Battery-Equipped Induction: A New Path to Clean Home Electrification

From CleanTechnica. Copper Founder & CEO Sam Calisch joins the Cleantech Talk team to discuss how battery-equipped induction stoves are redefining what it means to electrify the kitchen, making clean cooking possible without expensive electrical upgrades or home renovations. Sam breaks down why traditional electrification has left many households behind, how Copper’s plug-in, battery-equipped stoves…

Common Charge and Advancing Distributed Energy

From CleanTechnica. The Executive Director of new energy coalition Common Charge, Mary Rafferty, talks with CleanTechnica CEO Zach Shahan about what the organization is doing and how we can continuing advancing distributed energy like solar energy and battery storage in the United States in 2026.

Can Bio-Credits Save the Rainforest? The New Market for Nature

From CleanTechnica. Deforestation is accelerating, biodiversity loss is at record levels, and conservation funding still falls short by more than $700 billion a year. On this episode, Dr. Drea Burbank of Savimbo and Doug Heske of Newday Financial Technologies join CleanTech Talk to discuss how a new generation of “bio-credits” could transform how the world…

Ford’s Dramatic EV Departure — Diving In

From CleanTechnica. Steve Hanley, Larry Evans, and Zach Shahan discuss Ford’s dramatic announcement regarding writing off $19.5 billion in EV investments, dropping certain EV plans, and rolling out more extended-range electric vehicles. They also discuss broader policy changes in the US and the USA’s position in the global auto industry and economy more broadly.

Electric School Buses & V2G — Match Made in Heaven

From CleanTechnica. Gagan Dhillon, CEO of Synop, and Zach Shahan, CEO of CleanTechnica, discuss why electric school buses are the perfect starter V2G fleet, real-world results from electric school bus V2G programs, making electric school bus (and other EV) fleets pencil out after the federal tax-credit cliff, EV fleet energy management, and more!

US EV Sales — Forecasts for 2026 & 2030

From CleanTechnica. Jose Pontes, Larry Evans, Steve Hanley, and Zach Shahan discuss the US electric vehicle market, EV policies, and what they expect for EV share of the US auto market in 2026 and in 2030. Naturally, this includes talk about Tesla, politics, and what legacy automakers will do or not do voluntarily.