Cleantech & EV’s

Tesla has now officially ended its referral program for its vehicles and everything else except its solar roof. We expect a new version of the program to launch in the near future. Tesla Referral Program For years, Tesla relied on its referral program to boost demand. The automaker doesn’t like to spend on marketing or advertising and instead, it relied on its userbase to promote its vehicles…

EVgo has announced a new loyalty program where customers can earn points toward future free charging sessions. The program, called EVgo Rewards, is a first of its kind for public charging networks in the US, according to EVgo. Here’s everything you need to know. EVgo is a public EV charging network founded in 2010, during the start of the green wave of zero emission transportation that is just…

VW invited Electrek to their Chattanooga factory location to check out the new AWD ID.4, which ups the electric SUV from around 200 to 300 horsepower with a front-wheel-drive motor. Even better, next year, North American units of the ID.4 will be built locally at the huge VW factory in Chattanooga, Tennessee, which we got to see first hand… I got a few days to look at the RWD 200 horsepower…

Elon Musk said that Tesla will use its telemetry data to make sure customers are “good” drivers before allowing them to access its Full Self-Driving Beta software. This is a tricky situation since those customers already paid for the software. Last week, Tesla started pushing its new Full Self-Driving (FSD) Beta v10 software update to its early access fleet. Tesla FSD Beta enables Tesla…