Cleantech & EV’s

In the early 2010s, Pat Collins, a 7th-grade life science teacher at Chisago Lakes Middle School — in Lindstrom, Minnesota, about 35 miles northeast of the Twin Cities — was having a discussion about solar panels with his students. One asked why they couldn’t just use solar power at the school, so Collins said he would look into it and see. A few school board meetings that eventually…

Back in 2018 Harley-Davidson unveiled one of the coolest-looking electric mopeds we had seen at the time. But years later the Milwaukee-based motorcycle manufacturer hasn’t shown us any more progress than a two-year-old prototype. That opened the door for others to try their hand at Harley’s design, and a Chinese motorbike manufacturer seems to have created a pretty decent copy of the…

In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB): Good Energy and ZapMap offer the first EV “time-of-use” free tariff powered by 100% clean electricity. Here’s how you can take a virtual EV drive with race car driver Leilani Münter, and also ask her questions. UnderstandSolar is a free service that links you to top-rated solar installers in your region for personalized solar estimates.

GM is about to announce a new massive battery cell gigafactory in the US in partnership with LG Energy Solutions, according to industry sources. One of the most important things for an automaker, in order to produce a large number of electric vehicles, is to secure battery cell supply. Automakers have different approaches ranging from simply having supply contracts with battery manufacturers to…