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 va...
Jul 06, 2022•26 min•Transcript available on Metacast CleanTechnica's Jo Borras talks with Radio Flyer's Chief Innovation Officer, Tom Schlegel, about the company's innovative, utilitarian electric cargo bikes. In particular, they focus on the Flyer L885 ( flyer.radioflyer.com/flyer-l885.html ). They also discuss Radio Flyer's origins and its strong relationship with Tesla....
Jul 02, 2022•24 min•Transcript available on Metacast REE distills the essence of automotive design into a single "corner" of the EV -- and opens up a whole new level of customization in the process.
Jun 29, 2022•29 min•Transcript available on Metacast Stefano Benatti, CEO of Energica Motor Company, talks with CleanTechnica's Scott Cooney about real motorcycles, electric motorbike benefits, and Energica's electric motorcycle leadership.
Jun 25, 2022•28 min•Transcript available on Metacast Laurence Kuykendall, Marketing Director at Energica Motor Company, talks with CleanTechnica's Scott Cooney about how Energica got through the initial part of the Covid-19 crisis, Lawrence's evolution into his role at Energica, Scott's time riding three exciting Energica electric motorcycles, the hot new Energica Experia, and Energica's roadmap to the future.
Jun 22, 2022•26 min•Transcript available on Metacast Giampiero Testoni, CTO and co-founder of Energica Motor Company, talks with CleanTechnica's Scott Cooney in Italy about Energica's newest electric motorbike, the Experia, as well as what's next for Energica Motor Company.
Jun 22, 2022•11 min•Transcript available on Metacast Part 2 — So, Andy Tang is an avid skier, and this fueled his career transition out of finance and telcos and into demand management and then energy storage. Now he runs Wartsila’s energy storage and optimization business globally. From "microgrids" of 240,000 people in the Azores to utility-scale storage deployments around the world, Wartsila is a major player, just as they have been in the energy business with their engines for decades. Intelligent deployment of storage is a complex balancing a...
Jun 15, 2022•41 min•Transcript available on Metacast Andy Tang is an avid skier, and this fueled his career transition out of finance and telcos and into demand management and then energy storage. Now he runs Wartsila’s energy storage and optimization business globally. From "microgrids" of 240,000 people in the Azores to utility-scale storage deployments around the world, Wartsila is a major player, just as they have been in the energy business with their engines for decades. Intelligent deployment of storage is a complex balancing act of asset l...
Jun 15, 2022•42 min•Transcript available on Metacast Want easy, cheap, and safe EV fast charging at your house? Splitvolt may have the perfect solution for you. CleanTechnica CEO Zach Shahan talks with Dan Liddle, CEO & founder of Splitvolt, about its products.
May 26, 2022•46 min•Transcript available on Metacast CleanTechnica's Jo Borras talks with Macy Neshati, CEO of US Hybrid, about electrifying medium-duty and heavy-duty trucks partially, for now, in order to significantly cut trucking emissions and help lead into a fully electric future.
May 25, 2022•18 min•Transcript available on Metacast CleanTechnica talks with Aaron Gillmore, CEO of WAVE, a wireless EV charging startup acquired by Ideanomics in January 2021.
May 24, 2022•28 min•Transcript available on Metacast Solectrac CEO Mani Iyer talks with Jo Borras of CleanTechnica about electric tractors and smart farming.
May 23, 2022•24 min•Transcript available on Metacast Mayank Sikaria, President, Head of Technology, and Founder of Sibros, and CleanTechnica's Jo Borras talk in this episode about over-the-air updates for electric vehicles, which Sibros is offering to any automakers that have the interest.
May 23, 2022•28 min•Transcript available on Metacast CleanTechnica's Jo Borras talks with Snow Lake Lithium CEO and director Phil Gross about lithium, lithium, lithium.
