Cleantech & EV’s

All automakers have dropped support for a lawsuit that threatened California’s long-held legal ability to set its own emissions rules, as reported by Reuters. The lawsuit was unlikely to continue, given the Biden Administration’s flurry of action on environmental issues in the early days of Joe Biden’s presidency. Just yesterday the Department of Justice asked courts to put the litigation…

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Elon Musk has released some stunning drone footage showing the progress that Tesla has made at Gigafactory Berlin. There’s now a giant structure that will soon house Model Y production. Tesla Gigafactory Berlin Tesla’s Gigafactory Berlin is arguably the automaker’s most important project of 2021. The company is not launching the Model Y in Europe until the vehicle is produced at the new…

Merchants Fleet, the US’ fastest-growing fleet management company, is working with BrightDrop, the new business started by General Motors (GM), to procure a hefty 12,600 EV600s. The all-new EV600 is lightweight and purpose-built for the efficient delivery of goods and services over long ranges. What does BrightDrop do? This is how GM describes BrightDrop, which launched it to “electrify…