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Tesla To Demo Battery Swapping On Thursday Night

Posted on June 19, 2013 by Zachary Shahan

Tesla just about 14 hours ago announced via email to reporters that it would be performing a live battery pack swap demo tomorrow (Thursday, June 20) at 8:00pm (doors opening at 7:30pm) at Tesla’s Design Studio in Hawthorne, California. Actually, as with many things Tesla, Tesla CEO and Chairman Elon Musk broke the news on Twitter a bit early: Live pack swap demo on Thurs night at 8pm California time at our design studio in Hawthorne. … Read More

Public Solar-Powered Cell Phone & Tablet Chargers In NYC — Street Change

Posted on June 19, 2013 by Zachary Shahan

New York is one of the leading states in the country for solar power. But some New Yorkers are now looking to up NYC’s solar credentials a bit more. In partnership with AT&T, Goal Zero and Brooklyn-based design studio PENSA are installing 25 public solar-powered cell phone and tablet chargers to make charging easier and cleaner. The initiative is called Street Charge. On the Goal Zero blog, the company writes, “We’ve come to terms with the phone booth extinction … Read More

Tesla Issues Partial Recall Of Model S

Posted on June 19, 2013 by Zachary Shahan

Things can’t go right for anyone all the time. Tesla’s had a streak of good news lately, but it just ran into one problem — Model S vehicles manufactured between May 10 and June 8 of this year “may contain a defect.” There haven’t actually been any customer complaints, but being extra cautious, Tesla is ordering a partial recall. Here’s the full article published today from Tesla CEO & Chairman Elon Musk: After a careful examination, … Read More

Blue Matte Tesla Model S Used To Advertise Wheels (VIDEO)

Posted on June 19, 2013 by Zachary Shahan

This beautiful blue matte Tesla Model S is the most attractive Model S I’ve seen to date (of course, imho). Interestingly, it was used to advertise wheels. Read the Gas2 repost for details: The automotive aftermarket offers pretty much any and everything you could want for your ride. While electric cars are the new kids on the block, many aftermarket features translate easily onto rides like the Tesla Model S. A new coat of matte … Read More

Mission RS All-Electric Street Legal Superbike

Posted on June 19, 2013 by Tim Tyler

All-electric motorcycles have been around for awhile now. But Mission Motorcycles is taking the fun, eco-friendly concept to the next level. The new Mission RS (“Race Special”) is being dubbed as the fastest all-electric production motorcycle ever made. This is not your normal all-electric motorcycle. In fact, it’s a “superbike” that boasts a 160-horsepower electric engine that generates 133.4 ft-lbs of torque. The powerhouse bike can do zero to 60 in a mere 3 seconds and has a … Read More

Fossil Fuel Really Beginning To Hate Renewable Energy: Graphs

Posted on June 19, 2013 by Giles Parkinson

This article first appeared on RenewEconomy This article follows on from our story yesterday on Alinta, and the complaint by CEO Jeff Dimery that wind energy is “undermining the running regime of exiting thermal generation assets”. There is no doubt that it is. But while some could argue whether this is a good thing (early retirement of ageing polluting assets in a clean energy transition) or a bad thing (stranded assets, loss of value), it seems that … Read More

Wind Industry Declares It’s Had Enough Of Anti-Wind Nonsense

Posted on June 19, 2013 by Giles Parkinson

This article first appeared on RenewEconomy. These are strange times in the renewables industry. There is no doubt there is an enormous push back against renewables by the fossil fuel industries and pro-nuclear lobbies who fear an opportunity lost and a decades-old business model eroded. What is truly stunning, however, is the traction that some of the most idiotic nonsense about wind energy is gaining at the political level. Finally, the wind industry is declaring that it has … Read More

Forecast: Cost Of PV Panels To Drop To $0.36/Watt By 2017

Posted on June 19, 2013 by Nicholas Brown

The cost of photovoltaic solar panels is expected to drop another 36 cents per watt by 2017, according to new research by cleantech market research firm GTM Research. While this drop in solar panel prices will help to make solar affordable to more people, which will increase the size of the solar market, this ongoing cost reduction means much more than that. Currently, solar panels are backed up by natural gas and various other types of … Read More

Germany Opens Another Hybrid Wind Power Plant

Posted on June 19, 2013 by Karl-Friedrich Lenz

This article first appeared on the Lenz Blog From this tweet by the always excellent Energiewende Germany I learned about an article titled “Hydrogen plant starts storing wind energy in Germany“. As is clear from the title, this is another project to use wind energy in times where demand can’t keep up with supply to make some hydrogen from water. That is the future for storage of surplus renewable energy, since the existing infrastructure can store massive … Read More

Lifesaving Solar Power For Army’s “Firefly” Sniper Detection System

Posted on June 19, 2013 by Tina Casey

Army solar power reduces troop casualties

The Department of Defense has been aggressively pursuing alternative energy both as the key to future national security and as a means of reducing troop casualties in the field, and a new Army solar project provides a perfect illustration of the two entwined goals. The project involves integrating solar power with the Army’s new “Firefly” sniper detection system, which somewhat ironically has been exposing Soldiers to enemy fire when they have to install fresh batteries … Read More