Lower Battery Cost, Get Less Expensive EVs
Electric vehicles aren’t exactly cheap to purchase, and one of the main factors in determining EV price is the price of the battery packs. The changing cost of EV batteries, however, is good news […]
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Spain Gets 100 New EV Charging Stations
Joining the worldwide move toward electric mobility is Spain, with utility company Iberdrola installing over 100 EV charging stations in […]
Scoot Networks Is the Zipcar of Electric Scooters
Scoot Networks, one of the companies chosen by the Greenstart accelerator program, is bringing the Zipcar idea to scooters. The start-up is offering its […]
EV Heating (and Cooling) Could Revolutionize Energy Use
Electric vehicles can already be fuel-efficient, however in very cold or very hot weather, when air conditioning or heating requires the same energy used for driving the vehicle, range can suffer. “A 5-pound EMOF-based heat pump [electrical metal-organic framework] the size of a 2-liter bottle could theoretically handle the heating and cooling needs of an electric vehicle.”
Mia Rox — The Convertible Electric Microvan
French automaker Mia, which came out with some tiny and adorable variations on the electric microvan last year, has done it again. Mia presented […]
Clean Car News (10 Stories)
10 more top clean car stories from the past week (other than our 13 or so clean car and transportation stories): 1. GM has ceased production of its Chevy Volt for 5 weeks. And while some are eager to call the Chevy Volt dead, Chris DeMorro of sister site Gas2 … [continued]
Care about Your Heart & Lungs? You Should Care about Carbon Emissions (Driving Costs More…
Carbon emissions are horrifying little things, by which I mean tiny little particles of high octane nightmare fuel. It’s now clear that carbon emissions are linked to heart and lung cancer.
DOE Clean Fleets Partnership Keeps On Truckin With Major Expansion
Four major companies announced this week they would join the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) “National Clean Fleets Partnership” program to increase fuel efficiency in commercial vehicle fleets and encourage the transition to alternative-fuel technologies.
Smith Electric Vehicles Delivers New Electric Truck to FedEx
Smith Electric Vehicles has a new one — the global leader in pure electric commercial vehicles presented its newest project this week, the Newton Step Van. The all-electric zero-emission (of course) truck is […]
Electric Delivery Vehicle Fleet Reaches Streets of Tsukuba, Japan
Amidst the rising trend of electric commercial vehicles, Chiyoda Ward-based automotive research and development company Tokyo R&D is following through on its electric delivery vehicle fleet promised in the fall of last year. The practical tests of the trucks […]
