Cleantech & EV’s

The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) last week announced that two 100-megawatt solar farms are being built in the Tennessee Valley to supply green energy for Vanderbilt University in Nashville and Google data centers in Bridgeport, Alabama, and Clarksville, Tennessee. In August, as Electrek reported, the federally owned utility says it’s on track to reduce emissions by 70% below 2005 levels…

Lordstown (RIDE) says that it received 50,000 pre-orders for its “Endurance” electric pickup truck. The company has released a corporate update with a few interesting pieces of news. Lordstown, an electric vehicle startup that spun out of Workhorse and GM’s sale of its Lordstown factory, unveiled the Endurance electric pickup truck at an event at the Lordstown factory earlier this…

Tesla has stopped selling the $35,000 version of the Model 3 altogether — which has been somewhat elusive ever since its launch — with the new 2021 model year refresh. Long before ever delivering a Model 3, CEO Elon Musk promised that it would be the electric car for the masses with a price point starting at $35,000. While Tesla achieved mass production of the Model 3, that $35,000 price…

The 2020 Atlantic hurricane season breaks the record for the number of named storms with 29. Why? We look at three state environmental amendments and initiatives that were passed by voters. What’s regenerative farming, and how could it help reduce climate change? Woody Harrelson tells us. And more… Greetings from a post-Tropical Storm Eta in St. Petersburg, Florida. On Wednesday, the Tampa…