May 11, 2022•27 min•Transcript available on Metacast CleanTechnica's Zach Shahan, Jo Borras, and Steve Hanley talk car subscriptions, the growing connected nature of cars (especially EVs), the consumer desire for simpler & cheaper & less connected cars, and much more. Tune in!
May 02, 2022•48 min•Transcript available on Metacast CleanTechnica's Jo Borras interviews Ferry Auto CEO & founder Kristian Russell about EV subscriptions, EV dealers, the evolving EV market, and ... Ferry Auto, of course. Listen in!
Apr 28, 2022•40 min•Transcript available on Metacast CleanTechnica's Scott Cooney interviews Livia Cevolini, CEO of Energica Motor Company, the 1st Italian manufacturer of high-performing electric motorcycles. They talk about the software in an Energica motorcycle as well as the Ideanomics majority acquisition of Energica Motor Company. They also talk about the joys, fun, challenges, and future of electric motorcycles and Energica Motor Company.
Apr 25, 2022•28 min•Transcript available on Metacast Tesla has never offered lease buyouts for the Model 3, and now it's dropped lease buyouts for all models. Jo Borras explains why this is not good for customers and why leasing is so useful and so often misunderstood. Zach Shahan also discusses Tesla's decision to drop the complimentary mobile charger, which many people (like him) use to charge at home or to charge on road trips.
Apr 21, 2022•49 min•Transcript available on Metacast CleanTechnica founder Scott Cooney and Ideanomics CEO Alf Poor talk about the latest Ideanomics acquisition — that of electric motorcycle leader Energica — and innovation in cleantech.
Apr 19, 2022•26 min•Transcript available on Metacast CleanTechnica's Jo Borras talks with Rivian's Jason Cortes about the history and evolution of automobile fueling stations, even going back to 1905! They also take about EV charging safety and station UI.
Apr 18, 2022•39 min•Transcript available on Metacast CleanTechnica's Jo Borras talks with Snow Lake Lithium CEO and director Phil Gross about EV growth, the lithium market, and Snow Lake Lithium's innovative approach to helping with lithium supply — eventually.
Apr 15, 2022•23 min•Transcript available on Metacast Big auto dealers are buying small auto dealers like the future is bright. Is it? Also, we chat about auto dealers balking at the high costs of installing EV fast chargers and whether that's the thing to do or not. Further, are they experiencing a kind of "karmic justice" with high installation fees?
Apr 09, 2022•26 min•Transcript available on Metacast Michael Barnard speaks with the two co-founders of Buzz Solutions, Kaitlyn Albertoli and Vik Chaudhry. They analyse terabytes of high-resolution images of power lines and towers captured by drones and helicopters for their clients, rapidly identifying failed or failing components, making linesman more productive, and giving utilities' workforces better job satisfaction.
Apr 02, 2022•39 min•Transcript available on Metacast Michael Barnard speaks with the two co-founders of Buzz Solutions, Kaitlyn Albertoli and Vik Chaudhry. They analyse terabytes of high-resolution images of power lines and towers captured by drones and helicopters for their clients, rapidly identifying failed or failing components, making linesman more productive, and giving utilities' workforces better job satisfaction.
Mar 29, 2022•39 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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.
Mar 29, 2022•58 min•Transcript available on Metacast There have been attacks on solar net metering for a decade or more, since net metering shifts revenue and profit from utilities to individual homeowners. An extreme attack on California solar net metering arose in the past year. Listen in as solar industry expert Alex Williams of Solar Energy Partners talks to CleanTechnica's Zach Shahan about these topics.
Mar 22, 2022•34 min•Transcript available on Metacast CleanTechnica CEO Zach Shahan interviews Sebastian Lange, Vice President of Film Division at Brueckner Group, about the EV battery market, EV battery components, and EV battery component production equipment. Listen in for deep insights in the EV battery market!
Mar 18, 2022•34 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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 a...
Mar 10, 2022•46 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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 a...
Mar 10, 2022•46 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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.
Mar 09, 2022•50 min•Transcript available on Metacast 
