James Ayre 's background is predominantly in geopolitics and history, but he has an obsessive interest in pretty much everything. After an early life spent in the Imperial Free City of Dortmund, James followed the river Ruhr to Cofbuokheim, where he attended the University of Astnide. And where he also briefly considered entering the coal mining business. He currently writes for a living, on a broad variety of subjects, ranging from science, to politics, to military history, to renewable energy. You can follow his work on Google+.
September 27th, 2016 | by James Ayre
The energy storage firm XALT Energy has announced that it has secured a new lithium-ion battery cell supply contract for [&hellip
September 27th, 2016 | by James Ayre
With all of the boring legacy auto-manufacturer electric vehicle concepts as of late, I had forgotten what a real concept [&hellip
September 26th, 2016 | by James Ayre
The electric vehicle startup Faraday Future now employees more than 1,000 people on the US, according to a new press [&hellip
September 26th, 2016 | by James Ayre
Another day, another new Volkswagen electric vehicle concept. This time, the concept is somewhat compelling — an electric van with a 100 [&hellip
September 26th, 2016 | by James Ayre
The company behind the Chinese electric vehicle startup LeEco, Le Holdings, has announced that it has raised more than a [&hellip
September 26th, 2016 | by James Ayre
A new type of anode material (potentially replacing conventional graphite anodes) has been developed by researchers at UNIST. The new anode [&hellip
September 25th, 2016 | by James Ayre
A new study from researchers at Stanford University has linked a 4.8 magnitude earthquake recorded in East Texas in 2012 [&hellip
September 25th, 2016 | by James Ayre
An interesting analysis of the California electric vehicle market was recently published by the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT), [&hellip
September 25th, 2016 | by James Ayre
While Uber’s recent announcement of a self-driving pilot program in Pittsburgh, along with comments made by its CEO, has made [&hellip
September 25th, 2016 | by James Ayre
Renault recently announced the delivery of its 100,000th electric vehicle, marking a significant milestone in the company’s electric efforts. The [&hellip
September 25th, 2016 | by James Ayre
Californian lawmakers have done away with the limit on solo-carpool-lane-access stickers for plug-in hybrids (green stickers), according to recent reports. [&hellip
September 24th, 2016 | by James Ayre
The planned 240-mile Texas Central high-speed rail line between Dallas and Houston seems to be coming along well, with it [&hellip
September 24th, 2016 | by James Ayre
As a means of attempting to deal with the widespread, and very dangerous, practice of texting while driving, the UK’s [&hellip
September 24th, 2016 | by James Ayre
Energica Motor Company, an electric motorcycle firm, is now working on the creation of a fast-charging network focused around routes [&hellip
September 23rd, 2016 | by James Ayre
Solid figures for plug-in electric bus sales in China have been somewhat hard to come by to date, leaving many [&hellip
September 23rd, 2016 | by James Ayre
Things are heating up in the Tesla vs. car dealership associations fight, heating up quite a bit. The pioneering electric vehicle company very [&hellip
September 23rd, 2016 | by James Ayre
Official pricing information for the 2017 Chevy Bolt EV has now been revealed, bringing with it no real surprises. The [&hellip
September 23rd, 2016 | by James Ayre
Tesla is aiming to unveil its new Tesla/SolarCity solar photovoltaic (PV) roof + integrated Powerwall 2.0 battery system on October [&hellip
September 22nd, 2016 | by James Ayre
Telsa’s rollout of software version 8.0 began last night, bringing with it the most “significant over-the-air overhaul of the Tesla [&hellip
September 22nd, 2016 | by James Ayre
The UK-based energy storage project developer Camborne Energy Storage is the first company in Europe to install a grid-scale Tesla [&hellip
September 22nd, 2016 | by James Ayre
A new survey commissioned by CALSTART has revealed that around 70% of major automotive suppliers don’t want policymakers to alter [&hellip
September 22nd, 2016 | by James Ayre
Baidu USA has been granted an Autonomous Vehicle Testing Permit by the California Department of Motor Vehicles, according to recent [&hellip
September 22nd, 2016 | by James Ayre
Ford researchers are slated to be embedded at the University of Michigan in a new partnership focused on autonomous driving [&hellip
September 22nd, 2016 | by James Ayre
A new, all-Tesla premium black car service dubbed MOTEV has been launched in Los Angeles by a former production driver [&hellip
September 22nd, 2016 | by James Ayre
The South Korean lithium-ion battery manufacturer SK Innovation has boosted annual cell production by around 25% over the last month [&hellip
September 22nd, 2016 | by James Ayre
One of the things that seems to make some people uncomfortable with the switch to autonomous vehicles is the lack of [&hellip
September 22nd, 2016 | by James Ayre
Tesla CEO Elon Musk went on a tweet binge yesterday, revealing that version 8.0 of the firm’s vehicle software would [&hellip
September 21st, 2016 | by James Ayre
Even if greenhouse gas emissions were to completely cease all around the world this very instant, many of the “worst” [&hellip
September 21st, 2016 | by James Ayre
The Chinese firm BYD, one of the top electric vehicle manufacturers in the world (#1 in terms of overall plug-in [&hellip
September 21st, 2016 | by James Ayre
The 2018 Kia Soul EV is likely to have a notably higher single-charge range than the current offering, which gets 93 miles [&hellip
September 21st, 2016 | by James Ayre
The German Ministry of Transport has sent a letter to European Union authorities detailing the results of recent tests by [&hellip
September 20th, 2016 | by James Ayre
Central London’s first two all-electric bus routes will be running by the end of 2016, supported by a fleet of [&hellip
Cleantech Revolution Tour → Wrocław October 8–9, Wrocław, Poland
Stimulating the greater adoption of electric vehicles and solar energy, and better cleantech startups.
Yale Sustainability Leadership Forum, September 21–23, New Haven, CT (US)
Bringing together business, government, NGOs, and academia, to examine the concept of sustainability.
More details are on: Cleantech Events.
