Cleantech & EV’s

In this episode of Cariosity, we address some of the major concerns many buyers have when considering an all-electric vehicle, and demonstrate the distinct advantages an EV like the new offers. Driving The fun starts the moment you climb inside the ID.4. Instead of putting a key in the ignition or pushing a start/stop button, the ID.4 turns on with a simple press of the brake pedal as long as…

Herbert Diess, CEO of VW, invited Tesla CEO Elon Musk to call in to an internal conference with 200 VW executives in an effort to spur further innovation from his company. The two auto execs continue to have a beyond cordial relationship after Musk tried to hire Diess to become Tesla’s CEO. The VW executive conference happened in Alpbach, Austria and included a lecture by Erin Meyer, a…

In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB): Vattenfall says it will recycle all of its wind turbine blades by 2030. The US Department of Energy spends $61 million on 10 grid-interactive efficient buildings pilot projects. UnderstandSolar is a free service that links you to top-rated solar installers in your region for personalized solar estimates. Tesla now offers price matching, so it’s…

Tesla today opened Model Y orders in the United Kingdom, a right-hand-drive market, with deliveries expected to start in early 2022. Originally, the Model Y was only supposed to launch in Europe after Tesla started production at Gigafactory Berlin. However, Tesla changed its plan and started importing Model Y vehicles from Gigafactory Shanghai to some European markets, but not yet to the…