Activism is the sixth stage of grief. Major environmental groups are reporting “exponential increases” in post-election activism and support. If you are not part of this movement, it is time to join.
Cities are where most of the world’s people live, and they can make the move toward cleantech and away from burning up the planet go much, much — much — faster. In fact, some policies could trump critical levers like ZEV mandates, and if adopted broadly, make the ZEV transition happen faster than most of us think possible.
In case you might have missed it, a few days ago Tesla Motors released a new video (featured below) with a Model X equipped with autopilot 2.0 navigating around an urban environment and finally ending up at Tesla headquarters. Most importantly, this video now shows what the new NVIDIA Drive PX 2 supercomputer is actually seeing. Obstacle, pedestrian, street signs and lights, and drivable surfaces are detected in real time.
Owing to the “worst air pollution in a decade,” the city of Paris has made mass transit systems available free to use to the general public, for the second day running, according to reports.
New York City is purchasing 50 Chevy Bolt EVs, with plans being to order a total of 80 (or possibly more) by the end of the fiscal year (June 30), according to recent reports.
The Dutch government has presented a long-term energy plan that stipulates that no new cars with combustion engines may be sold from 2035 on. In addition, in the Netherlands – for over 50 years the largest natural gas producer in the EU – all houses will be disconnected from the gas grid by 2050. The plan has broad parliamentary support – in fact, many political parties believe it does not go far enough.
In December, 1996, General Motors began leasing its innovative EV1 to customers in California. The EV1 generated a great deal of interest in electric cars but there was a reason why it was only available in California. The California Air Resources Board had promulgated regulations requiring manufacturers to sell zero emission cars if they want to continue doing business in the state.
The Chinese electric vehicle startup NextEV is aiming to release an all-electric SUV with performance “as good as or better than” the Tesla Model X and priced below that offering in the US market by late 2018 or early 2019, according to recent reports.
Following my post on “10 Top Cleantech Christmas Gifts” and other recent discussions, I thought it made sense to write an article on what I think are the “best electric cars for the money” right now. Naturally, this is a subjective top 10 list. Because of the difficulty in comparing some models and the subjective nature of the list, I’m not ranking these 10 — these are just, overall, the 10 electric cars that I think offer the best value for the money.
We reported yesterday that Ford CEO Mark Fields said there was no market for electrified cars in the US. This seems to have been a misrepresentation of what was actually said in an interview with Bloomberg … but just barely.
