Cleantech & EV’s

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…

GM and Uber announced a new partnership today to help drivers buy Chevy Bolt EV electric cars with employee discounts and new financing options. While GM once invested in Lyft, it is with rival Uber that they are now partnering to “help accelerate the rideshare industry’s transition to an all-electric, zero-emissions future by offering drivers on Uber’s platform special pricing on the…

Uber announced its plan to accelerate the transition to electric cars with $800 million to help its drivers go electric. However, it only aims for 100% of drives to be electric by 2040. Earlier today, we reported on GM partnering with Uber to help drivers buy discounted Chevy Bolt EV electric cars. It is actually just one small part of a bigger announcement from Uber today about transitioning to…