Cleantech & EV’s

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In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB): The DOE has earmarked $13 million for clean energy innovators to help the US government become carbon neutral. New Jersey’s statewide community solar pilot program launches two more solar farms. UnderstandSolar is a free service that links you to top-rated solar installers in your region for personalized solar estimates. Tesla now offers price…

A study has looked into why about 18% of electric car owners go back to gas-powered vehicles. The reasons are mostly exactly what we expected. University of California Davis researchers surveyed just over 4,000 households who own or owned electric vehicles in California and found that about 20% of plug-in hybrid owners and 18% of all-electric vehicle owners end up going back to gasoline-powered…

Elon Musk now says that Tesla’s next Full Self-Driving Beta software update “will blow your mind,” and it’s only about two weeks away. Tesla is currently testing the “feature complete” version of its Full Self-Driving (FSD) package in beta with a few thousand customers and employees through what it calls its “early access program.” It’s not considered autonomous driving yet…