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EV Life is awarded CalSEED grant from the California Energy Commission to make financing electric cars cheaper than gas vehicles.

EV Life

The grant will fund the development of a fintech platform to empower EV buyers to save up to $200/month on electric vehicle loans. EV Life, a car site dedicated exclusively to electric vehicles, announced that it was 1 of 28 companies to win a CalSEED grant from the California Energy Commission (CEC). Scott, Vice-Chair of the CEC.

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Germany approves €900M for green hydrogen project H2Global

Green Car Congress

The core idea of H2Global is a double-auction model: Hydrogen or hydrogen derivatives are purchased in non-EU countries at the lowest possible price with 10-year contracts via a competitive process. The resulting losses are compensated by the federal government’s grant for a maximum of 10 years.

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BMW expects to have solid-state battery in a demonstrator vehicle well before 2025; IPCEI grants

Green Car Congress

The greenest electric car in the world will be a BMW—sustainable from the initial idea to recycling after its use phase. Bavaria is supporting this IPCEI project from BMW with co-financing in order to secure added value in a central high-tech field with great future potential.

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Exxon/Mobil To Fund Solar Financing Bond For Torrance Homeowners

Creative Greenius

In a deal brokered by the city’s newly commissioned Citizens Environmental Task Force, Exxon/Mobil, owners of the Exxon/Mobil Refinery in the City of Torrance agreed today to fund a bond that will make low cost financing of solar energy systems for home and apartment owners. It’s a pretty good idea isn’t it?

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Tesla Canada lists high-volume recruiter opening in Montreal hinting at a new facility is in the works

Teslarati

Tesla’s potential new Canada facility has attracted a lot of interest since Elon Musk responded positively to the idea of a potential Gigafactory in the country during the 2022 Cyber Roundup. The job listing has inspired speculations that Tesla may be planning a new Canada facility in the area.

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Four Startups Aim to Change the Climate Tech Game

Cars That Think

million grant from the U.S. million financing round. Harvesting the coldness of space for greener AC A passive, thin-film coating that takes heat from a surface—be that a solar panel, a building, or a car’s roof—and sends it off into space is the idea behind SkyCool Systems , based in Mountain View, Calif.

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Swaying toward EV mobility

Electric Auto Association

We partner with real estate developers, cities, and nonprofits to utilize government clean energy incentives, grants, and other sources of funding,” Peters explained. Attacking the problem The idea for Sway Mobility came in 2017, when Peters was working in sustainability with different neighborhoods in Cleveland. “I