

CleanTech Talk — EVs, Solar, Batteries, AI, Tesla
CleanTech Talk — EVs, Solar, Batteries, AI, Tesla
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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Aug 9, 2022 • 27min
The Interesting Battery Mineral Component of the IRA
CleanTechnica's Zach Shahan, Jo Borras, and Steve Hanley discuss the Clean Vehicle Credit in the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 in this episode of CleanTech RoundTalk, especially focusing on the exclusion of any EVs using battery minerals from China and what that means. We also touched on PHEVs with small batteries being eligible for the tax credit as it's currently written. (Image courtesy of Albemarle Corporation.)

Aug 1, 2022 • 30min
Canoo x Walmart vs. Rivian x Amazon
Jo Borras, Steve Hanley, and Zach Shahan talk about Walmart's order for thousands of Canoo EVs, especially in response to Amazon's partnership with Rivian — and all kinds of relate topics.

Jul 28, 2022 • 47min
Decarbonizing Data Centers — It's Fun!
In this episode of Cleantech Talk, we dive into the fun of decarbonizing data centers with the Hitachi Environmental Business Division's Justin Bean and Jody Heyroth.

Jul 27, 2022 • 37min
Diess Out
Herbert Diess is out as CEO of Volkswagen Group. Steve Hanley, Jo Borras, and I offer our thoughts.

Jul 26, 2022 • 26min
Cost of Renewable Energy — Rising While Falling
CleanTechnica CEO Zach Shahan talks with BloombergNEF's Head of Economics & Modeling, David Hostert, about how despite rising renewable energy costs, renewable energy is getting more and more competitive and dominating new power installations.

Jul 21, 2022 • 45min
Automaker EV Sales Trends, VW ID. Buzz — CleanTech Roundtalk
CleanTechnica's Zach Shahan, Jo Borras, and Steve Hanley talk about EV sales trends at Volkswagen, Tesla, NIO, XPeng, and BYD. They also discuss the new Volkswagen ID. Buzz and how much appeal it might or might not have. Listen in!

Jul 20, 2022 • 40min
Electric Tractors — So Much To Love
Steve Heckeroth made a name for himself as an architect designing solar "umbrella homes" in California, until he discovered EVs and, he believes, a way to turn back the clock on human-driven climate change. As founder and CIO of electric tractor company Solectrac, Steve believes that agriculture can save the world.

Jul 12, 2022 • 46min
The Change We Need To Save The Planet
With more than 20 years' experience helping automotive brands understand consumer psychology, Chargeway founder Matt Teske talks climate change, consumerism, and what kind of change really needs to happen to save the planet.

Jul 11, 2022 • 34min
Making E-Bike Repairs Easy — Handlebar Jack
On the side of the road with a thrown chain or flat tire? With a 20 lb road bike, that's not so bad — but with a 70 lb e-bike, it's a different story. Andy's inventions at Handlebar Jack are here to make unexpected e-bike repairs easier.

Jul 8, 2022 • 24min
US DOE’s Jigar Shah Talks Billions in Loans, Small Nuclear Reactors, HVDC — Part 2
Jigar Shah has had an exceptional career as a commercializer of energy decarbonization solutions, from founding solar developer SunEdison, to putting his money where his mouth is with the original Clean Feet Investors fund, to co-founding the Carbon War Room with Richard Branson. Now he’s running the US Department of Energy’s Loans Program Office and has $40B of authority within manufacturing, innovative project finance, and tribal energy. In this broad and animated discussion, he asserts the value of the $504 million hydrogen storage and generation project in Utah the program funded, why he’s bullish on small modular reactors as well as wind and solar, and why HVDC is a big part of the USA’s energy transmission future but isn’t a slam dunk.