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Below is a Letter to the Editor from on the ground near Tesla Giga Berlin, by Madeindex Blog, with minor editing. If you’d like to submit a letter to the editor, please visit this link. In this...

https://cleantechnica.com/2024/04/18/whats-going-on-with-the-protests-at-teslas-giga-berlin-factory-situation-on-the-ground/

Albuquerque, New Mexico — During remarks at the National Conference on Ecosystem Restoration in Albuquerque today, Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland announced the availability of up to $95 ...

https://cleantechnica.com/2024/04/18/95-million-for-water-resources-ecosystem-health/

Athens, Georgia — Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy, Management and Budget Joan Mooney was in Georgia today to highlight how President Biden’s Investing in America agenda is sup...

https://cleantechnica.com/2024/04/18/wildfire-resilience-funding-native-seed-supply-from-president-bidens-investing-in-america-agenda/

Earlier today, I ran with an idea someone on our team proposed: I explored the question of which automaker would produce the “Model 2/C” if it’s true Tesla isn’t going forward with this p...

https://cleantechnica.com/2024/04/18/hyundai-kia-most-likely-to-fill-tesla-model-c-hole-readers-chime-in/

Editor’s note: In the article below, the writer uses the term “up to” several times in discussing potential yearly savings from driving an electric car. I understand the temptation to use s...

https://cleantechnica.com/2024/04/18/save-thousands-of-dollars-a-year-driving-an-electric-car/

Honda has been one of the biggest laggards in the EV transition — you might even say the biggest. It has not been interested in selling electric vehicles and has hardly introduced any. However,...

https://cleantechnica.com/2024/04/18/honda-launches-3-new-electric-cars-in-china-for-china/

There’s no doubt about it: China saw that the future of the car market was electric and zoomed far into lead. It has accounted for more than half of global electric car sales, and aside from Te...

https://cleantechnica.com/2024/04/18/usa-pulls-mexico-into-its-anti-chinese-evs-policy/

Now that spring has sprung, yardwork is about to begin, but it doesn’t have to mean spending hours with noisy gas-powered yard and lawn tools that pollute the air, because there are much cleane...

https://cleantechnica.com/2024/04/18/hot-deals-on-yard-tools-up-to-28-off-greenworks-electric-mowers-more/

Joe DiStefano, CEO of UrbanFootprint, wants you to be aware of the surprising overlap between prominent regional climate risks and domestic migration patterns. It’s clear that we’re witnessin...

https://cleantechnica.com/2024/04/18/what-can-we-do-to-protect-our-coastal-communities-from-extreme-weather-damage/

I just ran across an interesting report on Jalopnik. The source news is from a Tesla Cybertruck owner on TikTok. It’s a befuddling situation, but some of the comments on it are a bit misleading...

https://cleantechnica.com/2024/04/18/whats-going-on-with-the-tesla-cybertruck-that-wouldnt-work-after-a-car-wash/

A Dozen States Have Applied for Home Energy Rebates Funding from President Biden’s Investing in America Agenda, Helping Households Across the Nation Receive up to $14,000 for Energy Efficient H...

https://cleantechnica.com/2024/04/18/historic-8-8-billion-home-energy-rebate-programs-to-lower-utility-bills/

Like many, I’m still grappling with the idea that Tesla might not produce the “Model 2” or “Model C” — or whatever name you want to give the more affordable electric car Tesla was wor...

https://cleantechnica.com/2024/04/18/who-will-produce-the-model-2-if-tesla-wont/

Several firms that are active in Kenya’s nascent electric motorcycle sector are starting to ramp up their operations. This has resulted in an increased number of electric motorcycles on the roa...

https://cleantechnica.com/2024/04/18/roam-teams-up-with-quickmart-to-introduce-roam-hub-charging-stations-for-electric-motorcycles-in-kenya/

Workers at the Volkswagen factory in Chattanooga, Tennessee, are voting this week on whether they want to join the UAW. The post Six Red States Want To Cancel The UAW appeared first on CleanTe...

https://cleantechnica.com/2024/04/18/six-red-states-want-to-cancel-the-uaw/

Last year, U.S. hydropower electricity generation fell to its lowest since 2001. This year, we expect hydropower to increase 6% and account for 250 billion kilowatthours of electricity generatio...

https://cleantechnica.com/2024/04/18/u-s-hydropower-generation-expected-to-increase-by-6-in-2024-following-last-years-lows/

