Cleantech & EV’s

Michigan, the home state of the US auto industry’s big three, is making sure that it is closing the door behind Tesla on direct-sale as Rivian is about to follow in its footsteps. In many ways, Tesla has open doors for new EV startups in the auto industry. There are some intangibles like changing consumers’ psyche on buying a car from a startup without a long track record and in some clear…

Elon Musk confirmed today that Tesla’s “high volume” battery cell production won’t start until 2022 and therefore, it will mostly affect the Cybertruck, Tesla Semi, and Roadster programs. Tesla is going to hold its Battery Day tomorrow – an event where the automaker is expected to announce its plan to build its own battery cell on a massive scale. As we reported last week, Tesla is…

Just in case you haven’t heard, Long Way Up is the third installment in Ewan McGregor’s and Charlie Boorman’s trilogy of long-distance motorcycle adventure rides. What makes this one so special, though, is that the duo set out on a pair of Harley-Davidson LiveWire electric motorcycles, attempting to cover 15,000 miles (25,000 km) of incredibly remote terrain from the southern tip of…

Tesla is reportedly in talks to build a research and development center in India — a market that Tesla has had difficulties entering in the past. Back in 2016, CEO Elon Musk said that Tesla had plans to enter the Indian market, but those plans have been delayed. Jay Vijayan, who was then Tesla’s Chief Information Officer and was born in India, went to the country to investigate the…