Why GreenTech Media Shut Down
The cleantech community was shaken today when Eric Wesoff announced on his new blog that GreenTech Media was shutting down.
Is Nikola Motors A Fraudulent Company
The evidence in the Hidenburg report show how the company has been faking videos of it’s trucks functioning, lying to people about the tech they have, and manipulating the “booked revenue” Nikola has closed on.
How We Can Ingrain Car Sharing Into American Culture. With Aric Ohana
Aric is the CEO/Founder of Envoy There a startup making Electric Vehicles an amenity. Ian Sumner sits downs with Aric to learn about how car sharing can be ingrained into American Culture.
California is running low on electricity ⚡
In Your Inbox: California in the dark again; Sustainable meat raises $2M; Hydrogen supercar; and an interview with Waterless
An Epic Raise for Wastewater Management
Epic CleanTec, a startup decentralizing wastewater treatment, just raised a $2.6M seed round.
Ford Flexes With 1,400 HP Mustang Mach E
Ford really did the trick this week with exciting car enthusiasts across the US in the new all electric Ford Mustang Mach E.
An Oat of This World Raise 🥛
Oatly just raised $200 million at a $2 billion valuation, effective selling a 10% stake in the company. The Blackstone Group led the round of fundraising, along with other backers – Howard Schultz, Oprah Winfrey, Roc Nation, Natalie Portman, Orkila Capital, and Rabo Corporate Investments.
Deconstructing Sunrun’s Acquisition of Vivint Solar
Sunrun to acquire Vivint Solar for $3.2 Billion which would push Sunrun to 500,000 customers and more than 3 GW of assets on their books. The combined value of Sunrun + Vivint pushes it to an estimated $9.2 Billion based on the closing price July 6, 2020.
How Realistic Is Tesla’s “Lowest Price” Solar
Solar installers across the US are suprised about Tesla’s claim of “lowest price solar” yeilding concerns about over promising and under delivering.
What Lyft’s Move To 100% Electric Means For The Future Of Ride Share
Lyft or Uber will likely never replace publicly funded transport. But if they enter from a sustainability angle where the state doesn’t have to invest their tax payers money into a large fleet of EVs it could open up the states that didn’t sign up for the ride share hype early on.