Cleantech & EV’s

The Volkswagen Group’s plan to accelerate electrification is starting to pay off as we are now seeing significant delivery volumes of fully electric vehicles from the German automaker’s brand. The group has already delivered 171,000 BEVs so far this year. Following the Dieselgate scandal and Herbert Biess taking over as CEO, the Volkswagen Group initiated what is arguably the most ambitious…

Toyota Motor Group Subsidiary Woven Planet has announced the completed acquisition of Level 5, the self-driving division of rideshare veteran Lyft, Inc. The completed transaction is one of several made by Toyota and its subsidiaries in 2021, specifically pertaining to autonomous software and other self-driving technologies. At this point in a world abundant with rideshare options, most people…

After years of delays, Tesla is finally about to start production of Tesla Semi, its all-electric semi-truck. The whole truck industry is watching. While there are already a few electric trucks on the road, none of them have the specs enabling longer range hauling in a class 8 semi-truck, like the Tesla Semi is promising. When launching Tesla Semi in 2017, the automaker said that the electric…

Indiana has been slow to install electric car chargers, but the Hoosier State is now going to give eight electric utilities, including Duke Energy, NIPSCO, and AES Indiana, more than $5.5 million to set up 61 EV fast charging stations. The money will come from the Volkswagen settlement over its Clean Air Act violations. There are currently only around 40 public fast charging stations in…