Cleantech & EV’s

Canadian National Railway Company (CN) announced the purchase of Wabtec’s FLXdrive battery-electric freight locomotive, the first to join its 19,500-mile rail network. The purchase was part of CN’s sustainability strategy to reduce freight transportation emissions and will be supported by a grant from the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP). CN ($CNI) is a railway…

Tesla is rumored to be working on a new factory in China. Media reports suggest that the automaker already had a specific location in mind. The company denied the rumor of the location, but it appears to confirm a second factory is indeed in the works. Lately, there have been several rumors of Tesla looking for a location for a new Gigafactory. After recent reports came out that Tesla decided to…

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Tesla vehicles are being added to Uber’s new scheme to accelerate the electrification of its London fleet through “a clean air fee.” Uber has introduced a “clean air fee” that adds 3 pence (4 cents) to every mile of a passenger trip in the London area. It has already collected over £135 million ($184 million) from the scheme and used the money to offer discounted Kia and Nissan…