Cleantech & EV’s

Tesla has secured another order of Tesla Semi trucks, its upcoming electric class 8 semi trucks. Karat Packaging announced in a press release that it ordered 10 Tesla Semi trucks. The Tesla Semi has been delayed several times, but it now appears to be close to production, and the automaker is still accumulating orders. Tesla first started taking reservations with a $5,000 deposit per truck, but…

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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