Category: eV

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As Haje and Christine told you last week, this week’s Daily Crunch will look a bit different, given they are both taking some time off. 2023 will be the year electric vehicles really start to take shape: “Driven by policy initiatives from governments and billions of dollars in investment from automakers, we can safely say the EV industry has begun to take shape,” Rebecca writes. Twitter was more than a product: it was a moment in time, an unrefined manifestation of digital capability that, like any such raw element, destroyed as often as it created.

You all know by now how much the CleanTechnica team LOVES electric vehicles. So when we headed to Austin, TX, last month for a team retreat (and the Electrify Expo event – North America’s largest electric vehicle festival), we couldn’t drive around just any rental car. It had to be an EV. Thankfully our friends at UFODRIVE […]

Juice Americas launched its portable 2-in-1 EV charger in the US in the fall, so we tried it out – here's how it went.

As we look for methods to spend in a greener way, we buy more sustainably or invest so that we that don’t reward companies that contribute to global warming. Importantly, divestment as an act of social conscience recognizes that we all have an obligation to rise up against industrial oil’s destructive, polluting operations.

Minnesota congressman Dean Phillips (D) has introduced a bipartisan bill co-sponsored by Representative Brian K. Fitzpatrick (R) of Pennsylvania, that would provide a $2500 tax credit for off-road EV purchases. The bill reads that, “there shall be allowed as a credit against the tax imposed by this chapter for the taxable year an amount equal […]

According to recent research from Georgia Tech’s School of Public Policy, a scooter ban may ease sidewalk congestion and keep potential riders and pedestrians safer, but it has a price. In a study looking at the effects of Atlanta’s 2019 ban on e-scooters and e-bikes in the city, travel times rose by around 10% on […]

GM's Robotaxi Service Starts Work in Tesla's Back Yard

It’s time for another round of Sandy Munro Q&A videos. Yesterday, I shared three from TeslaCon Florida in which Sandy talked about how he went from being a big Tesla critic to a Tesla superbull, how rapidly Tesla innovates (“engineering at the speed of thought” is how he put it), and what he would choose […]

Other reports have shown the EV maker had planned to pause work at its main production plant, but that will extend further into 2023.