Tesla is now listing a new manufacturing process job at Gigafactory Nevada for the Tesla Semi, the automaker’s upcoming electric semi truck. Tesla Semi When launching Tesla Semi in 2017, the automaker said that the production versions of Tesla Semi, which are class 8 trucks with 80,000-lb capacities, will have 300-mile and 500-mile range options
Month: December 2020
December 30th, 2020 by Daryl Elliott Buying Green ETFs Instead of Individual Green Stocks — Pros & Cons ETFs are Exchange Traded Funds. The aim is to gain the growth of an industry without having to spend a lot of money on buying individual stocks. An ETF also makes it safer for the individual who
The West Texas Intermediate (WTI) and Brent crude oil contracts edged upward for the third consecutive trading day. The February WTI contract price settled at $48.40 per barrel Wednesday, reflecting a 40-cent gain. The U.S. benchmark peaked at $48.32 and bottomed out at $47.61 during the midweek session. Also advancing Wednesday was Brent crude for
By Joey Klender Posted on December 30, 2020 Tesla China Vice President Grace Tao has responded to reports of the automaker using defective parts from suppliers at the company’s Giga Shanghai production plant. “In strict accordance with Chinese laws and regulations, there is no phenomenon of ‘lowering quality for production,’” Tao wrote on her Weibo
December 29th, 2020 by Guest Contributor More Than $16 Million in Volkswagen Settlement Funds and Technical Support for Five Large Transit Operators Additional $2.5 Million Available Statewide for School Buses that Reduce Emissions Expands Charge Ready NY Incentives for Disadvantaged Communities and Enhances Options for Aggregated Electric Transit Bus Purchasing Lowering Carbon Emissions Supports Governor Cuomo’s
(Bloomberg) — Oil eked out a gain as prospects for bigger U.S. aid checks dissipated, tamping expectations for a near-term recovery and battering equities markets. Futures in New York closed 0.8% higher on Tuesday amid thin liquidity. Senate Republicans on Tuesday blocked an attempt by Democrats to increase direct stimulus payments in the newly enacted Covid-19 relief
By Joey Klender Posted on December 29, 2020 Tesla CEO Elon Musk has announced that the company will extend a three-month-long Full Self-Driving trial for buyers to purchase vehicles in its year-end delivery push. “All Tesla cars delivered in the final three days of the year will get three months of the Full Self-Driving option
Tesla is offering three months of a free Full Self-Driving (FSD) package as an unprecedented end-of-quarter incentive to deliver more vehicles, according to sources. Over the years, Tesla has come up with several incentives to encourage buyers to take delivery by the end of a quarter in order to boost its earnings. This quarter is
December 28th, 2020 by Zachary Shahan Going into 2021, CleanTechnica is taking a look at electricity generation changes over the past decade. We have been publishing monthly US power capacity reports and monthly US electricity generation reports for a long time. However, we hadn’t previously gone all the way back to 2010 to examine changes
(Bloomberg) — Crude slipped as investors ignored a broader market surge that pushed equities to record highs and focused instead on looming new supply from OPEC+. Futures in New York fell 1.3% on Monday in the wake of thin trading volumes. Russia’s deputy prime minister said the nation plans to support a further gradual increase
By Maria Merano Posted on December 28, 2020 A driving school in Germany that uses a Tesla Model 3 is playing a part in dispelling some anti-EV FUD. Avid electric vehicle advocate electric car advocate Ove Kröger featured one of the instructors in the German driving school, Alexander Erler, on his YouTube channel. Erler concluded
December 27th, 2020 by Tina Casey I know, right!? It sounds crazy, but plans are in the works to harvest solar power in space and beam it down to you wherever you are, any time, any place, any weather. Kind of like GPS, only without the disembodied voice ordering you around. When CleanTechnica checked into
Industry body Oil & Gas UK (OGUK) announced this week that it has appointed three major business leaders to its board. The new appointments comprise Jose Luis Munoz, the chief executive officer of Repsol Sinopec Resources UK Limited, Andy Hessell, the managing director of Kellas Midstream, and Mikki Corcoran, the managing director of Schlumberger Europe.
By Simon Alvarez Posted on December 27, 2020 Recent rumors from the electric vehicle community have suggested that four new Tesla Semi units are being built at Gigafactory Nevada. The vehicles, which are reportedly equipped with 2170 “L” battery cells, would be utilized for road, durability, and cold-weather testing. The update on Tesla’s apparent Semi
Tesla (TSLA) has recently introduced plans to produce its own battery cells called ‘4680’, but now we learn that Panasonic will also be producing the new cell for them, according to a new report. While Tesla has been working on its own battery cell chemstry for years, it has always worked with experienced battery cell
December 26th, 2020 by Zachary Shahan Tesla CEO* Elon Musk has tweeted more than 3,000 times this year. We at CleanTechnica follow his tweets closely, since he provides much insight on Tesla via tweet and even breaks much news via Twitter. Additionally, I interacted with Elon several times this year on Twitter regarding a variety
(Bloomberg) — India has been ordered to return over $1.2 billion to Cairn Energy Plc after Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s administration lost arbitration proceedings in a tax dispute, its second defeat since September over such levies. An international arbitration tribunal ruled that India’s tax claim was not valid and asked the government to repay the
By Joey Klender Posted on December 26, 2020 Tesla has plans to support multiple digital display layouts for its vehicle’s center touchscreen through a future over-the-air software update, thereby enabling owners to customize a user experience that best suits their perferences. Having an option to toggle between pre-defined touchscreen display layouts would give both drivers
It seems like every tech company is trying to sell their products as environmentally responsible. That’s why Apple claims its latest iPhone 12 line comes without a charging block in the box, for example. But that hasn’t stopped tech companies from coming out with a host of new phones every year, and the old models
December 23rd, 2020 by Tina Casey New Jersey is known for many things, and now you can add offshore wind to the list. The Garden State has nailed down the coveted position of monopile supplier to the US offshore wind industry, which will soon pepper the waters of the Atlantic coast with wind turbines, each
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