Cleantech & EV’s

Fisker, Henrik Fisker’s new EV startup, has reached a deal with automotive giant Magna to make the Ocean electric SUV. After the original Fisker Automotive went bankrupt, the assets of the defunct EV startup were purchased by a Chinese interest who relaunched the company and its Karma (now Revero) plug-in hybrid. A few years later, Henrik Fisker won the right to use his name again and launched…

Energy storage tech solutions company Fluence, a Siemens and AES company based in Arlington, Virginia, today announced that it has acquired San Francisco-based Advanced Microgrid Solutions (AMS), a provider of AI-powered software for utility-scale storage and generation assets. Fluence’s acquisition will maximize the value of energy storage and renewables and accelerate grid…

If you saw our previous reporting on the notebook-sized Walkcar electric scooter thing, you may have been disappointed to see that it was only available in its native Japan. But not anymore. Cocoa Motors, the company behind the quirky little Walkcar electric scooter, has just declared that the micromobility device is now available worldwide. Emphasis on the “micro.” Sized and shaped like a…

Tesla will start production of the 7-seater version of the Model Y electric SUV with a third row next month, according to a new comment by CEO Elon Musk. At the launch of the Model Y last year, Tesla surprised by fitting a third row of seats in the small electric SUV. The configuration wasn’t available at launch and Musk said that it will be coming “probably early Q4.” We are now in early Q4…