Cleantech & EV’s

After Tesla CEO Elon Musk claimed that Bill Gates has been betting against the electric automaker on the stock market, we have been trying to find out if it was true. Now Gates all but admits that he was shorting Tesla’s stock (TSLA). As we previously reported, Musk and Gates don’t always see eye to eye. Gates has previously made some comments about electric trucks like the Tesla Semi not…

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Electric vehicle startup Lucid Motors announced a SPAC deal to go public with over $4 billion in cash injection to accelerate its plan. Over the last few months, Lucid had been rumored to be in discussions with Churchill Capital Corp IV, a special purpose company created to make a reserve merger SPAC deal. Today, they have confirmed the deal, which will be bringing $4.4 billion in cash to Lucid…

Someone managed to get a first look inside a new Tesla Model S refresh, showing the first unpolished look inside the new electric vehicle. Last month, Tesla officially unveiled the new Model S and Model X refresh.  The unveiling of the new vehicle was somewhat strangely on the sidelines of the release of its Q4 and full-year 2020 earnings. Tesla didn’t do an official release of the updated…