Cleantech & EV’s

Lordstown Motor, an electric pickup truck startup that became a billion-dollar company after going public, is seeing its hype train slow down after a prototype caught on fire and its vast order book is called into question. The company was founded out of a deal to take over GM’s Lordstown factory just a few years ago, and they plan to bring an electric pickup truck to production this year. We…

A Tesla Model X with over 400,000 miles, making it one of the highest mileage electric cars in the world, has been turned into a piece of art by famed artist Kenny Scharf. And it’s for a fun project… As some of you might know, I bought a Tesla Model X with over 400,000 miles on the odometer last year. Before the pandemic, I used to split my time between Montreal and Los Angeles when I…

In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB): Duke Energy Renewables has begun commercial operation of the 350MW Frontier 2 project in Oklahoma. Medium- and long-haul electric trucks are 13% cheaper to own than diesel trucks today – report. UnderstandSolar is a free service that links you to top-rated solar installers in your region for personalized solar estimates. Tesla now offers price…

Tesla has scored a contract for 100 MW of batteries for energy storage in Israel as it enters the market. Tesla has been looking into entering the Israeli auto market for a while now. Last year, we reported that Tesla is working on opening a service center and a Supercharging station in Tel Aviv. The automaker listed some job openings for sale and service positions in the city. At the time, it…