CleanTech Talk — Solar, Batteries, EVs, AI

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.

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.

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.

CleanTechnica's Zach Shahan talks with Alexey Gavrilenya and Keagan Russo of Fleetcor about how Fleetcor is accelerating the adoption of electric vehicles.

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.

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.

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.

In this episode of Dealer Digest, Jo Borras and Zach Shahan talk further about automaker direct sales but focus the conversation on ordering ahead (instead of just getting something off the lot), and specifically Volvo's leading programs on this.

CleanTechnica's Zach Shahan and Jo Borras dive into how auto dealerships and legacy auto manufacturers are approaching and will likely navigate the EV transition.

Bill Nussey is a serial entrepreneur who sold his last company to IBM. He spent the past few years interviewing well over 300 people as he wrote his upcoming book, Freeing Energy, and started Solar Inventions, which just received a US patent for a manufacturing innovation that improves solar panel efficiency a few percent and cuts material costs as well. Michael Barnard and Bill talk broadly across the main themes of the book, and the opportunities for lots of businesses and jobs in local energy in the coming years.