“The promise of quasi-infinite and free energy is here,” says Thierry Lepercq, head of research, technology and innovation for Engie SA. He thinks the cost of solar power will drop below $10 a megawatt-hour ($0.01 per kWh) before 2025 in the world’s sunniest places.
Boston area start-up WiTricity will partner with General Motors to develop wireless charging systems that work with current and future electric car models from The General.
$7 million of public investment to encourage homeowners, businesses, and municipalities to make energy efficiency improvements, install solar panels, or invest in other types of clean energy projects would leverage $148 million in private sector investments over 15 years.
Automakers are not stupid and they have every right to make as much money as they can possibly stuff into their wallets. But deliberately lying to people to cover up your own greed-induced behavior is despicable.
The fossil fuel industry is agitating to kill the federal EV tax credit. The justification? They are worried working class Americans are being forced to subsidize the wealthy.
America will be a different place after the Trump inauguration. The concepts of liberalism on which the country was founded will be replaced by avarice. The people will become little more than low wage workers in a new feudal society owned and managed by corporations.
This dashcam video shows how the latest version of Tesla Autopilot can navigate on a snow covered two lane road with no visible lane markings and no car ahead to follow.
“We could take a silicon solar panel with a lab record efficiency of converting sunlight to electricity of 25 per cent, add a perovskite layer, and boost the power generation by a fifth,”
Bjorn Nyland has just posted a glowing review of the Hyundai Ioniq Electric. Bjorn is a video blogger who has made an international reputation by creating videos about road trips he has taken in his Tesla Model S and Model X.
Mexico should build a wall of solar panels just south of the US border and use the electricity generated to power industrial development within the country.
