Cleantech & EV’s

One lucky person has a neighbor that works at Rivian. Better still, their Rivian neighbor was generous enough to allow them to go for a spin in an R1T and capture some footage from their phone of the interior, including the upcoming EVs User Interface (UI) and other controls. If you blink, you might miss it, though, as the videographer must have been so giddy with excitement experiencing the…

Miami-Dade County in Florida today announced it has bought 42 Proterra ZX5+ electric transit buses, featuring a total of 19 megawatt hours of battery storage capacity. The county also announced that it will install 75 Proterra chargers across three bus depots. Its first electric buses are slated to be delivered in 2022. Miami-Dade’s new electric buses and chargers Its latest purchase brings…

Tesla has signed an agreement with new home builder Alset EHome to outfit a whole new community being built with Tesla solar panels, Powerwall, and electric vehicle chargers. The idea of built-in solar and energy storage is starting to catch some steam in the real estate development world. Homeowners are seeing the value of producing their own energy and that value can be added on day one of a…

In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB): After running into glitches last week, ISS astronauts successfully installed Roll-Out Solar Arrays yesterday. IKEA and The Rockefeller Foundation start a $1 billion fund for small-scale clean energy. UnderstandSolar is a free service that links you to top-rated solar installers in your region for personalized solar estimates. Tesla now offers price…