Published on January 19th, 2019 | by Jose Pontes
The German plug-in electric vehicle (PEV) passenger car market ended the year dropping 10% in December, to 5,711 registrations, with fully electric cars continuing to expand (+12% YoY) while plug-in hybrid electrics couldn't find a way out of their hole (-35% in December). Fully electrics (BEVs) now clearly outselling plugin hybrids (PHEVs) — 67% PEV segment share for BEVs in December, and well above the 2018 average (53%)... Read More →
Published on January 19th, 2019 | by Nexus Media
The telephone should have been an instant hit. It revolutionized human communication overnight, and yet it took decades to catch on. AT&T president Theodore Vail blamed meager sales on public ignorance. No one knew how to use the phone, he said... Read More →
Published on January 19th, 2019 | by Zachary Shahan
The top, most popular, most clicked stories of the past week here on CleanTechnica were about the Tesla Model 3, Tesla Roadster 2, Tesla Supercharging, Tesla Model S, other electric vehicles coming to invade Europe, the cost-competitiveness of solar + storage, and more. Scroll through the headlines and click the links to find out more and to read any stories you might have missed in the 100 articles we published last week... Read More →
Published on January 19th, 2019 | by Jake Richardson
CarGurus recently published results of a survey of adult consumers regarding their interest in electric vehicles. The main findings were that 15% said they were probably going to own an EV in the next 5 years, and 34% said it would probably be in 10 years... Read More →
Published on January 19th, 2019 | by Sebastian Blanco
Nissan is trying to do something different with the all-electric IMs concept that it just unveiled at the 2019 Detroit Auto Show... Read More →
Published on January 19th, 2019 | by Maarten Vinkhuyzen
We have seen a lot of announcements for many new electric cars from the big carmakers. Some say it is #dieselgate that opened their eyes. Others think Tesla and Musk are threatening their sales. Occam's razor tells us to look at the easiest explanation first. China's NEV mandate might be the easiest explanation... Read More →
Published on January 18th, 2019 | by Nicolas Zart
When it comes to electric motorcycles, Lightning Motorcycles sits somewhere on the top of the hill. But being a leader means always improving. Lightning just announced a new and more affordable electric motorcycle, available in March, with performance and a price that sends shock ripples to the competition... Read More →
Published on January 18th, 2019 | by Paul Fosse
Today I noticed the design studio was changed to have a flag in the right-hand corner of the first page (but for Model 3 only). When you click that flag, you get a list of 21 country/language combinations shown below... Read More →
Published on January 18th, 2019 | by Nicolas Zart
I love Rinspeed's wild imagination, and from where else can reality spring than imagination... Read More →
Published on January 18th, 2019 | by Maarten Vinkhuyzen
The myth of the modern "city car" originates from the makers of Swatch watches. They thought there should be a market for stylish, functional, small cars for city dwellers — the same kind of people who bought their watches. This "SwatchMobile" became the Daimler Smart car. It was very popular, mainly among journalists who found it was something quirky to write about it. As far as sales goes, it turned out to be a product for a very small niche... Read More →
Published on January 18th, 2019 | by Charles W. Thurston
San Diego has an untapped 500 megawatt solar potential at commercial sites within the city, with parking lots representing three-quarters of the total, according to a new survey by the Clean Coalition. ... Read More →
Published on January 18th, 2019 | by Steve Hanley
LevelTen Energy helps small to medium size companies to aggregate their demand for renewable energy so they can take advantage of power purchase agreements the way large companies do. ... Read More →
Published on January 18th, 2019 | by Jake Richardson
Vermont’s largest solar canopy, Encore Renewable Energy’s 156kWp solar carport in Burlington, Vermont, has begun producing electricity at the ECHO Leahy Center for Lake Champlain... Read More →
Published on January 18th, 2019 | by Tina Casey
A fuel cell company picked BMW's i8 as the first ever vehicle to demonstrate a new EV charging system based on renewable hydrogen... Read More →
Published on January 18th, 2019 | by Joshua S Hill
Spanish wind energy giant Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy announced the launch of its newest offshore wind turbine on Wednesday, a 10 megawatt (MW) behemoth which will increase individual turbine output by as much as 30% and pit the company against its peers, GE Renewable Energy and MHI Vestas in the race for the most powerful offshore wind turbine. ... Read More →
Published on January 18th, 2019 | by Joshua S Hill
A slew of announcements have essentially given the go-ahead for the 275 megawatt Darlington Point Solar Farm in Australia's New South Wales with financial close, building contract, solar supply contract, and Power Purchase Agreement all being announced within days of one another. ... Read More →
Published on January 18th, 2019 | by Joshua S Hill
China's State Power Investment Corporation has given the go-ahead for what could be the world's largest onshore wind farm, a 6 gigawatt (GW) subsidy-free behemoth set to be developed in Mongolia and which will help power the 2022 Winter Olympic Games... Read More →
Published on January 18th, 2019 | by Nicolas Zart
The global electric mobility startup Byton is announcing more on how it will sell its electric vehicles (EV), including news of its first store in Shanghai, China, and 25 more stores to come... Read More →
Published on January 18th, 2019 | by Zachary Shahan
Oh, poor Model S. With the Tesla Model 3 now on the scene in full force and consistently ranking in the top 5 of US car sales, the older, bigger Model S doesn't get nearly the attention and discussion it used to get... Read More →
Published on January 17th, 2019 | by Charles W. Thurston
When a behemoth electric utility like Pacific Gas & Electric goes bankrupt, rooftop solar owners may be understandably worried about the future of their array and their financial arrangement with the company... Read More →
Published on January 17th, 2019 | by Nicolas Zart
After a few touch & go years, Groupe PSA, which owns Peugeot, Citroen, Opel, and Vauxhall, is showing its new electric vehicle (EV) platform... Read More →
Published on January 17th, 2019 | by Nicolas Zart
I suspect a few Harley-Davidson riders might not know what to make of this electric LiveWire motorcycle, but after spending a few minutes on a stationary display at CES, I can say it will have a unique sound and a nearly perfect riding position... Read More →
Published on January 17th, 2019 | by Maarten Vinkhuyzen
History is sometimes ironic.
The French state saw Carlos Ghosn's refusal to merge Nissan into Renault as an obstacle to the growth of the former national car company. They attributed it to his megalomania, and not to sentiments within Nissan and Japan. He could only keep his job at Renault when he promised to make the alliance irreversible, nearly as good as a full merger. That job would be for his successor... Read More →
Published on January 17th, 2019 | by Steve Hanley
Researchers at Purdue University say that using drones to conduct traffic accident investigations could reduce the time to complete the process dramatically and reduce deaths and injuries from secondary accidents caused by traffic slowdowns and blockages. ... Read More →
