Cleantech & EV’s

Hero Cycles has just delivered its first batch of Indian-produced electric bicycles to Germany. Now the company expects the figures to grow. Hero Cycles is a massive bicycle manufacturer owned by Hero Motors, the largest motorcycle manufacturer in the world. The Indian manufacturer’s electric bicycle division has now set its sights on Europe and the continent’s burgeoning electric bicycle…

US Senators Jon Ossoff (D-GA) and Reverend Raphael Warnock (D-GA) announced late today that more than $5.4 million in federal grant funding will be awarded to the Atlanta-Region Transit Link Authority to purchase electric buses. Ossoff said in an emailed statement: We have secured this funding because electrification of Georgia’s public bus fleet is an economic and environmental imperative.

In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB): BASF will buy 49.5% of Vattenfall’s 1.5 GW offshore wind farm in the Netherlands. Home energy efficiency upgrade company Sealed raises $16 million in Series B funding. 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 important…

Tesla has been almost continuously adjusting its prices across its lineup over the past few months, and now, the Model Y is seeing another small price increase. In February, Tesla made several changes to Model 3 and Model Y prices, mostly going down, again in early March, and then increased Model 3 prices in late March. In April, the automaker again increased the prices across the Model 3…