While VW talked of leaning on a company like Foxconn or Magna to produce the Scout EV brand, it may be changing course.
Category: eMobility
Luminar & Mercedes-Benz Announce Broad Deal Across Next-Generation Production Vehicle Lines
Luminar is a global automotive technology company helping to usher in a new era of vehicle safety and autonomy. Luminar says that for the past decade, it has built an advanced hardware and software platform to enable next-generation safety and autonomous capabilities for production vehicles for its more than 50 industry partners. These include some […]
Not Financial Advice: Why I Sometimes Cover The Longshot Cleantech Companies (Part 2)
This is the second part of a two-part story. You can find Part 1 here. What I’m Probably Worth Listening To About I think I’ve firmly established that I’m not a good source for financial advice, but I don’t want to just trash myself and end the article. There are some things I know enough […]
Sono Sion solar car project goes dark, though firm seeks to sell it
Germany’s Sono Motors announced Friday that it will “terminate its Sion passenger car program,” effective immediately, while instead focusing on its solar solutions. Buried within the announcement was a glimmer of hope for those who would like to see the affordable solar car make it to market: Sono intends to sell its Sion... South Africa Introduces Solar Panel Tax Incentives For Homes, Adds New Incentives For Businesses To Adopt Renewables
In his National Budget Speech on 22 February, South Africa’s Minister of Finance Enoch Godongwana announced some new short term tax incentives for South Africans to go solar. This is in a bid to help people go solar to help increase the contribution of distributed solar, as well as cushion citizens from the unprecedented levels […]
Certification Program Aids Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Justice Successes In The Solar Industry
After a full year in the field, the Solar Energy Industries Association’s (SEIA) first-of-its-kind Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Justice (DEIJ) Certification Program is making a measurable impact and helping clean energy businesses improve internal DEIJ practices. Companies across the value chain are using the program’s 34 modules to set a new bar for DEIJ work […]
Lordstown Pauses Production And Deliveries, Recalls 19 Endurance EVs
Since production started in late September 2022, the EV startup only produced 31 Endurance electric pickups for sale.
Not Financial Advice: Why I Sometimes Cover The Longshot Cleantech Companies
About a month ago, a fellow writer here gave his perspective on which up and coming cleantech companies should be covered and which shouldn’t, along with other thoughts about writing. In the comments, some readers thought Michael was belittling me without naming me, and that may be true. If he was talking about me, I’m […]
Towing A 2-Ton Boat With An Electric Vehicle
Thinking of buying an EV to tow your really big boat? Check this out. Jon Day recently posted a video that demonstrates that an EV (a Volvo XC40 Recharge, to be exact) can tow a boat. However, it really reduces the range, from around 400 km to about 150 km. That led Jon to conclude […]
First Tesla Supercharging Station With “Magic Dock” Spotted In New York
The built-in CCS Combo 1 adapter will allow for fast charging of non-Tesla cars.
