Cleantech & EV’s

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…

Taiwanese electronics manufacturer Foxconn recently revealed it is considering its Wisconsin facility to produce its first electric vehicle. The international electronics juggernaut is strategizing for contract manufacturing of electric vehicles in North America. The company’s president recently told the media that Foxconn is debating between its Wisconsin facility or one of its plants in Mexico…

BMW unveiled today the BMW i4, its new all-electric vehicle, and confirmed that it is going to have up to 300 miles of range based on the EPA standard. After the German automaker brought the BMW i3 to market in 2013, we thought that it would release the BMW i4, i5, and so on, but it didn’t really happen like that. It took BMW seven years to bring another all-electric vehicle to market, the BMW…

Toyota is teasing its first battery-electric SUV ahead of the planned unveiling at the Shanghai Motor Show next month. Toyota is a laggard when it comes to all-electric cars Toyota has yet to launch an all-electric vehicle outside of China. Despite the fact that the company announced an acceleration of its electric vehicle plans last year, the Japanese automaker has been focused on hybrids…