CleanTechnica Top 10: Zeekr, Bullet Trains, Tesla's Record Sales Success, & EV Sales Reports
The past week and a half was not the busiest for cleantech news, but it did include some big cleantech fireworks. Where to start?
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CleanTechnica Top 10: Ford Dealer Horror Story, SpinLaunch's Hopes & Issues
It's been a special week in much of the world, and there was plenty of good cleantech news as well. The 10 stories most popular on CleanTechnica are on the bottom of this article, but first ... let's look at some of my favorites (or don't do so and just skip to the bottom if that's your style). Below are 15 top stories of the week on CleanTechnica, in my humble opinion.
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Wind & Solar = 86% Of New US Power Capacity In January–October
Wind and solar power have dominated new power capacity additions in 2021. They’ve also been at the forefront of power capacity growth in the United States in the past three years.
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Wind & Solar = 14% Of US Electricity Generation In October
Explore the US electricity generation market in this new report covering October as well as January–October for the years 2019, 2020, and 2021.
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CleanTechnica Top 10: Home Tesla EV Charger Installation, Ford Mustang Mach-E Success ....
December is always an odd time of year for any news, and that includes cleantech news. As such, looking through the most popular stories of the past week on CleanTechnica also came with various surprises. Before that, though, below are the stories that stood out to me.
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CleanTechnica Top 10: Condo Ban On EV Parking, 120 Volt Heat Pump Water Heaters ...
What were the best solar energy, electric vehicle, battery, and autonomous vehicles stories of the past week on CleanTechnica?
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Choosing an Electric Mountain Bike
Looking for an electric mountain bike? We're looking to help. Below is a guide on choosing an electric mountain bike, including short reviews of several of them.
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The Evolving US EV Charging Market & ChargePoint's Role
In this episode of CleanTech Talk, CleanTechnica CEO Zach Shahan talks with Bill Loewenthal, Senior Vice President of Product at ChargePoint, about the US EV market, advancing EV charging in the USA, and ChargePoint’s role in EV evolution.
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ChargePoint — Where Are We? What Does The US Charging Market Need Next?
Tomorrow, I will be speaking with Bill Loewenthal, Senior Vice President of Product at ChargePoint, about ChargePoint's model (of course) as well as where the US charging market is at the moment and where it needs to go next.
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Rivian, Tesla, Auto Dealers, & Anti-Capitalist State Laws
Last Friday, I talked with Vice President of Public Policy at Rivian James Chen for our CleanTech Talk podcast series. A video recording of our one-hour discussion is now online for CleanTechnica Members, Supporters, Technicians, and Ambassadors to view on YouTube. If you fit one of those levels of support, you can watch the video on the bottom of this article.
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US Electric Vehicle Sales By Quarter (2018–2021)
I recently published a report comparing Q1 2021 sales of a dozen electric vehicles in the United States. In the comments, a reader, "nitpicker357" (may not be his/her real-world name), requested a historical US EV sales chart. I thought that would be fun to see and would really help to provide some historical sales context visually, so I got to work on it.
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Tesla Model 3 = #1 EV in Sweden, Spain, & Denmark in 1st Quarter, But Old-Schooler Wins Ireland
Sales numbers are in for electric vehicles in Sweden, Spain, Denmark, and Ireland for the month of March, and thus for the first quarter as a whole. The overall takeaway is clear: the Tesla Model 3 won. Though, surprisingly, a different model took the top spot in Ireland, and it was the old-schooler Nissan LEAF!
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Analyzing ARK Invest’s Bear Case On Tesla [TSLA]
I got a few requests from my last post to do a deeper dive into ARK's Tesla bear case after providing my thoughts on its bull case. One of our readers, Pitounet, pointed out that ARK has hosted its model on Git. This has a lot more information on ARK's Monte Carlo analysis than the blog post. You can find the model here, and download it for yourself as an Excel file. Thanks, Pitounet!
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To Get Tesla-Level Props, Ford, GM, & Audi Have To Climb A Steep Ladder
We've gotten some great electric vehicle news this week in the United States — the Chevy Bolt EV had a record 1st quarter, the Audi e-tron had a record quarter, the Ford Mustang Mach-E arrived with a bang, and US-based EV giant Tesla had a record quarter.
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Total Cost of Ownership: Volkswagen ID.4 vs. Hyundai Tucson
With the Volkswagen ID.4 just entering the US market, I decided it was time to see how this new electric SUV compares against gasoline-powered compact SUVs it is theoretically competing against. I started off with a comparison against the ID.4’s own brethren, a variety of Tiguan options. This piece goes outside the family and pits the ID.4 against one of the top selling SUVs in the United States, the Hyundai Tucson (the 14th best seller, a bit higher than the Tiguan’s ranking of 22nd).
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Total Cost of Ownership: Volkswagen ID.4 vs. Volkswagen Tiguan
As we roll toward 2021, we have some truly exciting and competitive electric vehicles arriving that aren't Teslas. (Finally!) One of those models — perhaps the one that will end up selling at the highest volume — is the Volkswagen ID.4.
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Elon Musk's 3 Core Tesla Messages In 2020
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 of Tesla topics (Autopilot, solar, and gigafactories, for example) — a privilege we may not have again. From following his tweets closely, as well as benefiting from this semi-personal interaction on several topics, I collected three core messages from Elon this year.
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Evolution of US Solar Power, Wind Power, & Fossil Fuels from 2010–2020
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 in electricity generation across the whole decade. Part of the reason for that is that the US Energy Information Administration (which supplies much of our data) didn't start producing estimates for small-scale solar generation until 2014. For this new report, small-scale solar electricity generation and market share in the years 2010–2013 are CleanTechnica estimates rather than EIA estimates.
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Green Nickel — In-Depth Interview
Here is a super deep dive into the topic of nickel mining, nickel for EV batteries, and "green nickel."
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~70% Of US Tesla Sales May Be Tesla Model Y Sales
It appears that about 70% of US Tesla sales are now Model Y sales. Maybe.
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Electric Vehicle Adoption Ready To Explode
This report conveys 4 main points: 1) Electric vehicles, particularly Teslas, are already more than competitive in certain market segments. 2) The tech transitions that led to the electric vehicle (EV) market of today will continue in the coming decade. 3) EV sales will rise quickly, outperforming most people's current expectations. 4) Tesla will continue to lead the market due to core competitive advantages.
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New US Electricity Capacity in October — 100% Solar & Wind Power
All 100% of new electric power capacity added in the United States in October came from solar and wind power.
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More Than 75% of Expected US Power Capacity to Come from Solar & Wind in Next 3 Years
More than 75% of new power capacity expected to be installed in the USA in the next three years will be solar and wind power capacity.
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Why Tesla Solar Power Is So Cheap — Elon Musk Tells Us
Tesla CEO Elon Musk explains to CleanTechnica why Tesla's rooftop solar PV offer is so cheap.
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Tesla Megapack, Powerpack, & Powerwall Battery Storage Pricing — CleanTechnica Exclusive
We just pulled down an article about vanadium flow batteries versus lithium-ion batteries for long-duration energy storage because Tesla CEO Elon Musk responded, "This article is wildly incorrect about lithium battery costs by a factor of 5 or more presently & 10X long-term." However, that raised more questions than answers for me, so I have dug in further and have some new information to share along with a lot more context regarding battery prices and long-term costs.
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