Cleantech & EV’s

Ich bin ein Berliner. These are the famous words with which John F. Kennedy won the hearts of the Berlin population in 1963. Tesla has the same goal. Hearts need to be won in Germany. The stakes are high. Like a gigantesque alien spaceship, the new Gigafactory emerged from the ground in an incredibly short amount of time, for German standards. The skepticism within the German population is very…

Reading, Pennsylvania-based truck-rental giant Penske Leasing is taking delivery of five of Navistar’s International eMV Series medium-duty full battery-electric trucks. This is Navistar’s first US delivery of the series’ trucks. This truly is a drop in the bucket, seeing how Penske’s fleet consists of more than 50,000 vehicles. But if the company proceeds with electrification, it…

While Tesla is moving its headquarters out of California, CEO Elon Musk made it clear that the automaker would still grow in the state. He wasn’t lying, since Tesla is now taking over a large part of HP’s campus in Palo Alto. Last week, Musk announced that Tesla is officially moving its headquarters to Texas. It was confirmed after a year of rumors following the CEO’s complaints about…

The Japanese motorcycle manufacturer has announced that by the year 2035, it will only sell electric motorcycles in developed countries. The timeline is one of the farthest set for a shift to electric vehicles, and the commitment leaves room for the continued sale of gas-powered motorcycles in developing countries. But it represents a major promise from the company, which has yet to put a single…