Cleantech & EV’s

Bill Gates has thrown some cold water on the Tesla Semi project and recent comments from Elon Musk about the possibility of commercial electric airplanes. Is he right? In recent years, Gates has focused on using his fortune to try and fix major problems in the world. He is getting more attention lately due to his early warnings of the world not being ready for a pandemic prior to the COVID-19…

VW has released a video of the mysterious meeting between CEO Hebert Diess and Tesla CEO Elon Musk during which the latter test drove the upcoming ID.3 and ID.4 electric cars. As we reported over the last week, Musk has been in Germany to visit a few projects related to Tesla. It ended with reports that Musk landed at Braunschweig Airport, a facility mostly used by Volkswagen, to meet with VW…

VW CEO Hebert Diess put an end to rumors and confirmed that there’s no deal in the making with Tesla. As we reported last week, Tesla CEO Elon Musk has been in Germany visiting a few projects related to Tesla. It ended with reports that Musk visited Braunschweig Airport, used by Volkswagen, to meet with VW CEO Hebert Diess. Volkswagen confirmed that the meeting happened but didn’t elaborate…

Nikola Motor (NKLA) announced a partnership with GM that will result in the latter engineering and manufacturing its upcoming Badger electric/hydrogen pickup truck, and maybe eventually its other vehicles. Before Tesla unveiled the Cybertruck last year, Trevor Milton, founder of Nikola Motors, tweeted renders of a pickup truck that the company created and suggested that Tesla could use those for…