Cleantech & EV’s

Aurora Solar, a San Francisco-based SaaS company that develops tools that enable solar professionals to design and sell solar remotely — rather useful in a pandemic, eh? — announced yesterday that it has raised $50 million in Series B, bringing the company’s total investment to more than $70 million. This round, which Aurora says is the largest single investment in this market, was led by…

In a new email to Tesla employees obtained by Electrek, CEO Elon Musk says that he wants the automaker to focus on profits and cost-saving. If not, the CEO warns that Tesla’s stock (TSLA) could fall drastically. Tesla’s stock is currently on an incredible rise, increasing the company’s valuation by over $100 billion last month. The market valuation doesn’t really match the fundamentals…

Lucid Motor announced that it completed the first phase of construction at its EV factory in Arizona. Eventually, they plan to produce up to 400,000 electric cars per year at the facility after future expansions. The electric car startup impressed many earlier this year with the unveiling of the Air electric sedan, the company’s first car with a range of up to 517 miles on a single charge. But…

As if mountain bikes weren’t already versatile enough, a new DIY conversion kit known as the Envo can turn a mountain bike into an electric snowmobile. It’s not like electric snow bikes aren’t already a thing – there are plenty of powerful and well-equipped electric snow bikes out there. But there’s nothing quite like the track of a snowmobile to really tear it up in the snow. Now the…