The BMW i3 has won the prestigious Golden Steering Wheel award for the second time, this time in the 2016 “Alternative Drives” category — a new category introduced this year to join 5 other ones.
A new “hub-and-shuttle urban mobility system” test deployment will be taking place at the University of Michigan’s North Campus, according to recent reports.
As many of this reading this may have already heard, the Chevy Bolt EV has been chosen as the 2017 Motor Trend Car of the Year. An interesting choice, and as the article accompanying the announcement shows, one based on enthusiasm the testers/judges had for the model.
Starting in January 2017, there will be 150 Hyundai IONIQ EVs deployed in Los Angeles as part of WaiveCar’s “free” all-electric carsharing program. The new partnership, which WaiveCar apparently suggested as part of Hyundai’s Project IONIQ open call, will see a further 250 IONIQ EVs deployed by the end of 2017 in conjunction with WaiveCar’s launch in 3 new cities.
Funding has been awarded to the San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District for the deployment of 15 all-electric Proterra buses, as well as 11 Proterra depot chargers + 4 Proterra fast chargers. The funding was provided by the California Air Resources Board (CARB) to help clean up California’s air.
Those interested in seeing what the installation process of a SolarCity solar photovoltaic (PV) system looks like may appreciate the video posted below. It’s fairly interesting and gives a view of things that you can’t get just from first-party advertising materials.
The top auto manufacturers in Germany — BMW, Daimler, and VW — are in discussions with the prominent Autobahn service provider Tank & Rast about a possible nationwide network of electric vehicle charging stations, according to a story published by Bild Zeitung.
Following the recent introduction of a new Golf, Volkswagen is apparently showcasing its new e-Golf at the ongoing Los Angeles Auto Show this week. There are no real surprises from the look of it — more of the same (which some people will appreciate I guess), just with a somewhat bigger battery pack. The bigger battery pack allows for an improved but still limited (compared to the competition) range.
Following on news of cash flow problems at LeEco, and news that construction work on Faraday Future’s $1 billion facility in Nevada had ceased due to being behind on payments to construction firm AECOM, LeEco has secured $600 million in new funding.
2016 is very likely to be the hottest year on record when it’s over, according to a new assessment from the World Meteorological Organization. As it stands, preliminary data are showing that global temperatures in 2016 are roughly 1.2° Celsius above pre-industrial levels — not far below the supposed “safe” limit of 1.5° Celsius above pre-industrial levels.
