The Korean battery giant LG Energy Solution supplies a lot of power to a lot of electric vehicles. But these days, the company’s North American president and chief strategy officer, Bob Lee, has steamships on his mind. “Pretend it’s 1875,” Lee told InsideEVs at the New York Auto Show last week. “Sailboats have been crossing the … Continue reading “'We Lose The Auto Industry': LG Energy Chief's Warning If America Backs Off EVs”
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Sign up for CleanTechnica’s Weekly Substack for Zach and Scott’s in-depth analyses and high level summaries, sign up for our daily newsletter, and/or follow us on Google News! One of the advantages of owning a Tesla compared to many other makes of electric vehicles is the ability to access home servicing. Tess (our Tesla) is … Continue reading “Tesla Home Service”
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ENFIELD, NORTH CAROLINA — When history buffs reenacted a Revolutionary War general’s visit to this tiny, rural North Carolina town in February, its top elected official was notably absent. General Marquis de Lafayette may have helped liberate America from England, but over 240 years later his story has little relevance to Mayor Mondale Robinson. “I find it … Continue reading “The rural N.C. mayor betting big on clean energy to uplift his hometown”
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Volvo has unveiled an interesting energy storage system designed to meet your charging needs anywhere and anytime—even when the power grid is unavailable due to disruptions related to weather events or other disasters. Volvo’s stationary battery is called the PU500 Battery Energy Storage System. As its name suggests, it can store up to 500 kWh of energy. … Continue reading “Volvo's Electric Storage System Can Recharge 20 EVs Per Day”
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Sign up for CleanTechnica’s Weekly Substack for Zach and Scott’s in-depth analyses and high level summaries, sign up for our daily newsletter, and/or follow us on Google News! It’s good to have a look around sometimes and see what is happening in other countries. After reviewing the sales statistics provided by James at EVDB, I … Continue reading “Real-Life Stories of Driving an EV in New Zealand”
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GM is ending production of the gas-powered Cadillac SUV XT6 sooner than expected, and a new luxury EV will replace it. The three-row electric SUV will be placed by a new luxury Cadillac EV at GM’s Spring Hill plant in Tennessee. GM ends XT6 production for a new luxury EV After the XT4 was killed … Continue reading “GM is dropping this gas SUV sooner than expected, but a new luxury EV will step in”
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This analysis and news roundup comes from the Canary Media Weekly newsletter. Sign up to get it every Friday. On Wednesday, President Trump unveiled a suite of new tariffs that target pretty much every country and territory in the world — including some where nobody even lives. The full extent of the tariffs’ reach remains unclear, … Continue reading “What Trump’s tariffs mean for the energy transition”
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Nissan says it’s on track to launch an all-solid-state battery (ASSB) by March of 2029. The company says it’ll go into both EVs and hybrids. Nissan claims it’ll be able to charge to 65% in around 5 minutes. Nissan is on track to launch an all-solid state battery (ASSB) by the end of fiscal year … Continue reading “Nissan's Solid State Battery Should Arrive In 2028: 'That's Our Ambition'”
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Image: Dandelion Energy Over the next two years, homebuilder Lennar is outfitting more than 1,500 new Colorado homes with Dandelion Energy’s geothermal systems in one of the largest residential geothermal rollouts in the US. The big draw for homeowners is lower energy bills and cleaner heating and cooling. Dandelion claims Lennar homeowners with geothermal systems … Continue reading “1,500 new Colorado homes will come with geothermal heat pumps”
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Q&A with EV measurement engineering experts Coty Harrison and Cristian Loris of Yokogawa Test&Measurement. When tasked with measuring the electrical power of complex systems like EVs, an inexperienced engineer may first reach for general instrumentation like oscilloscopes, data acquisition (DAQ) systems and digital multimeters (DMMs). While these instruments serve useful roles in electrical testing—oscilloscopes analyze … Continue reading “A closer look at purpose-built power analyzers for precise EV test and measurement”