Originally published on Same Facts. By James Wimberley There is a disturbing passage towards the end of the final book in C.S. Lewis’ Narnia septet: Aslan raised his head and shook his mane. Instantly a glorious feast appeared on the Dwarfs’ knees: pies and tongues and pigeons and trifles and ices, … [continued]
Originally published on EV Obsession. The Los Angeles Police Department’s quite stylish BMW i3 electric vehicle made an appearance at the Petersen Automotive Museum’s most recent “Breakfast Club Cruise-In.” The most recent event had an Oktoberfest theme, but the cars that made an appearance there ranged from the aforementioned BMW … [continued]
[Edit: The original title stated $22 Million, which was a typo, and has now been corrected to read $22 Billion.] A growing number of governments around the world are implementing carbon pricing schemes, and the resulting carbon pricing revenues are beginning to be substantial, with one recent estimate predicting a … [continued]
Originally published on EV Obsession. Those of you who have long wondered what the electric vehicle battery manufacturing plants that create the packs used in popular vehicles like the Nissan LEAF, Chevy Volt, etc, are like behind the scenes may want to listen up right now. Some of the writers … [continued]
Originally posted at ilsr.org. Jason Caudle, city manager with the City of Lancaster, talked with John Farrell in April 2015 about his city’s solar boom. With more than 118 MW of solar, both private and public, operating within city limits, Lancaster is well on its way to producing or procuring … [continued]
Originally published on RMI Outlet. By Sarah Beth Penndorf Corporate power purchase agreements (PPAs) are being talked about everywhere—from water coolers to boardrooms to industry conferences. Today, corporate and institutional (C&I) end users have unparalleled access to bilateral agreements directly with utility-scale renewable energy facilities—greening their energy portfolio and creating … [continued]
Originally published on Solar Love. We were just talking about the accelerated pace of R&D for perovskite solar cells, and along comes the University of California, Los Angeles, with another contribution to the perovskite pot. Put that in the context of the lawsuits sprouting up against President Obama’s new Clean … [continued]
Originally published on Gas2. Earlier this year, Tesla Motors bought Riviera Tool, a company in western Michigan that produced tooling and dies used to make parts for Tesla automobiles. Michigan is overflowing with companies like Riviera Tool that support the auto manufacturing industry. “The former Rivera Tool and Die, now Tesla Michigan, was already … [continued]
Volvo is stepping up its safety game with the announcement that it is partnering with Autoliv — an automotive safety company — which will bring autonomous safety features rolled into a compelling autonomous driving safety bundle. Is Volvo trying to capitalize on the recent excitement over autopilot features from the recent rollout … [continued]
A little over a year ago, we announced that Mercedes had kicked off a Fuso Canter E-Cell pilot in Portugal to test out its light trucks in real-world environments, and the results are finally in. Delivery and transport trucks are a key opportunity for EV technology, as they typically run on … [continued]
