Cleantech & EV’s

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A new poll shows that Tesla Cybertruck and the Ford F-150 Lightning are neck-and-neck in consumer demand for electric pickup trucks. Over the last year since the unveiling of the Tesla Cybertruck, the electric pickup truck scene has become more robust with the Rivian R1T getting a lower price, the Hummer EV becoming an option in the bigger and more expensive side of the market, and the launch…

Tesla’s stock (TSLA) crashed in mid-afternoon after a report came out claiming that an inside source confirmed new orders are free-falling in China, an important market for Tesla. The reported in question came out of The Information, and it is behind a paywall. Based on an unnamed source, the publication claimed that Tesla’s net new orders fell to 9,800 last month, which is significantly…

You might remember the Fisker Karma from its storied past. Fast forward over a decade since it launched, swap the model name for the make, and Karma’s latest iteration, the GS-6, is one of the best implementations of a plug-in hybrid we’ve seen. And dare I say one of the best-looking cars with a plug attached? The Karma company has been through a lot of changes in its decade-plus of…