Cleantech & EV’s

Tesla has a trio of new car paint colors coming, something the automaker hasn’t done in years. The new colors were revealed in Tesla’s latest mobile app update. Tesla buyers have been teased about new factory colors for years now, but it might finally happen soon. Back in the early days of the Model S, Tesla used to offer a variety of colors, but the automaker decided to streamline options…

Volcon, the Texas-based manufacturer of the Grunt electric motorcycle, has just announced plans for global expansion. After meeting huge demand both domestically and internationally for its off-road electric motorcycle, Volcon plans to take the show on the road by expanding into Latin America, followed by European and African expansion. Agreements have already been made for expansion to Mexico…

Medium and heavy-duty vehicle manufacturer Lion Electric Co. recently announced a conditional purchase order from Student Transportation of Canada (STC) for 1,000 of its all-electric Lion C school buses. The PO is dependent upon a grant of non-repayable contributions to STC under Canada’s Zero-Emission Transit Fund (ZETF). If approved, STC would become the largest operator of zero-emission buses…

Tesla has restarted the rollout of its Full Self-Driving Beta 10.3 update after a false start with a lot of bugs had them revert to the previous version. Tesla FSD Beta 10.3 was supposed to come Friday, but the automaker’s internal QA found a problem with “left turns at traffic lights.” The company has warned that the process of developing its self-driving technology is a “two step…