Volkswagen says it I.D. electric car will cost up to $7,000 less than a Tesla Model 3. It is working with BMW, Mercedes, and Ford on a high-power charging network in Europe.
Porsche will power its new office in Berlin with a $900,000, 88 ton solar pylon that will provide all the electricity needed to power the new building. It is also a symbol of the company’s commitment to electric cars.
43 Republicans broke ranks with their party to vote against an amendment that would prevent the US military from studying how climate change will impact its ability to protect American interests.
The battle over whether a plug-in hybrid is really an “electric car” continues and BMW is doing nothing to tamp down the controversy. The latest EPA figures show the BMW 530e and 530e xDrive both have a minuscule all-electric range of just 16 miles or less. Hardly the “compelling electric car” Elon Musk has been begging legacy manufacturers to build for several years.
The electric car revolution is coming. In fact, it is picking up speed as companies like Volvo say that all of their cars will have a battery and electric motor by 2025. Whole nations such as India and France are suggesting they may ban the sale of cars with internal combustion engines in coming years. Most people assume that lack of charging infrastructure is the primary barrier to more electric cars being on the road, but Volkswagen believes (as others do) that a lack of batteries will be the biggest factor. In fact, Volkswagen believes the world will need the equivalent of 40 Gigafactories by 2025 to meet the demand.
Swedish entrepreneur Gisli Gislason is the CEO of EVEN Electric. He says selling cars today is based on a model developed a century ago — a model that is inappropriate for selling electric cars. In order to promote his vision of fossil fuel free future, he is partnering with Microsoft Sweden to further develop a new a EV sales and trading platform designed exclusively for the needs of electric car buyers and sellers.
German startup Sono Motors will unveil its Sion, a solar powered car with a range of 75 to 155 miles on July 27.
Hyperloop One conducted a successful test of its technology at its DevLoop test track in the Nevada desert in May. It will now try to reach speeds of 250 mph in the near future.
Researchers have identified hazards to human health from pollutants in fracking wastewater flowing from treatment plants in western Pennsylvania. Is cheap energy worth poisoning our children for?
Researchers at North Carolina State University have been using complex computational models to explore ways to make a “smart grid” a reality. Their recommendation? Solid state transformers.
