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CleanTech Talk — Solar, Batteries, EVs, AI

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Building the Future: A Conversation with Bent Flyvbjerg on "How Big Things Get Done" — Part 1

07 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Are you tired of hearing about big cleantech projects that never seem to come to fruition? Join us a...

Smart EV Charging & A Smarter Grid

29 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Avangrid and ev.energy talk about smart EV charging, and how a smarter grid can be more resilient an...

Solar Permitting Made Smooth & Easy

23 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Accela’s Amber D’Ottavio, Vice President of Product Management, joins us to discuss their new ro...

Mangrove Lithium — Lithium Resources, Refining, & Localization

06 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

CleanTechnica CEO Zach Shahan interviews Mangrove Lithium CEO and cofounder Dr. Saad Dara about lith...

Combining Heat Pumps + Water Tanks + Computers to Save Homeowners Money

29 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This is part two of our interview with Dr. Jane Meila, CEO and co-founder of Harvest Thermal, a grow...

Harvest Thermal Timeshifts Home Heating to Save Money

29 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. Jane Meila is the CEO and co-founder of Harvest Thermal, a growing San Francisco Bay Area manufa...

Diving into EV Battery Mineral Market & Automaker Evolution with Mining Investor

21 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Brian Menell, CEO and Chairman of TechMet, talks with CleanTechnica CEO Zach Shahan about the lithiu...

EV Charging Infrastructure, Public Health Equity, & EV Subsidies

07 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Dianne Martinez, Chair of East Bay Community Energy (EBCE), talks EV subsidies, EV charging infrastr...

Virtual Power Plants, Solar Net Metering, & More

21 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

CleanTechnica CEO Zach Shahan talks with East Bay Community Energy CEO Nick Chaset about virtual pow...

Ford F-150 Lightning & Mustang Mach-E Magic — Owner Interview

17 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Aaron Smith, CEO of the Energy and Environmental Building Alliance (EEBA), recently took delivery of...

The E-Bike Brand Loved By Hot Wheels & Lil Nas X

14 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Legrand Crewse is one of the leaders of the e-bike revolution in America — and his company, SUPER7...

Grids & EVs — Flexibility, Resiliency, & Fearful Myths

14 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Jo Borras, Zach Shahan, and Steve Hanley discuss electric vehicles and the grid, including flexibili...

Microgrids As A Service

04 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Xendee co-founder and CTO Michael Stadler talks with CleanTechnica CEO Zachary Shahan about microgri...

Electrifying School Bus Fleets for Municipalities

27 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Duncan McIntyre, Founder and CEO of Highland Electric Transportation, talks with CleanTechnica's Jo ...

Why Did Ron DeSantis Veto The Florida Solar Net Metering Bill?

20 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Florida solar energy experts and political experts on the right and the left discuss Ron DeSantis' d...

Diving DEEP Into Inflation Reduction Act & EV Subsidies

14 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Jo Borras and Loren McDonald dive into the intricacies of the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, and d...

Clean Energy Benefits in the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022

08 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

We discuss the various clean energy benefits available to people via the new Inflation Reduction Act...

Tesla #2 in Auto Sales in California!

07 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Tesla has become the 2nd best selling auto brand in California, only trailing Toyota. It also has th...

What Tesla Needs In Order To Dominate The Market

30 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Tesla is clearly the king of electric vehicles today, but what does it need to do to go from 1–2% ...

What Data Is Your Car Tracking & Sharing?

29 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Braintrust Partners CEO Tim Hayden discusses all the data that you might, or might NOT, expect your ...

The Dodge Charger Daytona SRT (bleh) & Innovation from Chinese EV Startups

26 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Steve Hanley, Jo Borras, and Zach Shahan talk about the new Dodge Charger Daytona SRT (bleh) concept...

Hey, Clean Energy Industry — Let's Not Get Under Joe Manchin's Thumb Again!

20 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Mike Casey, founder and President of Tigercomm, a 100% cleantech communications firm, talks with Cle...

Pros & Cons of EV & PHEV Subsidies in Inflation Reduction Act

15 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

CleanTechnica's Zach Shahan, Jo Borras, and Steve Hanley discuss the EV and PHEV subsidies in the In...

The Interesting Battery Mineral Component of the IRA

10 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

CleanTechnica's Zach Shahan, Jo Borras, and Steve Hanley discuss the Clean Vehicle Credit in the Inf...

In the Belly of the BEAST — Electric School Buses & More

10 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

CleanTechnica's Jo Borras talks with Vice President of School Bus, Contracts and Grants at GreenPowe...

Creating Carbon-Free Mobility

10 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Today, CleanTechnica's Jo Borras talks with Ben Shapiro (not THAT Ben Shapiro) about cutting carbon ...