What do companies want from government policy? They want consistency and predictability. Whether policies are more supportive or less, consistency and predictability allow a company to plan thing...

https://cleantechnica.com/2024/04/17/get-ready-for-a-flood-of-ev-sales-in-quebec-canada/

Clean School Bus grant brings green future to school transportation. Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Mid-Atlantic Regional Administrator Adam Ortiz and U.S. Rep. Gerry Conno...

https://cleantechnica.com/2024/04/17/u-s-epa-paves-the-way-for-clean-buses-at-fairfax-county-public-schools/

EV sales have grown strongly in recent years, and while we’ve explained that they’re still growing nicely in many places and for many companies, it’s also clear that we’re not in the peri...

https://cleantechnica.com/2024/04/17/automaker-c-suites-are-pondering-a-big-question-on-evs-choose-humanity/

Report Details Recommendations to Streamline Interconnection with Near- to Long-Term Solutions to Add Clean Energy Resources to the Transmission Grid and Boost Our Clean Energy Economy WASHINGT...

https://cleantechnica.com/2024/04/17/u-s-doe-releases-1st-ever-roadmap-to-accelerate-connecting-more-clean-energy-projects-to-the-nations-electric-grid/

President Biden’s Investing in America Agenda Equips Utilities and Power Providers With a Suite of Tools to Meet Increasing Demand, While Keeping Costs Affordable for Consumers, Cutting Emissio...

https://cleantechnica.com/2024/04/17/u-s-doe-releases-new-report-outlining-solutions-to-meet-growing-electricity-demand/

Running a small business is no easy task. There are so many things to deal with outside of the core work of the company. In this day and age, part of that is managing all kinds of technology, inc...

https://cleantechnica.com/2024/04/17/solar-installers-can-get-their-own-app-from-sunvoy/

Zeekr is one of the most elegant, most advanced, and most high tech EV producers in the world. The brand is underneath the wing of Chinese auto giant Geely, but Zeekr has always seemed like a bra...

https://cleantechnica.com/2024/04/17/zeekr-begins-big-push-into-6-european-countries/

When a cargo e-bike is too much for your daily needs, but a standard e-bike isn’t enough, then a utility e-bike might be just the right fit, and the Vvolt Slice Lite is a solid contender. Altho...

https://cleantechnica.com/2024/04/17/the-vvolt-slice-lite-is-a-right-sized-lightweight-utility-e-bike-cleantechnica-tested/

South America has a lot of sun and a lot of space, and solar energy has grown from a small player to the main driver of generation growth in several countries in the region (making their already ...

https://cleantechnica.com/2024/04/17/the-sun-shines-in-south-america-colombia-brazil-give-large-boost-to-solar-deployment/

A small introduction: Following the feedback of some readers, I have decided to stop focusing so much on the Dutch, French, and German markets, and start covering other, less media friendly marke...

https://cleantechnica.com/2024/04/17/spain-has-11-plugin-vehicle-share-new-monthly-market-share-report/

Last year, Volvo Trucks started delivering heavy electric trucks to its customers in South Africa. In another major boost for the uptake of heavy electric trucks in South Africa, Volvo Trucks Sou...

https://cleantechnica.com/2024/04/17/volvo-trucks-south-africa-launches-electric-truck-equipment-as-a-service-rental-solution/

Nissan is pumping up its presence in the EV market through the Formula E racing series, while prepping for a new all-solid-state EV battery. The post Nissan Teases New All Solid-State EV Batte...

https://cleantechnica.com/2024/04/17/nissan-all-solid-state-ev-battery-renault-mitsubishi-formula-e/

Tesla has fired ten percent of its workforce as it seeks to respond to weakening demand. But is Musk himself responsible for lower sales? The post Tesla, The Yellow Brick Road, And The Electron...

https://cleantechnica.com/2024/04/17/tesla-the-yellow-brick-road-and-the-electron-highway/

One big topic of conversation recently has been the big mass layoffs Tesla made this week. Some people woke up on Monday morning only to find out that they didn’t have a job by the end of the d...

https://cleantechnica.com/2024/04/17/layoffs-are-the-obvious-but-wrong-answer-to-company-problems/

Ford recently announced that orders are now open for 2024 F-150 Lightning electric pickup trucks. Normally, there’s not much news when an automaker announces a new model year, but one big news ...

https://cleantechnica.com/2024/04/17/ford-lowers-f-150-lightning-flash-to-below-70000-announces-other-2024-changes/

