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Carlos Ghosn has been arrested by Japanese authorities as a result of suspect financial improprieties. He has been one of the champions of the electric car revolution.

The RE100 initiative, led by The Climate Group in partnership with CDP, has grown leaps and bounds in recent years, and in 2018 --- amidst the starkest warning yet from scientists of the dangers of climate change and unchecked global warming --- RE100 added 37…

Science journalists who cover climate change face many challenges. From the competition with social media to reader skepticism, there is an immense pressure on journalists to produce content at a much faster pace, while keeping high quality standards. We have…

This presentation — video and text summary below — is not the freshest one from CleanTechnica Director Zach Shahan. However, it is as relevant today as when the presentation was delivered live in Dubai, UAE, last year. Furthermore, at ~25 minutes, it is a…

This week we broke a record — the smallest number of articles about Tesla. While there is merit to the argument that bad press is still press, Tesla doesn’t need it

After a record-breaking September (104,900 plug-in electric vehicle sales), one would think that the market would take some time to breathe in October, but that wasn’t the case, with close to 120,000 registrations last month, breaking the previous record by…

Earlier today, I highlighted the Tesla Model 3's solid sales launch compared to the iconic Ford Mustang, which the Model 3 is outselling by ~1.5× this year so far. But the Mustang has never been seen as the car the Model 3 is really trying to retire — or at…

We went “live” with our solar installation on April 9, 2018. To recap, we’ve got 8.125 kW of generation capacity from our roof-mounted array of 25 panels, each capable of 320 watt gross output with a Powerwall 2 and a 240V Tesla car charging station

When writing my letter to Elon Musk a few weeks ago, little did I know about the real actions undertaken by so few for so many. Tesla is a dream — a dream of an extraordinary electric vehicle everybody wants to own, a dream of an out-of-the-universe leader,…

The European ultrafast EV charging network Ionity has recently upped the tempo of its CCS network rollout, having gone from 6 locations in operation in mid September (and 14 more under construction) to 23 locations operating as of mid November (and 40 more…

Through the end of November, new car buyers in Aurora, Colorado, can save more than 50% off the cost of a new Nissan LEAF. Here's how.

On November 5, 2018, the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) held a webinar on how the Volkswagen Settlement Beneficiary Mitigation Plan (BMP) will be spent. Robert Jackson head of the Light Duty Zero Emissions Vehicle Supply Equipment…

There is a very short window of time to get out of pure-play oil & gas company investments without substantial losses. It is imperative to sell them now. It is already too late to get out of pure-play coal company investments without substantial losses. But…

I’ve had my Soul EV for approximately a year now and have driven it for 21,000 km (13,000 miles). After the dream of having an EV being transformed into the daily routine, it’s time to look back and see the good, the bad and the unexpected of this journey

I recently met with the Byton design team in Munich, Germany, for CleanTechnica and spent a few hours talking to the company's head designer, Benoit Jacob, who also penned the stunning BMW i8 and i3. Find out via the interview summary below how the company…

Buying a Tesla is the most important thing you can do for the environment because it will help to dramatically lower the cost of batteries, making a 100% renewable grid affordable. Elon Musk recently said (and he is right!), “I think it’s probably fair to…

While working on October Tesla sales reports, I noticed a few interesting comparisons that seemed worth highlighting separately. First of all, if you think of iconic sporty cars, and especially iconic American muscle cars, the Ford Mustang is surely one of the…

Connecticut state EV rebates have again changed dramatically and without warning

"Our company makes 10 million in revenues, yet today, we’re donating all of our shares. Here’s why…"

How initial coin offerings and other blockchain-related funding models can be used for cleantech ventures.

It's the most wonderful time of the year... to WIN A TESLA! This holiday season, give the gift of Tesla by entering to win a Model S, Model X, or Model 3 from Climate XChange, a Massachusetts-based carbon pricing awareness advocacy group.

According to our October sales estimates and official numbers from automakers, the Tesla Model 3 was the 12th best selling car in the United States from January through October of this year (SUVs and pickup trucks excluded). It was approximately 9,000 sales…

Polestar 1 verification prototypes are now in production in Gothenburg, Sweden. They will be used for various tests and assessments before manufacturing the production version, a 600 horsepower hybrid vehicle with an electric-only range of 150 kilometers (or…

Although ZF might not be a current household name, it has been associated with quality gearboxes for decades. Today, the company is embracing an open culture to meet its future goals and many industry demands

A 25MW/50MWh storage battery supplied by Tesla has been installed in record time as part of the Gannawarra solar power plant in Victoria, Australia

The Tesla Model 3 was the 15th best selling light vehicle in California in the first half of 2018. I'm forecasting that it will be #2 for the year as a whole

If you can make the perfect car for a small number of people who don't have any other great options, your sales just might be better than someone making a mediocre car for a large number of people. That's the logic behind the 2+X series of concept vehicles…

The 20 most popular stories on CleanTechnica in the past week included the usual suspects — Tesla, large automakers, climate collapse, EV battery developments, electric two-wheelers, some solar energy news, Tesla, Tesla, and Tesla

Online searches can say a lot about which car brands are attracting the most interest online. According to Car Buzz, "Car sales and research website Select Car Leasing has just published the results of ... a year’s worth of Google search data to find…

Most GM green mobility focuses on China, leaving Europe and the US with gas-guzzling SUVs and pickup truck commercials. However, the company also recently released a new approach to a greener future in the West, a coming e-bike and a naming contest for it