Canoo x Walmart vs. Rivian x Amazon

01 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Jo Borras, Steve Hanley, and Zach Shahan talk about Walmart's order for thousands of Canoo EVs, espe...

Decarbonizing Data Centers — It's Fun!

29 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode of Cleantech Talk, we dive into the fun of decarbonizing data centers with the Hitac...

Herbert Diess Out As Volkswagen Group CEO, Oliver Blume In

27 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Herbert Diess is out as CEO of Volkswagen Group. Steve Hanley, Jo Borras, and I offer our thoughts o...

Cost of Renewable Energy — Rising, Yet Growing More Competitive

26 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

CleanTechnica CEO Zach Shahan talks with BloombergNEF's Head of Economics & Modeling, David Host...

Automaker EV Sales Trends, VW ID. Buzz — CleanTech Roundtalk

21 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

CleanTechnica's Zach Shahan, Jo Borras, and Steve Hanley talk about EV sales trends at Volkswagen, T...

Electric Tractors — So Much To Love

20 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Steve Heckeroth made a name for himself as an architect designing solar "umbrella homes" in Californ...

The Change We Need To Save The Planet

20 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

With more than 20 years' experience helping automotive brands understand consumer psychology, Charge...

Making E-Bike Repairs Easy — Handlebar Jack

11 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

On the side of the road with a thrown chain or flat tire? With a 20 lb road bike, that's not so bad ...

US DOE’s Jigar Shah Talks Small Nuclear Reactors, HVDC, Billions in Loans — Part 2

09 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Jigar Shah has had an exceptional career as a commercializer of energy decarbonization solutions, fr...

Jigar Shah Has $40 Billion in Loans for US Decarbonization, Shares US DOE’s Perspective — Part 1

06 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Jigar Shah has had an exceptional career as a commercializer of energy decarbonization solutions, fr...

Radio Flyer's Innovative & Utilitarian Electric Cargo Bike

02 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

CleanTechnica's Jo Borras talks with Radio Flyer's Chief Innovation Officer, Tom Schlegel, about the...

REE — Smart Corners, Commercial Trucks, & Electric Supercars

29 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

REE distills the essence of automotive design into a single "corner" of the EV -- and opens up a who...

Real Motorcycles — Energica Electrifies

25 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Stefano Benatti, CEO of Energica Motor Company, talks with CleanTechnica's Scott Cooney about real m...

Energica Electric Motorcycles — Interview with Laurence Kuykendall

22 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Laurence Kuykendall, Marketing Director at Energica Motor Company, talks with CleanTechnica's Scott ...

Energica Experia — Interview with Giampiero Testoni, CTO & Co-Founder

22 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Giampiero Testoni, CTO and co-founder of Energica Motor Company, talks with CleanTechnica's Scott Co...

Wartsila Global Storage VP Andy Tang Talks Battery & Green Fuel Transformation — Part 2

15 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Part 2 — So, Andy Tang is an avid skier, and this fueled his career transition out of finance and ...

Wartsila Global Storage VP Andy Tang Talks Battery & Green Fuel Transformation

15 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Andy Tang is an avid skier, and this fueled his career transition out of finance and telcos and into...

Easy, Cheap, & Safe EV Fast Charging at Home

26 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Want easy, cheap, and safe EV fast charging at your house? Splitvolt may have the perfect solution f...

Electrifying Semi Trucks ... As Hybrids ... For Now

25 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

CleanTechnica's Jo Borras talks with Macy Neshati, CEO of US Hybrid, about electrifying medium-duty ...

Wireless EV Charging from WAVE

24 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

CleanTechnica talks with Aaron Gillmore, CEO of WAVE, a wireless EV charging startup acquired by Ide...

Talking Electric Tractors with Solectrac CEO Mani Iyer

23 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Solectrac CEO Mani Iyer talks with Jo Borras of CleanTechnica about electric tractors and smart farm...

Over-the-Air Updates for EVs from Sibros

23 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Mayank Sikaria, President, Head of Technology, and Founder of Sibros, and CleanTechnica's Jo Borras ...

Talkin' Lithium, Lithium, Lithium with Snow Lake Lithium

11 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

CleanTechnica's Jo Borras talks with Snow Lake Lithium CEO and director Phil Gross about lithium, li...

Car Subscriptions, Low-Cost Unconnected EVs — CleanTechnica Roundtable

02 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

CleanTechnica's Zach Shahan, Jo Borras, and Steve Hanley talk car subscriptions, the growing connect...

Ferry Auto on EV Subscriptions, EV Market, & EV Dealers

28 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

CleanTechnica's Jo Borras interviews Ferry Auto CEO & founder Kristian Russell about EV subscrip...

