Cleantech & EV’s

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Electrify America has reached an important new milestone: it has opened its 500th electric car fast-charging station in the US. More are coming. Electrify America was born out of the settlement deal between the EPA and Volkswagen over the Dieselgate standard. They thought that instead of just having them pay a fine, they should force them to build a fast-charging network to support new electric…

Wind and solar capacity will double over the next five years globally and surge past both gas and coal, according to a new International Energy Agency (IEA) report published today, “Renewables 2020,” which is an analysis and forecast to 2025. Green energy used for generating electricity will grow by almost 7% in 2020 — its fastest growth in the last six years — despite the pandemic. In…

Tesla has confirmed that its new 2021 Model 3 vehicles are now equipped with a new 82 kWh battery pack — thanks to new, more energy-dense battery cells produced by Panasonic. Earlier this year, Panasonic announced an extra $100 million investment in Gigafactory Nevada, its partnership with Tesla to produce battery cells exclusively for the electric automaker. As part of the announcement…