You can tell a lot about a company’s expected prospects by the kind of investor it attracts. Take Northvolt, which makes environmentally friendly batteries for electric cars. Among its backersContinue Reading
Tesla “recalled” 285,000 Model 3 and Model Y vehicles in China. This recall was over “Autopilot issues” however, owners were not required to return their vehicles. This “recall” isn’t aContinue Reading
A glass-bottomed sky train rolled off production lines in China last week. With glass paneling on three sides, the panda-themed sky train provides passengers with stunning panoramic views of theContinue Reading
America invented silicon solar cells in the 1950s. It spent more on solar R&D than any other country in the 1980s. It lost its technological advantage anyway. In the 1960sContinue Reading
Leading solar module suppliers from China including Longi Solar and Jinko Solar are backing out of signed contracts with Indian power developers, citing rising commodity prices. The commodity cycle hasContinue Reading
The first real mass market sub-$5,000 car was supposed to be here a few decades ago. That car could have been the ICE version of the Tata Nano. The NanoContinue Reading
As the Chinese capital maps out an ambitious plan to develop the low-carbon fuel, the city of Beijing aims to have over 10,000 hydrogen fuel cell vehicles on the roadContinue Reading
A team of scientists seems to have developed a cleaner way of generating fuel for gas-burning cars — using nothing but renewable energy. The new process takes carbon dioxide andContinue Reading