CEO of Energica Talks Electric Motorcycles

25 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

CleanTechnica's Scott Cooney interviews Livia Cevolini, CEO of Energica Motor Company, the 1st Itali...

Tesla Drops Lease Buyouts (Ugh!) & Mobile Charger (Agh!)

21 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Tesla has never offered lease buyouts for the Model 3, and now it's dropped lease buyouts for all mo...

Innovation & Ideanomics Acquisition of Energica Electric Motor Co.

19 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

CleanTechnica founder Scott Cooney and Ideanomics CEO Alf Poor talk about the latest Ideanomics acqu...

Rivian on History & Evolution of EV Charging

18 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

CleanTechnica's Jo Borras talks with Rivian's Jason Cortes about the history and evolution of automo...

"More Lithium, Please!" How Snow Lake Lithium Aims To Answer The Call

15 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

CleanTechnica's Jo Borras talks with Snow Lake Lithium CEO and director Phil Gross about EV growth, ...

High Cost of EV Fast Chargers at Dealerships, Big Auto Dealers Buying Small Auto Dealers — But Why?

09 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Big auto dealers are buying small auto dealers like the future is bright. Is it? Also, we chat about...

Buzz Solutions Identifies Failing Power Infrastructure With Machine Learning & High-Res Drone Images

02 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Michael Barnard speaks with the two co-founders of Buzz Solutions, Kaitlyn Albertoli and Vik Chaudhr...

Buzz Solutions High-Res Drone Images Of Power Lines & Machine Learning Help Deal With Climate Change

29 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Michael Barnard speaks with the two co-founders of Buzz Solutions, Kaitlyn Albertoli and Vik Chaudhr...

New Hydrogen Science Coalition Busts #hopium with Paul Martin — Part 2

29 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

There’s a new hydrogen-reality sheriff organization in town, the Hydrogen Science Coalition. Found...

California Solar — Value of Solar vs. Attacks on Net Metering

22 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

There have been attacks on solar net metering for a decade or more, since net metering shifts revenu...

The EV Battery Production Chain — Insights from Deep in the Industry

18 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

CleanTechnica CEO Zach Shahan interviews Sebastian Lange, Vice President of Film Division at Brueckn...

Ex-NASA Regional Air Mobility Expert Kevin Antcliff Is Now At Xwing Automating Aviation (Part 2)

10 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Michael Barnard has another fascinating future-of-aviation conversation with an industry leader, thi...

Cheap, Safe, Regional Electric Flying is Coming and Kevin Antcliff of Xwing is Automating It

10 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Michael Barnard has another fascinating future-of-aviation conversation with an industry leader, thi...

Tony Seba on Electric Vehicles, Renewable Energy, & Manufactured Meat

09 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

CleanTechnica CEO Zach Shahan interviews Tony Seba about the revolutions in energy (clean energy is ...

Custom Ordering Cars Becoming A Hot Thang — Dealer Digest #3

17 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode of Dealer Digest, Jo Borras and Zach Shahan of CleanTechnica talk about a few new cu...

Accelerating Corporate EV Adoption — Fleetcor

11 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

CleanTechnica's Zach Shahan talks with Alexey Gavrilenya and Keagan Russo of Fleetcor about how Flee...

New Hydrogen Science Coalition Busts #hopium with Paul Martin — Part 1

07 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

There’s a new hydrogen-reality sheriff organization in town, the Hydrogen Science Coalition. Found...

EV Evangelism & Evolution in Kentucky & Beyond

27 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Stu Ungar of Evolve KY talks to us about EV evangelism in Kentucky, how it's evolving, and how to he...

The Electric Truck Market and Charging Electric Trucks

16 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

What's going on in the world of electric trucks, electric truck charging, and electric fleet chargin...

Dealer Digest #2 — Ordering Ahead and Visiting Sweden with Volvo

14 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode of Dealer Digest, Jo Borras and Zach Shahan talk further about automaker direct sale...

Dealers & The EV Transition — Dealer Digest Series Intro

08 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

CleanTechnica's Zach Shahan and Jo Borras dive into how auto dealerships and legacy auto manufacture...

Bill Nussey is Freeing Energy with a new book and real solar innovation — Part 2

06 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Bill Nussey is a serial entrepreneur who sold his last company to IBM. He spent the past few years i...

Bill Nussey is Freeing Energy with a new book and real solar innovation

02 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Bill Nussey is a serial entrepreneur who sold his last company to IBM. He spent the past few years i...

Nickel, Graphite, Lithium, and US EV Battery Policy

24 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, RK Equity cofounder Howard Klein talks with CleanTechnica CEO Zach Shahan about nic...

