Boston claims to be the world’s guiding car-sharing network. Indeed, many urban areas are sprouting car-sharing wheels and participating in the convenience of Zipcars. Staying true to its car-sharing leadership, Boston’s fleet has added four new, 2014 Honda Accord Plug-in Hybrids. It is also introduced plug-in stations and priority parking … [continued]
A new partnership between Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. and the City of Yokohama — Choimobie Yokohama — is the newest addition to the Yokohama Mobility Project ZERO program (YMPZ). The Japanese word describing the idea of ‘easy mobility’ is “Choimobi.” The YMPZ program intends to develop low-emission transportation possibilities for residents … [continued]
Some more cleantech eatin’s: Solar Power $8 Billion Hit For Spanish PV Generators Spain’s PV industry body UNEF says generators will lose a fifth of the payments they could have expected from 2010 to 2020. The reductions are part of the Madrid government’s determination to reduce renewables subsidies. Big Clean … [continued]
Palo Alto — nestled in the center of pricey Silicon Valley — is a composed, clean, beautiful community. Presently, Palo Alto walks the talk that is clean energy. Clean, reliable trains connect Palo Alto to Silicon Valley and San Francisco. Biking is very popular within the city and to nearby … [continued]
California Governor Jerry Brown earlier this week signed measure AB 8 into law, legislation that provides $2 billion for incentives to encourage the purchasing of whole fleets of clean and low-carbon vehicles such as trucks, buses, and cars. It also provides incentives for the purchasing of cleaner construction equipment, and … [continued]
Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield of Plugin Cars recently had a very interesting article on a car company we almost never discuss here on CleanTechnica — Chrysler. Chrysler doesn’t really sell any electric cars. Technically, the Fiat 500e is available somewhere, but it’s just in a very limited number of places and only a … [continued]
In the Dallas-Fort Worth and Houston areas, new buyers and lessees of Nissan Leafs will be able to charge their cars at public charging stations at no cost for the first year of driving.
Originally published on EV Obsession. At the beginning of the year, I had the strong sense that it was a good time to invest in Tesla. I had never bought stock before, but from covering the Tesla Model S and other electric vehicles, I got the sense that a ton of people … [continued]
Sayin’ it like it is: Of course, it’s an ad for an electric car produced by Nissan, but there are numerous reasons why Nissan has jumped into the electric vehicle market, and why it genuinely sees electric cars as the future. You can view the above commercial as simply an … [continued]
There have been some chuckles about the BMW i3, but it seems clear that BMW is actually quite serious about the assertions that electric vehicles are the future, and that it is enthusiastically jumping into that future. BMW has actually now stated that it intends to make plug-in hybrid electric versions of … [continued]
