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CleanTechnica
CleanTechnica CEO Zach Shahan interviews cleantech leaders, top researchers, and investment experts in the fields of electric vehicles (EV), batteries and mining, solar energy, climate change, artificial intelligence (AI), and more.
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Mar 22, 2022 • 34min
California Solar — Value of Solar vs. Attacks on Net Metering
There have been attacks on solar net metering for a decade or more, since net metering shifts revenue and profit from utilities to individual homeowners. An extreme attack on California solar net metering arose in the past year. Listen in as solar industry expert Alex Williams of Solar Energy Partners talks to CleanTechnica's Zach Shahan about these topics.

Mar 18, 2022 • 34min
The EV Battery Production Chain — Insights from Deep in the Industry
CleanTechnica CEO Zach Shahan interviews Sebastian Lange, Vice President of Film Division at Brueckner Group, about the EV battery market, EV battery components, and EV battery component production equipment. Listen in for deep insights in the EV battery market!

Mar 10, 2022 • 46min
Ex-NASA Regional Air Mobility Expert Kevin Antcliff Is Now At Xwing Automating Aviation (Part 2)
Michael Barnard has another fascinating future-of-aviation conversation with an industry leader, this time Kevin Antcliff of Xwing. Kevin had followed his father’s footsteps into NASA after his aerospace engineering training. While there he convened a cross-industry study on regional air mobility, a huge opportunity space in the coming years that electric conventional smaller aircraft is opening up wide. Now he’s product owner with Xwing, who are bringing autonomy to the skies to make regional air mobility even cheaper and safer.

Mar 10, 2022 • 46min
Cheap, Safe, Regional Electric Flying is Coming and Kevin Antcliff of Xwing is Automating It
Michael Barnard has another fascinating future-of-aviation conversation with an industry leader, this time Kevin Antcliff of Xwing. Kevin had followed his father’s footsteps into NASA after his aerospace engineering training. While there he convened a cross-industry study on regional air mobility, a huge opportunity space in the coming years that electric conventional smaller aircraft is opening up wide. Now he’s product owner with Xwing, who are bringing autonomy to the skies to make regional air mobility even cheaper and safer.

Mar 9, 2022 • 50min
Tony Seba on Electric Vehicles, Renewable Energy, & Manufactured Meat
CleanTechnica CEO Zach Shahan interviews Tony Seba about the revolutions in energy (clean energy is taking over), transport (EV revolution is well underway), and food that are transforming the world.

Feb 17, 2022 • 30min
Custom Ordering Cars Becoming A Hot Thang — Dealer Digest #3
In this episode of Dealer Digest, Jo Borras and Zach Shahan of CleanTechnica talk about a few new custom ordering options from Ford, Porsche, and others — and how custom ordering is the new luxury in the auto industry.

Feb 11, 2022 • 42min
Accelerating Corporate EV Adoption — Fleetcor
CleanTechnica's Zach Shahan talks with Alexey Gavrilenya and Keagan Russo of Fleetcor about how Fleetcor is accelerating the adoption of electric vehicles.

Feb 7, 2022 • 41min
New Hydrogen Science Coalition Busts #hopium with Paul Martin — Part 1
There’s a new hydrogen-reality sheriff organization in town, the Hydrogen Science Coalition. Founded by several engineers and scientists with deep experience in hydrogen, its focus is on ensuring that the press and policy makers have accurate information about the slippery molecule. Paul Martin, chemical process engineer and a co-founder, talks with Michael Barnard about the coalition, its founders and the very real challenges of trying to use hydrogen broadly.

Jan 27, 2022 • 51min
EV Evangelism & Evolution in Kentucky & Beyond
Stu Ungar of Evolve KY talks to us about EV evangelism in Kentucky, how it's evolving, and how to help more people go electric.

Dec 16, 2021 • 58min
The Electric Truck Market and Charging Electric Trucks
What's going on in the world of electric trucks, electric truck charging, and electric fleet charging? In this episode of CleanTech Talk, Steve Bloch, VP, Western Region, ABB E-Mobility Inc., and Kendell Whitehead, Western Region Lead, Heavy Vehicle Solutions, ABB E-Mobility Inc., sat down with CleanTechnica CEO Zach Shahan to share their insights on these markets.