This week, the Danish ministry of industry, business, and financial affairs presented a number of initiatives to strengthen maritime development in the country. The plan, called The Blue Denmark, covers 36 different growth potentials — one of them is about modernizing the ferries connecting the many small populated islands to the mainland.
While Norway can be the proud of record-breaking 21% all-electric new car sales, Denmark is falling shamefully behind. One political blunder after the other has killed the EV market in the country, like the recent lowering of taxes on fossil fuel cars.
The carsharing divisions of Daimler and BMW — Car2Go and DriveNow, respectively — may end up being merged, if recent talks between the companies prove successful.
Workers at the Tesla Gigafactory tell CNBC that battery packs for the Model 3 are being largely made by hand and may contain significant defects, a claim that Tesla hotly denies.
Yum, yum, do we like the idea of a light, lean, and torquey electric off-road motorcycle (e-motorcycle). This new company is from Sweden and it is called CAKE. It just announced it is making high-performance off-road e-motorcycles.
ABB announced an electric mobility plan and infrastructure for the Swiss city of Davos. Its 6,000 stations installed in more than 50 countries are now also going to be used in the city at the same time the World Economic Forum (WEF) is being held.
The China-based auto manufacturer BYD has been expanding internationally in recent years quite a bit, with the most recent news on that front being that a deal has been struck that will see the old city of Alexandria granted its first electric buses.
If 2017 was about VTOL aircraft, 2018 is so far shaping up to be about EV charging station companies and the juggernaut progression that is building infrastructure for electric vehicle (EV) mobility.
Fast and society-threatening global warming is being caused by several large-scale human activities. Aside from burning fossil fuels for energy, for example, large-scale deforestation for livestock “production” is a major problem. It’s true that renewable energy alone can’t stop global warming, but anyone arguing that renewable energy is pointless because it can’t stop the problem alone is missing the point. Renewable energy is one of the most important solutions to global warming and should be pursued as strongly and quickly as possible if we want to have any hope of stopping catastrophic climate change.
Via email, CleanTechnica found this week there is another enticing sale on that highly anticipated 2018 Nissan LEAF. The time is ripe (and the range is ripe) to buy all-electric. The email announced that a prime LEAF leasing offer is $229/month with $3,070 down. “Get yours and experience the thrill of a whole new way to drive. It’s simply amazing. If you have any questions about the all-new Nissan LEAF®,* please contact us at 855-467-3214.”
