Cleantech & EV’s

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The Dutch EV startup Lightyear has announced the closing of a new funding round of $48 million. The EV manufacturer specializing in solar paneled roofs made the announcement via a press release today. The new investment is Lightyear’s largest financing to date. It will use the funds to support growth toward the first customer deliveries of its Lightyear One exclusive series car. Since its…

Tesla is reportedly in talks to partner with Tata Motors for charging infrastructure in India as the automaker is about to launch in the country. Over the last few months, there have been more rumors of Tesla looking to establish manufacturing and/or research and development in India. Local government officials have revealed talks with Tesla executives, and last month Tesla officially…

Nissan is now using old Leaf battery packs in some of the robots that are helping to build the Leaf electric cars in the first place. This is kind of cool! For those who want electric cars to be a solution to reduce emissions from the transportation sector, the end-of-life of a battery pack is really important. Companies are looking at several different solutions, from recycling to second-use.