Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Thu, 22 Dec 2022 04:57:16 +0000
Writing about Apple’s deep decarbonization efforts recently, I discovered something about my iPhone that I didn’t realize. In the US, if you are on iOS 16, you can now set your phone to charge on clean, green energy as much as possible. What does that mean? If you go to “Battery Health & Charging” and […]
Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Thu, 15 Dec 2022 04:30:31 +0000
A few years ago, you couldn’t get a Lyft (or Uber) ride in an electric car. Now there are electric cars getting added to the Lyft and Uber fleets every day. They are committed to being greener (going electric) and drivers can increasingly save money while having a sweet ride by going electric. In fact, […]
Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Thu, 08 Dec 2022 23:30:39 +0000
Years after Uber founder and former CEO Travis Kalanick said Uber would buy all the robotaxis Tesla could make (it turns out the figure was zero), Uber has launched its first robotaxi for commercial use. Over in Las Vegas, Uber users can now virtually hail a full-on robotaxi. Uber’s New Robotaxi Service Who did Uber end […]
Credit to Author: U.S. Department of Energy| Date: Wed, 07 Dec 2022 08:00:23 +0000
12 Communities Selected To Adopt Online Solar Permitting Platform — and Win $15,000
Credit to Author: Tim Tyler| Date: Tue, 08 Nov 2022 15:26:20 +0000
A new survey from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) shows that smartphone app usage among gig-economy workers is 4 times more likely to occur than among other drivers. The study also reveals that parents are nearly 50% more prone to routinely making video calls, checking weather reports, and other types of smartphone-enabled distractions […]
Credit to Author: Kyle Field| Date: Wed, 05 Oct 2022 13:45:36 +0000
SparkCharge invited CleanTechnica to come out to SparkDay 2022 last week where four new products were introduced to the public. SparkCharge made a name for itself with its unique modular portable EV fast charging solution. A few years into their journey, they took the Roadie 2 into the Shark Tank to swim with the big […]
Credit to Author: Kyle Field| Date: Mon, 29 Aug 2022 13:00:15 +0000
Most portable power stations can store power, have a handle to lug them around with, and have a variety of options for charging and discharging. We have seen them all around here and after reviewing dozens of different power stations, the Vanpowers Super Power Pro 2000 managed to raise the bar in just about every […]
Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Tue, 16 Aug 2022 16:50:58 +0000
We had Plugsurfing presenting at one of our Cleantech Revolution Tour conferences many moons ago and wrote about the company several times back then, but if you’re new to the EV charging brand (which I think we all have to admit has one of the coolest names in the industry), the short synopsis is that […]
Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Sat, 13 Aug 2022 15:07:41 +0000
The ink is barely dry on my last story about Autonomy and it has another big one. The electric vehicle subscription company — the biggest in the USA — has ordered 23,000 electric vehicles from 17 different automakers in order to expand and diversify its subscription fleet. Up till now, it has only offered the […]
Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Fri, 01 Jul 2022 12:00:40 +0000
California recently launched a first-in-the-nation initiative to spur growth in rooftop solar and reduce consumer costs by cutting red tape that impedes solar installations. The California Energy Commission’s “CalAPP” program will provide incentives to cities and counties to adopt SolarAPP+, software designed by the federal Dept. of Energy using innovative technology that issues building permits […]