Cleantech & EV’s

California has refreshed its “Clean Fuel Rewards” program, increasing the amount to $1,500 upfront (no application required) and simplifying availability to customers statewide. The new incentive is available for any eligible electric vehicle (including motorcycles!) purchased from a participating retailer starting today, November 17. As this is a refresh of California’s previous Clean Fuel…

Out with the old, in with the new! Dutch train stations are getting a makeover that includes replacing their old ashtray posts with new electric bicycle charging posts. Some days the world smiles upon you as you wake up to some wholesome, old-fashioned good news. Today is one of those days. After Holland banned smoking in all of its train stations last month, the public ashtray posts suddenly…

Twenty-eight companies in the electric vehicle industry, including big names like Tesla, Lucid, and Rivian, have joined forces to create a new organization called ZETA, with the goal to push for 100% electric vehicle sales by 2030. Several markets have recently announced plans to move new car sales to electric vehicles only. These initiatives, also referred to as bans on the sale of new…

An update to the NHTSA investigation into Tesla’s MCU car touchscreen failure showed that some build months had a failure rate over 30% and Tesla has received over 10,000 requests from owners to change their MCU. NHTSA is still considering a recall even after Tesla pushed its own fix. Owners of older Tesla Model S and Model X vehicles have been reporting some issues with their MCUs. The…