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Not affiliated with them (other than just friends), but EV Complete[1] has seemed to tap into the whole wtf-do-i-need-an-ev-now thing. There's a joke in the cl
by diafygi 8y ago
Not affiliated with them (other than just friends), but EV Complete[1] has seemed to tap into the whole wtf-do-i-need-an-ev-now thing.
There's a joke in the cleantech space about how people in cleantech can't even understand how energy efficiency, solar, batteries, or EVs affect them, so how the hell can non-cleantech people understand the benefits of what we do.
Overall, we need help. We have the tech and the vision, but most of the cleantech space needs help on the marketing, education, and execution.
[1]: https://www.evcomplete.com/ https://www.evcomplete.com/
- TheSpiceIsLife 8y agoIn the EV space it looks like cleantech is getting a lot of help. From the article: * began exporting its vehicles to the U.S. BYD has inked deals to supply electric buses to Facebook Inc.’s sprawling headquarters in Menlo Park, Calif., the transit authority in Long Beach, Calif., and the campuses of Stanford University and the University of California at Los Angeles. The most recent victory came in August, when BYD won a bid to supply all Georgia government entities with EVs. The company is using the immense financial backing at home to its advantage. A $9 billion credit line from China Development Bank, for example, is helping BYD place electric monorails in Brazil, Egypt, and the Philippines. And government grants that cover a third of the cost of building an electric bus. It's hard to imagine any of the Western democracies doing this, in the near future.