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Dealers Need To Consider Third-Party Training For New EV Owners

There’s a huge problem in the developing EV industry: EV owners driving off the lot knowing almost nothing about EVs. I know this is a topic I’ve covered several times before, but it’s pretty clear that few of the dealers are listening, so we need to go over this again. Want some proof that this […]
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Sono Motors Kills Sion Solar EV, Puts Program Up For Sale

The German startup says it will focus on retrofitting and integrating its solar technology onto third-party vehicles.
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DOE To Build Concentrated Solar Demonstration Facility At Sandia National Lab

Sandia Labs is building a concentrated solar power demonstration facility that is scheduled for completion in 2024.
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Himiway Presents California And Florida Editions Of The Zebra E-Bike

The colorful renditions of the go-anywhere e-bike are now available for order.
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Volkswagen May Build Scout EV On Its Own At New US Factory

While VW talked of leaning on a company like Foxconn or Magna to produce the Scout EV brand, it may be changing course.
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Luminar & Mercedes-Benz Announce Broad Deal Across Next-Generation Production Vehicle Lines

Luminar is a global automotive technology company helping to usher in a new era of vehicle safety and autonomy. Luminar says that for the past  decade, it has built an advanced hardware and software platform to enable next-generation safety and autonomous capabilities for production vehicles for its more than 50 industry partners. These include some […]
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Not Financial Advice: Why I Sometimes Cover The Longshot Cleantech Companies (Part 2)

This is the second part of a two-part story. You can find Part 1 here. What I’m Probably Worth Listening To About I think I’ve firmly established that I’m not a good source for financial advice, but I don’t want to just trash myself and end the article. There are some things I know enough […]
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Towing A 2-Ton Boat With An Electric Vehicle

Thinking of buying an EV to tow your really big boat? Check this out. Jon Day recently posted a video that demonstrates that an EV (a Volvo XC40 Recharge, to be exact) can tow a boat. However, it really reduces the range, from around 400 km to about 150 km. That led Jon to conclude […]
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First Tesla Supercharging Station With “Magic Dock” Spotted In New York

The built-in CCS Combo 1 adapter will allow for fast charging of non-Tesla cars.
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Tesla Upgrades Leaked, Redesigns And Huge Announcement From Musk

If the information shared online is true, it looks like Tesla's Investor Day on March 1, 2023, could be a historic moment.