It seems that the motor show circuit never ends. Motor shows in Frankfurt, New York, LA, Shanghai, Tokyo, and elsewhere fill the year with opportunities to unveil new concept cars. The 43rd Tokyo Motor Show is coming up in late November, and Mitsubishi Motors Corporation (MMC) is using the opportunity to … [continued]
For nearly two months now, I’ve been planning to repost the excellent reader comment posted below. The comment came on an article by Shai Agassi regarding the lessons automakers should learn from Tesla Motors (and Apple, Ford, and other technological pioneers). That original post is worth a read as a preface. … [continued]
A couple months back, one of our dedicated, awesome readers dropped a great idea into the comments section of one of our stories. The idea, in short: Cleantechnica should probably become more of a DIY site. Where people can come to visit forums for information on how to accomplish things. … [continued]
Here’s a fun, short video on the BMW i3, BMW’s first electric car: More BMW i3 stories if you want a bit more substance (or fun): BMW i3 Officially Unveiled BMW i3 Electric Car — €34,950 ($46,126) BMW i3 Shifts EV Market With Composites BMW i3 Production Gets Underway Tesla … [continued]
Originally published on the NRDC website. By Alex Jackson California’s new roadmap for reducing carbon pollution shows that the state is on track to cut emissions back to 1990 levels by 2020, and spotlights how the state’s leadership is helping spur action by others around the world to tackle this … [continued]
Originally published on Cost of Solar. Following up on Friday’s article about ways to save money using the sun, below are some energy saving solutions that are not related to “going solar” or using the sun’s energy in other creative ways. Energy Saving Solutions Using the heat and light of … [continued]
If you are enthusiastic about the BMW i3, you might like to watch how they are constructed. These videos are a window on a different world, specifically a world of mostly robots. The first video shows the processing of carbon fiber. Nothing about these visuals resembles a BMW, or any … [continued]
Originally published on EV Obsession. Breaking away from the fold, Ford’s US hybrid and electric car sales actually surged in September 2013 (compared to September 2012) despite Labor Day “falling in August” on the auto industry sales calendar (for who knows what reason). Counter to the hit Toyota, GM, and Honda … [continued]
Originally published on EV Obsession. I just published a full wrap-up of US electric vehicle sales up till the end of September. However, a few specific stories seemed worth highlighting in separate posts. For example, this constant changing of places at #1 that is occurring between the Nissan Leaf and … [continued]
Originally published on EV Obsession. August and September 2013 were funky months in the US auto industry. Basically, the reason for this is the auto industry’s funky calendar. The “last day” of the previous month on the auto industry’s calendar is actually the first weekday of the next calendar month. … [continued]
