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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Apr 3, 2018 • 28min
Reinventing The Wheel, Resurrecting Faraday Future, & Japan's H2 Play (Cleantech Talk #49)
Episode #49 of Cleantech Talk is here! In this episode, we talk about reinventing the wheel, a Faraday Future maybe-resurrection, and Japan’s logical hots for hydrogen.
Mar 4, 2018 • 20min
Solar + Storage Nuking Natural Gas Peakers, + We <3 Floating Wind & Fat Tires
Episode #48 of Cleantech Talk is here! This episode covers solar + storage nuking natural gas (peaker plants, that is), fantastic floating wind farm news, and the latest in fat-tire electric cycling!
Feb 18, 2018 • 33min
Cobalt: From Drama To Calmer, & Car2Go Success In Vancouver (Cleantech Talk 47)
Episode #47 of Cleantech Talk is here! This episode covers Cobalt, EV batteries, BMW batteries, Tesla batteries, and Car2Go.
Feb 12, 2018 • 21min
Tesla's Rocket Problem, & What Would You YIMBY? (Cleantech Talk 46)
Episode #46 of Cleantech Talk is here! This episode covers Tesla’s Q4 call and the question “what would you YIMBY?”
Feb 2, 2018 • 30min
Ferrari's e-Envy, California Leadership, "Dear Elon," & Norway O&G Expansion
Episode 45 of Cleantech Talk is here! This episode covers Ferrari’s electric envy, California’s climate leadership, a “Dear Elon” letter, and Norway’s oil & gas expansion.
Jan 14, 2018 • 28min
"Roger Bannister Moment" For EV Charging Access (Cleantech Talk #44)
Episode #44 of Cleantech Talk is here! This episode covers Shenzhen’s taxi plans, the launch of China x Cleantech, premature triumphalism, and a Roger Bannister moment for EV charging access.
Dec 30, 2017 • 27min
Self-Driving Car Liability Limits, Fuel Cells Following Solar's Footsteps ... (Cleantech Talk 43)
Episode #43 of Cleantech Talk is here! This episode covers accident liability for self-driving cars, the EV tax credit, and fuel cells’ exponential ramp.
Dec 15, 2017 • 32min
VW–Scooby Doo Fantasy Crossover, LA Auto Show, & Fair Trade Copper (CleanTech Talk 42)
Episode #42 of Cleantech Talk is here! This episode covers my LA Auto Show-inspired VW-Scooby Doo fantasy crossover and “Fair Trade” Copper.
Dec 3, 2017 • 26min
Cleantech Talk's Tesla Truck Take (Episode #41)
This week is Cleantech Talk’s Tesla Truck take. Anyone can offer a “hot take” on current events, and darn near every media outlet did! But it takes a brave team (or just a very busy-with-other-work one!) to offer a “cold take” weeks later. In our defense, we were trying to add something to CleanTechnica’s already-substantive coverage and reflections (e.g., this and this).
Nov 21, 2017 • 21min
Shenzhen All-In On e-Buses; Bioplastics; & Solar Sheikhs (Cleantech Talk 40)
Episode #40 of Cleantech Talk is here! This episode covers a massive electric bus order in Shenzhen, new bioplastics, and a huge new solar power plant in Oman.
