The French-designed Renault ZOE electric car is now available for purchase in one of the strongest electric vehicle markets in the world, Norway. The rather inconspicuous-looking little vehicle was given something of a grand welcome on March 25th at the Olympic stadium in Oslo. The event was even attended by … [continued]
Originally published on Planetsave. The Venecia e30 — a Chinese rebadging of the very successful Nissan LEAF electric car — is set to hit the market a fair bit earlier than was previously expected, according to recent comments made at the Beijing Motor Show. The highly anticipated EV is now … [continued]
UGE has taken an excellent and necessary step, one most small wind turbine manufacturers never do: they have had independent certification of one of their devices performed. A wholly praising article was published in CleanTechnica on April 22, 2014, just a couple of days before this article. The article, as with … [continued]
Originally published on EV Obsession. BMW is raising production of the i3 up from 70 vehicles a day to 100 at its factory in Leipzig in order to keep up with growing demand, according to recent reports. The production boost — which was revealed in a press release from BMW’s … [continued]
Originally published on Planetsave. BMW’s luxury electric vehicle, the i3, was recently named as the 2014 World Green Car at a press conference hosted by the New York International Auto Show and Bridgestone Corporation. The highly regarded German EV was chosen from amongst a field of fourteen new vehicles, from … [continued]
Originally published on Planetsave. Internet and solar giants Google and SunPower announced a useful break for power customers (and a small climate change deterrent) yesterday by entering a $250 million partnership in clean US home energy for the future. A new fund ($100 million from Google and $150 million from … [continued]
The Iron Edison Battery Company is now offering what it bills as a cost-effective solution to reducing high electric bills, via the pairing of state-of-the-art battery and inverter technologies. The new solution has been dubbed Peak Load Shaving. Its aim is to help lower energy bills for commercial enterprises that … [continued]
The Fiat 500e — the best electric car of 2013, according to Road & Track — will soon be available somewhere other than California, according to recent reports. The “cute” little EV will be offered for sale in (at least) a couple of key Oregon markets starting sometime this summer. … [continued]
Originally published in the ECOreport. Forget all the hassle in the United States, the BYD Electric Transit Bus has just earned Canadian Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (CMVSS) Certification and been placed on the “Vehicle Manufacturers Registry” with Transport Canada. According to their news release, this is supposed to include “several standards” that … [continued]
The highly anticipated Mercedes-Benz B-Class Electric Drive is nearly here — the impressive battery-powered vehicle is set to debut in the US in only a few more months. The first units have just begun to roll off the production line in Rastatt, Germany. Not a long wait now (unless you’re … [continued]
