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One other week comes and goes. What large and enjoyable cleantech tales from the previous week do we have to spotlight? Right here’s what I’ve bought!
What future is coming? Nicely, this one is extra about information in 11 years than it’s about information up to now week, nevertheless it’s an attention-grabbing tackle what life may very well be like in a decade or so, after which a counterpoint to that dream. (Considerably associated, there’s additionally a little bit of a dialogue right here on whether or not Elon Musk’s AI and robotics focus is serving Tesla nicely or not, and there’s a good larger dialogue right here on whether or not Elon will and may keep at Tesla. It’s all about completely different potential futures.)
Electrical on snow: We have to electrify all kinds of transport and polluting expertise, and that features noisy snowmobiles. Nicolas Muron has a enjoyable new answer for the snow — the MoonBike.
A Canoo for you: We’ve been enthusiastic about Canoo for years, and generally I fear that we and others have overrated the EV startup an excessive amount of. Nonetheless, deliveries of its EVs have begun for Kingbee, and the corporate renting work vans to industrial clients has ordered almost 10,000 of them in complete, with an choice to buy 18,600 throughout the subsequent few years.
10 high battery producers: Who’re the most important battery producers on this planet? You possibly can absolutely identify just a few, however the newest report from Jose Pontes supplies extra particulars and some enjoyable charts for all of us battery market nerds. It additionally contains comparability to the 2022 numbers.
Das ist elektrisch! Germany’s EV market is an attention-grabbing one nowadays attributable to subsidy modifications, however let’s simply take a pause to acknowledge that plugin autos reached a milestone 25% share of the auto market in 2023 over within the largest auto market in Europe, and full electrics (BEVs) reached 19%! That’s fairly an achievement.
US plugin market reaches 10%! It is probably not at Germany’s degree, however the US plugin automobile did lastly attain 10% (rounding up a little bit bit) in December.
New most cost-effective EV in Mexico: There’s a brand new most cost-effective EV in Mexico. It comes from SEV, which is a Mexican firm promoting Chinese language-made EVs. A part of the excellent news is {that a} coming manufacturing facility in Mexico will produces these EVs.
Transport extra EVs: The biggest producer of electrical autos on this planet, BYD, is now transport its autos through its personal vessels. Its management continues in 2024.
Tesla + Thor: This wasn’t the most important hit proper off the bat, however I like it, so I’ve to spotlight it once more. This Tesla charging cable holder designed like Thor’s hammer is good, enjoyable, and positively one thing I need in my storage.
Vitality storage + photo voltaic in 2024: We talked with Marcus Joo, cofounder and Chief Studying Officer at EnergyPal, concerning the house photo voltaic plus battery storage market within the US. There’s a lot to glean from the dialog with an trade veteran, so I like to recommend having some enjoyable and giving it a hear.
The gravity vitality storage large: It is probably not new. It is probably not scorching and attractive. It is probably not good for clickbait or virality. However pumped hydro continues to be the gravity storage king, and Mike Barnard dives in to elucidate how and why.
Electrical autos defeat diesels: Within the birthplace of diesel autos, the place “clear diesel” originated, electrical autos have now outsold diesels. Folks ought to breathe simpler now. However there’s nonetheless lots of work to be accomplished.
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