […]

Aptera is doing things very differently from other vehicle manufacturers. It doesn’t take a deep dive on the vehicle’s design and technology to know this, because Aptera’s vehicles are obviously very different. They look a lot more like an airplane than a car, and they’re covered in solar panels, which gives you a big clue […]

If you take a look around MidwayUSA’s website, you’ll figure out pretty quick that it is not one of today’s stereotypical big corporations that are self-conscious about displaying a progressive image to the world. Wikipedia says it sells “hunting and outdoor products,” which is true, but that could mean anything from REI to some doomsday […]

There are two types of heat pumps — air source and ground source. Air source heat pumps have to be able to work with outside air temperatures that can vary between -20 degrees to +120 degrees F. Ground source heat pumps work with the temperature of the Earth hundreds of feet below the surface. Typically […]

Earlier this month, Schneider Electric put out two press releases that show that it is working on two very important aspects of climate change. In one announcement, the company revealed a big win with its products that can help reduce energy use at home, and in the other, it announced an effort to help reduce […]

Companies that make electric components for cars are sitting pretty right now, and that includes DENSO manufacturing. At its largest factory facility in Maryville, Tennessee, the company makes things like alternators, which are useful for regular cars and hybrids. Some of the other things it builds, like inverters, are only good for hybrids and EVs. […]

Why good copper gaskets create Zero Leak HVACs. By Jim Scott, Senior Engineer at Seco Seals

Volkswagen is going all in on an electric pickup truck and SUV from Scout Motors rather than offering a pickup of its own.