Cleantech & EV’s

Tesla has donated over $3 million to a Canadian battery research team that it has been working with to develop cheaper, longer-lasting battery cells for its electric vehicles. Tesla Advanced Battery Research For the past five years, Tesla has been working with a battery research group in Canada, also known as Jeff Dahn’s research team, that has been helping improve its battery tech. Dahn is…

Tesla has to issue two separate recalls on over 5,000 Model 3 (2018-2020) and Model Y (2019-2021) vehicles due to two separate seat belt problems. In the first recall notice posted to NHTSA’s website this week, Tesla disclosed a potential problem with 5,530 Model 3 and Model Y vehicles that could have improperly attached seat belt fasteners: “Tesla, Inc. (Tesla) is recalling certain…

The Apollo Phantom electric scooter is one of the first truly new electric scooters I’ve seen in a long time. To say that most new electric scooters these days look fairly similar would be an understatement. But instead of rolling out yet another carbon copy, the team at Apollo Scooters in Canada went back to the drawing board and created a totally new electric scooter designed from the…

In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB): Climate czar John Kerry said emissions cuts will come from future tech, but a new study says we’ve already got what we need. The Department of Energy’s Collegiate Wind Competition has kicked off – check it out. UnderstandSolar is a free service that links you to top-rated solar installers in your region for personalized solar estimates. Tesla…