Advansolar’s first equity crowd-funding campaign (on Wiseed.com) is currently ongoing until May 22, as per a recent email sent to CleanTechnica. The funds from this campaign will reportedly be utilized by the company to improve its […]
Those interested in tracking the state of the electric vehicle (EV) battery manufacturing market will likely be interested in taking a look at the chart and table below — which provide a fair amount of data on […]
Tesla Motors will be making a large investment into its charging infrastructure in Japan — with all charging stations there being either powered directly by solar energy, or indirectly through solar energy purchased from elsewhere — […]
Tesla’s soon-to-be-finished Supercharger station in Valle d’Aosta, Italy, will be the largest Supercharger station in the world once completed, based on the most recent pictures of construction on the project — which clearly show 14 charging […]
Tesla has several big competitive advantages, imho. I’m going to discuss 5 below, but 3 tangible ones and 2 intangibles. [Full disclosure: I’m long TSLA… for obvious reasons.] Tesla’s huge competitive advantages, imho, are: 1) The […]
Aston Martin Racing and Hanergy, a solar energy company, have renewed their partnership to further the development of the Aston Martin Vantage GTE race car. Under this UK partnership, the two companies will improve both the Aston […]
The Renault ZOE is one of my favorite electric cars on the market. It may not be a sleek Fisker Karma, the world’s best mass-market automobile (Tesla Model S), or even the slightly more affordable but still […]
So, I should have checked Steve Jurvetson’s flickr account before publishing last night’s story. Apparently, the photos from the Tesla Gigafactory that I discussed were not copyrighted by Steve but published under a Creative Commons license […]
Update with Steve Jurvetson’s pictures here: Awesome Pics of Elon Musk & Tesla Motors Board at Gigafactory A member of the Tesla Motors Club Forum noticed yesterday (or very early today) that Steve Jurvetson (a major investor […]
Comprehensive sales figures for EV battery manufacturers in 2014 recently became available, giving us further insight into the fast-growing market. Altogether, the year saw an increase of 54% over the previous year. As far as the […]
How common are Nissan LEAFs becoming on the used car market in the US? What do you have to look out for if you’re considering purchasing one? Do unscrupulous resellers sometimes reset the battery bar display […]
The Tesla Gigafactory will reportedly start operations in 2016, rather than 2017 — a bit early. A Tesla official supposedly made such a statement in Japan on Friday. The Gigafactory has been ahead of schedule at least since its site […]
Originally published on Solar Love. We’re gonna unveil the Tesla home battery, or consumer battery, that will be for use in people’s houses or businesses, fairly soon. We have the design done, and it should start going […]
Volkswagen (VW) has bought a chunk of battery startup QuantumScape Corp, and those close to the deal say that the aim is an electric vehicle battery with 3 times the range (presumably, for the same cost). Talk […]
With the ongoing growth of the electric vehicle market, EV battery manufacturers are of course continuing to see their sales numbers climb as well — as attested to by the most recent figures on the market. […]
