Dealer Digest #2 — Ordering Ahead and Visiting Sweden with Volvo

Ravi Mikkelsen, CEO & cofounder of Atmos Financial, talks with CleanTechnica's Scott Cooney about how the financial system can accelerate the cleantech revolution.

There is an urgent need to better address fire risks associated with energy storage systems—and sufficiently mitigate them. Chris Groves, Product Manager, and Mishaal SyedNaveed, Fire Protection Engineer at Wärtsilä Energy Storage & Optimisation, discuss baseline fire testing requirements and the importance of exceeding them.

Xcelerate Auto's KJ Gimbel and Milad Davoodi sit down with CleanTechnica's Scott Cooney to discuss current EV myths and concerns of mainstream EV buyers, useful answers and solutions for these concerns and questions, and some of the great benefits of electric cars. They also discuss some crazy (and hilarious) auto dealer stories regarding buying EVs.

CleanTechnica's Zach Shahan, Scott Cooney, and Derek Markham talk about how much has changed in the cleantech revolution in the past 16 years, from solar power to electric vehicles to biodiesel.

KJ Gimbel, founder and CEO of Xcelerate Auto, talks with CleanTechnica about the benefits and obstacles to electrifying government fleets, including police fleets. This is a true deep dive into the culture and process in public sector fleet management and leasing.

We recently spoke with Carina Brockl, Chief Revenue Officer at Aurora Solar, about the effect the Inflation Reduction Act is having on the US solar industry. On a less positive note, she also talked about "Net Energy Meting 3.0" in California and high interest rates. She talked about trends in the solar industry and effectively making solar sales. There's much more, too. Listen to the whole podcast!

CleanTechnica talks with Milad Davoodi, COO of Xcelerate Auto, about EV myths, real-world EV charging needs, road trips and towing with EVs, EV battery life and replacement, and extended warranties for EVs. Listen in for a lot of fun anecdotes as well as great information!

In this episode, CleanTechnica's Zach Shahan talks with Markus Fleckenstein, Director of Solution Consulting for Arena, a PTC Business; Varena Junge, co-founder of Yook; and Tim Klenner, Supply Chain Manager. They discuss the integration between Arena's cloud-based Product Lifecycle Management with ProGlove's solutions and leveraging Yook's carbon footprint analysis platform to optimize product development, contributing to a more environmentally conscious and carbon-efficient approach.

Aimée Christensen, Founder and CEO of Christensen Global, talks with CleanTechnica's Scott Cooney about climate crisis, resilience, and highlights from the recent COP28 conference. Aimée Christensen brokered the first ever bilateral agreement on climate change between the US and another nation (Costa Rica, in 1994), and has helped build the sustainability platforms for, among others, the United Nations, Microsoft, Google, and Virgin, where she helped Sir Richard Branson develop the Carbon War Room.

Dr. Ray Gallant discusses the variety of grid-connected, off-grid, and portable charging products currently available for construction as well as what’s in the works. He will also touch on how innovation in charging technology is benefiting both on- and off-road EVs. Also, on the heels of Volvo CE publishing its own brand-agnostic software protocol for 48V off-board DC chargers so that other OEMs and suppliers may use it in the development of their own charging solutions, Ray discusses the importance of collaboration throughout the industry and along the entire supply chain for progress on decarbonization and the technology that supports it. Volvo