Originally published on Future Trends. Welcome to another issue of our new India x Cleantech series! On a monthly basis, we are pulling news from across clean technology sectors in India into a single, concise summary article about the country. Cleantech Investments ReNew Power Proposes $570 Million Investment In Solar Modules, Lithium-Ion Battery ReNew Power…
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In the first part of this series, I covered GM’s history during the Malaise Era. In Part 2, I covered its partial recovery in the 80s, followed by stagnation and complacency in the 90s. Now, I’m going to bring the story to present and explain how this sets GM up for failure with EVs. The…
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RWE has taken over a further 20% stake from E.ON in the British offshore wind farm Rampion. RWE now holds a majority stake (50.1%) in the 400MW wind farm, which is already being operated by RWE Renewables. As part of its transaction with E.ON, a 30.1% stake was transferred to RWE in 2019. The closing…
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In the previous two articles, I discussed the differences between religious and scientific thinking and how airbags became more faith-based than scientific (at least in how we treat the problems with them). Now, I’m going to talk about alternatives and how history might have gone differently if we had factored in more personal responsibility. The…
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Just about every pickup truck ever built has a solid rear axle with the differential in the middle and the wheels, tires, and brakes mounted on either end. Very low tech and reliable as a locomotive. Pickup truck assembly lines have been configured for generations to bolt in the rear axle. It’s usually a matter…
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At the end of the 1970s (which I covered in part 1 of this article), GM had recovered somewhat but was still in a tough spot. Fuel efficiency needed to continue to go up, while pollution had to go down. Most anti-pollution measures drove fuel economy down, so everyone was in a tight spot. Domestic…
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In Part 1 of this article, I discussed how scientific thinking differs from religious thinking and how using the wrong kind of thinking can hurt automotive safety. In this article, I’m going to apply my theory to a major belief in The Church of Automotive Safety: Airbags. Recently, a reader asked us to look into…
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In a recent article by CleanTechnica site director Zachary Shahan, the continued fight between industry and government over emissions and fuel efficiency standards gets covered. GM, Toyota, and FCA are all doing what they usually do. This got me to thinking about a critical mistake GM is making that it has made over and over…
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They say the proof is in the pudding. This is something Reuben Kihiu and the team at Chaji Energy found out very quickly. Reuben and team had started a food and drinks delivery company called Ficar delivery in Nyeri, Kenya using fossil-fueled motorcycles. “We designed our business model to make our services as cheap as…
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Volkswagen’s Power Day had lots of technical information available, none more important than its promise to introduce V2G technology to its electric cars beginning next year.