Cleantech & EV’s

Tesla is expanding its test of limited-time discounts on Supercharging in order to reduce wait time during peak travel times. Last year, Tesla started testing temporary Supercharger discounts in California. In that case, it looked like Tesla was trying to incentivize people at night to offset expensive peak demand charges. During off-peak hours, Tesla was charging $0.09/kWh – a significant…

Elon Musk revealed that he has heard that Bill Gates had a big short position on Tesla (TSLA), and he might have lost a lot of money on it. Billionaires Musk and Gates don’t always have good words to say about each other, but they do appear to share similar concerns about climate change. However, Gates made some strange comments about electrification last year, including that electric trucks…

Elon Musk is serious about making the upcoming Tesla Roadster “hover” with rocket technology in new comments about the electric supercar. When first unveiling the vehicle, Tesla claimed a list of impressive specs for its new Roadster, including 0-60 mph in 1.9 sec, 620-mile of range, and more. The CEO has been also teasing those specs as the “base specs,” and other versions should have…

LG Business Solutions USA today announced the release of two new solar panels with even higher output. According to LG, they are the company’s most powerful and highest-performing modules to date. LG’s new 66-cell NeON R and NeON R Prime modules with Back Contact Technology are available to US homebuilders and homeowners this spring. The LG NeON R 66-cell residential solar panel (left)…