Tesla’s New Energy App Feature On Mobile

Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Thu, 19 Jan 2023 18:30:04 +0000

Tesla robotaxi appThe Tesla Energy App offers detailed information to drivers about their vehicles’ energy use, and now the automaker has made the feature available on mobile. Tesla’s new mobile app update includes the same Energy App that’s available in its cars, as added in a recent update. Tesla’s mobile app version 4.16.1 brought with it a […]

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How To Make Your iPhone Charge On Clean Energy

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Thu, 22 Dec 2022 04:57:16 +0000

Writing about Apple’s deep decarbonization efforts recently, I discovered something about my iPhone that I didn’t realize. In the US, if you are on iOS 16, you can now set your phone to charge on clean, green energy as much as possible. What does that mean? If you go to “Battery Health & Charging” and […]

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Lyft Electric Car Drivers Can Get Host Of Financial Bonuses & Discounts

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Thu, 15 Dec 2022 04:30:31 +0000

A few years ago, you couldn’t get a Lyft (or Uber) ride in an electric car. Now there are electric cars getting added to the Lyft and Uber fleets every day. They are committed to being greener (going electric) and drivers can increasingly save money while having a sweet ride by going electric. In fact, […]

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Uber Launches Robotaxis!

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Thu, 08 Dec 2022 23:30:39 +0000

Years after Uber founder and former CEO Travis Kalanick said Uber would buy all the robotaxis Tesla could make (it turns out the figure was zero), Uber has launched its first robotaxi for commercial use. Over in Las Vegas, Uber users can now virtually hail a full-on robotaxi. Uber’s New Robotaxi Service Who did Uber end […]

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SolarAPP+ Prize Helps Communities Adopt Automated Solar Permit Processing

Credit to Author: U.S. Department of Energy| Date: Wed, 07 Dec 2022 08:00:23 +0000

12 Communities Selected To Adopt Online Solar Permitting Platform — and Win $15,000

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Smartphone Apps Are Driving Gig Workers & Parents To Distraction

Credit to Author: Tim Tyler| Date: Tue, 08 Nov 2022 15:26:20 +0000

A new survey from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) shows that smartphone app usage among gig-economy workers is 4 times more likely to occur than among other drivers. The study also reveals that parents are nearly 50% more prone to routinely making video calls, checking weather reports, and other types of smartphone-enabled distractions […]

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SparkCharge Introduces The Roadie V3: A Larger & More Capable Portable Fast Charging Solution

Credit to Author: Kyle Field| Date: Wed, 05 Oct 2022 13:45:36 +0000

SparkCharge invited CleanTechnica to come out to SparkDay 2022 last week where four new products were introduced to the public. SparkCharge made a name for itself with its unique modular portable EV fast charging solution. A few years into their journey, they took the Roadie 2 into the Shark Tank to swim with the big […]

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CleanTechnica Tested: Vanpowers Super Power Pro 2000 Portable Power Station

Credit to Author: Kyle Field| Date: Mon, 29 Aug 2022 13:00:15 +0000

Most portable power stations can store power, have a handle to lug them around with, and have a variety of options for charging and discharging. We have seen them all around here and after reviewing dozens of different power stations, the Vanpowers Super Power Pro 2000 managed to raise the bar in just about every […]

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XPeng Buyers in Norway Can Now Go Plugsurfing

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Tue, 16 Aug 2022 16:50:58 +0000

We had Plugsurfing presenting at one of our Cleantech Revolution Tour conferences many moons ago and wrote about the company several times back then, but if you’re new to the EV charging brand (which I think we all have to admit has one of the coolest names in the industry), the short synopsis is that […]

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