Cleantech & EV’s

Tesla Powerwall 3 is about to launch, and we can now confirm that it will be offered with up to 11.5 kW of power output, according to Tesla documents obtained by Electrek. Last month, Electrek reported that Tesla was preparing to launch the Powerwall 3 as we discovered the new product had been certified by a handful of electric utilities in the US. At the time, we didn’t know much about the…

Tesla is starting to flood the Canadian EV market with China-made electric cars, which are cheaper and could change the market. When first announcing plans to build cars in China, CEO Elon Musk clearly stated that it would only be to satisfy local demand and that Tesla wouldn’t export vehicles from China. That changed after Gigafactory Shanghai quickly surged to become Tesla’s most productive…

Tesla announced the expansion of its massive virtual power plant in South Australia to 3,000 more homes. The program specifically aims to help low-income households with their electricity costs. Australia, and especially South Australia, has had a lot of power issues over the years as it retires aging infrastructure and tries to manage a high penetration of renewable energy, which destabilized…

Rideshare juggernaut Uber has signed a multi-year strategic partnership with robotaxi developer Waymo, offering driverless rides and deliveries to customers across the former’s platform. The new partnership could bring massive scale to Waymo’s driverless tech, while offering an enormous pool of potential customers. Both Waymo and Uber were founded in 2009 and have taken very different, but…