Cleantech & EV’s

Ford is today unveiling BlueCruise, a hands-free highway driving system, which it describes as “similar to Tesla Autopilot.” The new system is going to be pushed as an optional over-the-air software update to Ford Mustang Mach-E owners. When we tested the Ford Mustang Mach-E last year, the electric car was already equipped with the Ford Co-Pilot360 suite of driver-assist systems. But now…

Audi is unveiling today the production version of the e-tron Q4 and e-tron Q4 Sportsback, the German brand’s latest electric SUV. It is expected to expand Audi’s electric vehicle lineup to a new and less expensive segment. The original concept for the Audi Q4 e-tron was unveiled at the Geneva Motor Show in 2019. Audi quickly confirmed that a production version of the vehicle will launch…

Tesla is promising to store all data that it will collect in China locally following concerns regarding data collection and even spying. Last month, we reported on the People’s Liberation Army, China’s military, issuing a notice banning Tesla owners from parking their vehicles on bases and in housing complexes. The concerns appeared to be related to Tesla’s use of cameras all around its…

California’s Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) today launched the Community Microgrid Enablement Program. The program will help communities identify, design, and build permanent, multi-customer microgrids that serve critical facilities and vulnerable customer groups. Community microgrids A community microgrid is a group of customers and distributed energy resources such as solar…