One of the cool cleantech programs I found out about on my trip last week to Ukraine* was an electric vehicle (EV) taxi program that is supposed to start there very soon. It seems that a few final bureaucratic details need to be confirmed, but once they are, 200 EV taxis … [continued]
Originally published on Gas2 by Jo Borras In a recent press conference held in conjunction with the Frankfurt auto show, Nissan-Renault CEO Carlos Ghosn explained that, while 2013 has been a difficult year in many markets, he sees “a light at the end of the tunnel” of 2013, predicting market growth in … [continued]
Being on a whirlwind work trip around Ukraine for about one week, I got way behind on my normal news routine and cleantech buffets. Apologies. To catch up, I’m posting 3 (yes, 3!) cleantech buffets this morning. Here’s the second one, on clean transport (electric car, bike, and transit) news … [continued]
Can an electric vehicle be powerful, cheap, and fun to drive? The answer to all three questions is yes in the 2014 Chevrolet Spark EV.
I took a test drive of Chevy’s all-electric mini car and let me say one thing – I was surprised by this EV.
Here’s a fun infographic on the most “social” electric cars out there today. As you can see, aside from some of the normal car facts, viralheat (the creator of the infographic), notes that the Tesla Model S has around 50,000 mentions on social media, the Nissan Leaf comes in at … [continued]
In the next several months, Tesla will add stores in Berlin and Stuttgart, bringing the total to six in Germany. (It already has stores in in Frankfurt, Dusseldorf, Hamburg, and Munich.) The company will add fifteen more stores and service centers fairly soon (specific locations yet to be announced), so … [continued]
Personally, I wouldn’t put my money on hydrogen for transportation fuel. I’d put my money on battery-electric vehicles. But numerous companies, researchers, and governments are still putting a lot into hydrogen fuel cell vehicles, and no one knows for sure what the future holds. Iceland has also been a clear … [continued]
For all you Elon Musk, EV, solar, and general cleantech fans, here’s a short video of Elon Musk talking about all of these matters: h/t NewEnergyNews
General Motors yesterday unveiled a $20 million, 50,000-square foot expansion to its Michigan electric vehicle battery laboratory, making it the biggest lab in North America owned and operated by an auto manufacturer.
Article by EV expert Paul Scott Monday night’s email from Nissan inviting me to visit the El Toro Marine Base on Wednesday was too good to be true. Nissan was going to have the new autonomous car, an electric Nissan LEAF, available to drive. Whoops, I guess “drive” is the … [continued]