EV Battery Supplies, New Lithium Deals, and Tesla Battery Progress

20 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, RK Equity cofounder Howard Klein talks with CleanTechnica CEO Zach Shahan about wha...

CleanTech Talk with Convergent's Mariko McDonagh-Meier, Part 2

16 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Convergent Energy + Storage is a North American firm installing electricity storage in front of and ...

CleanTech Talk with Convergent Chief Strategy Officer Mariko McDonagh-Meier

08 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Convergent Energy + Storage is a North American firm installing electricity storage in front of and ...

Stranded Assets and 5 Greenwashing Problems — Interview with Assaad Razzouk

04 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

In the second part of this interview with Assaad Razzouk, CEO of Gurin Energy and host of The Angry ...

5 Top Greenwashing Problems — Interview with Assaad Razzouk

02 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Assaad Razzouk, CEO of Gurin Energy and host of The Angry Clean Energy Guy podcast, sits down with C...

Talking E-Aviation with Heart Aerospace CEO Anders Forslund

20 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode of CleanTech Talks, Michael Barnard talks with Anders Forslund, PhD, founder and CEO...

Heart Aerospace Is An Electrifying Scandinavian Aerospace Startup

20 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode of CleanTech Talks, Michael Barnard talks with Anders Forslund, PhD, founder and CEO...

DroneSeed CEO Grant Canary Flies Macrodrones To Turbocharge Tree Planting, Part 2

12 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Grant Canary is the CEO of DroneSeed, a drone-based integrated tree-planting company. It’s the onl...

DroneSeed CEO Grant Canary Flies Macrodrones To Turbocharge Tree Planting

12 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Grant Canary is the CEO of DroneSeed, a drone-based integrated tree-planting company. It’s the onl...

EV Battery Mineral And Mining Update With Rodney Hooper — Part 2

03 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Rodney Hooper of RK Equity gives us an update on what's happening in the EV battery market, EV batte...

EV Battery Mineral And Mining Update With Rodney Hooper — Part 1

30 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Rodney Hooper of RK Equity gives us an update on what's happening in the EV battery market, EV batte...

Bill McKibben On Tesla, Elon Musk, Unions, Cryptocurrency, and Social Trust

28 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

In the second part of my two-part interview with Bill McKibben, we spent a lot of time talking about...

Bill McKibben On Climate Crisis, Climate Grief, Climate Action, and US Climate Policy

24 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode of CleanTech Talk, CleanTechnica CEO Zach Shahan gets renowned climate author and so...

EV Charging Station Design, Reliability, and Evolution

15 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

FLO Chief Product Officer Nathan Yang talks with CleanTechnica CEO Zach Shahan about EV charging sta...

Examining The "Hydrogen Ladder," Part 2

06 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Michael Liebreich has published a "hydrogen ladder" that tries to show where hydrogen is useful and ...

Examining the "Hydrogen Ladder"

30 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Michael Liebreich has published a "hydrogen ladder" that tries to show where hydrogen is useful and ...

Sprinting Into An Integrated Cleantech Future

09 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The future of transportation is electric. The future of energy is clean renewables. The future — a...

EV sales and policy trends in several European countries

27 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Jose Pontes of EAFO and EV-Volumes runs through EV sales trends and policies that influence them in ...

500,000 EV Chargers Under Joe Biden: How, When, and Where

18 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Travis Allan, Vice President of Public Affairs and General Counsel at FLO, and...

Autonomous Driving Today & Tomorrow — From Fiat 500e to Tesla

09 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode of CleanTech Talk, CleanTechnica CEO Zach Shahan talked with Chanan Bos, CleanTechni...

Auto Infotainment — CleanTech Talk with Chanan Bos

01 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Chanan Bos, Director of Digital Media at CleanTechnica, and Zach Shahan, CEO of CleanTechnica, discu...

Camptoo — "Airbnb on Wheels" — is Expanding

24 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

I recently discovered Camptoo, "the Airbnb of camper vans," and had a chat with Jacek Fior, an occas...

2021 CleanTechnica Car Of The Year, Tesla Model S Plaid

17 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Matt Pressman of EV Annex and I talk about the stunning to Tesla Model S Plaid, whi...

How To Get Mass-Market Auto Buyers Into Electric Cars

10 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

In the second part of a two-part interview with Sam Spofforth of Drive Electric USA and Clean Fuels ...

Drive Electric USA, & Electric Vehicle Adoption Trends in USA — Part 1

08 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Drive Electric USA head Sam Spofforth and CleanTechnica CEO Zach Shahan talk about Drive Electric US...