Cleantech & EV’s

Redwood Materials, the battery materials and recycling company founded by Tesla co-founder JB Straubel, hired Tesla’s Director of Quality Bruce Watson away from the electric automaker. Straubel’s Redwood Materials was best known as a Nevada-based company developing new processes to recycle materials with a focus on electric car batteries, but the company announced that it is also getting…

As sales of electric vehicles continue to surge, many new and prospective customers have questions about qualifying for federal tax credit on electric vehicles. Whether you qualify is not a simple yes or no question… well, actually it sort of is, but the amount you may qualify for varies by household due to a number of different factors. Furthermore, there are other potential savings available…

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Tesla has removed pricing information for the new Roadster and stopped taking reservations for the $250,000 Founders Series version. The new Roadster might end up being Tesla’s most delayed vehicle ever. When first unveiling the next-generation Tesla Roadster in 2017, CEO Elon Musk said that it will come to market in 2020. Tesla started taking reservations for the impressive electric supercar…