In today’s clean energy and transport news roundup, used cars are moving at an electrifying pace, EV sales in the US follow the cool factor, don’t miss the solar bus (shelter), how Swede it is at this electric railcar competition, the NHTSA head won’t let the perfect be the enemy … [continued]
Aside from $4.5 billion for EV charging DOE loan guarantees, an Electric Vehicle Hackathon, publishing Guiding Principles to Promote Electric Vehicles and Charging Infrastructure with 50 industry partners, launching the “FAST Act process” to identify and streamline development of EV charging corridors across the United States, a push for EV procurement at all levels of government, … [continued]
Originally published on Bikocity. How can cities get more people using bikes for transportation, while also reducing the risk of injuries or death? It turns out that it might not really be that complicated, and that by combining bike sharing systems with protected bike lanes, cities can boost bike transportation … [continued]
Originally published on RenewEconomy. By Sophie Vorrath Tesla Motors has revealed the Australian price for the entry-level version of its much-hyped Model X SUV, billed by the EV-maker as “the safest, quickest and most capable sport utility vehicle in history,” no less. According to a company statement released on Tuesday, … [continued]
Originally published on Climate Reality Project. Since President Obama took office, the US has made major strides in fighting climate change. Here are five ways. Over the last eight years, the US has had its fair share of ups and downs in fighting climate change. But despite setbacks like the … [continued]
The main story regarding the White House’s latest EV push was the $4.5 billion put into Department of Energy loan guarantees for EV charging infrastructure. But there were several additional stories that are worth highlighting, including the launch of an “Electric Vehicle Hackathon.” Before getting into the hackathon, though, I think … [continued]
The cumulative global installed capacity of solar PV is set to exceed 756 GW by 2025, according to new figures from research firm GlobalData. According to the research and consulting firm’s latest report, Solar Photovoltaic (PV) Market, Update 2016 – Global Market Size, Market Share, Average Price, Regulations and Key Country … [continued]
Bill Gates, delivering the 14th Nelson Mandela Annual Lecture on the eve of Mandela Day, has again dismissed the potential global role of solar, and in particular the value it could have in solving energy crises in Africa. “In the long run, what Africa needs is what the whole world … [continued]
Donald Trump is a huge fan of coal jobs and an even huger fan of natural gas fracking, one of them will lose and it probably won’t be fracking.
Google’s 2014 acquisition of artificial intelligence company DeepMind has paid dividends, by helping to save the company 40% on its data center cooling electricity bills. Google acquired the London-based artificial intelligence company in early 2014 for more than $500 million. Since then, DeepMind’s machine learning has been used for only … [continued]