As we’ve covered for years, electric vehicles have innate safety advantages, and it’s also easier to design them for higher levels of safety in multiple ways. I could go on, but we have a fre...

https://cleantechnica.com/2024/04/16/the-safest-truck-in-the-usa-is-the-rivian-r1t/

Smart energy company GridBeyond has successfully concluded a €52M Series C financing round to support the scale-up of the business. The company will use the funding to support its international...

https://cleantechnica.com/2024/04/16/gridbeyond-closes-e52m-series-c-funding-round-to-continue-its-platform-evolution-and-invest-in-new-existing-markets/

On the path of new tech adoption, different types of people adopt the new tech at different times. Some need more time to get used to the idea, while others jump in quickly and eagerly, perhaps e...

https://cleantechnica.com/2024/04/16/pete-buttigieg-slams-ev-luddites/

The Truth Behind Hydropower’s Role in Our Battle Against Climate Change In 2022, journalist Ezra Klein posed a question to the Reddit community: “Why is it that no one seems to talk about hy...

https://cleantechnica.com/2024/04/16/do-we-still-need-hydropower/

Many electric vehicle startups have come and gone, raised big hopes and dreams only to fold when it came time to scale up with something and make a profit. Some EV startups put the hype on full b...

https://cleantechnica.com/2024/04/16/can-partnership-with-rimac-make-bmws-the-ultimate-driving-machines-again/

A new report finds that, although there is likely to be a significant shortage of wind energy workers in the coming decades, impactful opportunities exist to close the wind energy workforce gap. ...

https://cleantechnica.com/2024/04/16/u-s-doe-report-highlights-ways-to-address-significant-wind-energy-workforce-gap/

DOE Releases New Report on Accelerating Deployment of Grid Solutions to Lower Costs and Improve Reliability WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced the release ...

https://cleantechnica.com/2024/04/16/new-u-s-doe-report-on-accelerating-deployment-of-grid-solutions-to-lower-costs-improve-reliability/

DOE Finalizing Energy Efficiency Standards for Commercial Unitary Air Conditioners and Heat Pumps, Circulator Pumps, Dishwashers, and Miscellaneous Refrigeration Appliances—Delivering Savings t...

https://cleantechnica.com/2024/04/16/u-s-doe-finalizes-4-consensus-based-efficiency-standards-to-save-americans-billions-on-utility-bills/

China is well known as the world’s leading electric vehicle (EV) market. More than half of the world’s EV sales have occurred there in recent years. It is a standard of the rapid, uplifting E...

https://cleantechnica.com/2024/04/16/bad-news-record-oil-imports-into-china-in-2023/

With Tesla Full Self Driving (FSD) version 12.3 being much more natural and usable than previous versions, I have been using it more in order to track its progress and try to understand it better...

https://cleantechnica.com/2024/04/16/recent-tesla-full-self-driving-fails-just-a-blip-in-the-progress-or-endemic/

Plastic. It’s literally everywhere on our planet, and it’s not going anywhere anytime soon. And in case you missed the memo, “plastic recycling is not technically or economically viable at ...

https://cleantechnica.com/2024/04/16/this-bicycle-is-made-from-recycled-plastic-using-renewable-energy/

The editor side of me that is very focused on using precise language actually disagrees with that statement in the headline, and stating something like that irritates me a little bit because of t...

https://cleantechnica.com/2024/04/16/tesla-stock-tsla-is-basically-worth-0-if-true-full-self-driving-isnt-achieved/

The US Department of Energy is bringing together a diverse group of manufacturers and  businesses to promote the development of advanced heat pump technology for commercial buildings. The progra...

https://cleantechnica.com/2024/04/16/doe-commercial-heat-pump-initiative-brings-together-multiple-partners/

Automakers are trying to clean up their supply chains, as illustrated by the new Volvo EX30 electric vehicle featuring flax-based composites. The post The Electric Vehicle Of The Future Will Al...

https://cleantechnica.com/2024/04/16/the-electric-vehicle-of-the-future-will-also-be-more-sustainable/

Fossil fuel companies have been lying to the public for more than 50 years. It's time we stopped listening to them. The post How Can You Tell Fossil Fuel Executives Are Lying? Their Lips Are Mo...

https://cleantechnica.com/2024/04/16/how-can-you-tell-fossil-fuel-executives-are-lying-their-lips-are-moving/