Originally published on EV Obsession. It’s one of the electric cars I still haven’t driven and would love to give a spin. The Renault Zoe is dominating electric car sales in its home country of France this year, with its Japanese cousin the Nissan LEAF and sibling the Renault Kangoo … [continued]
Originally published on EV Obsession. The German electric car market is a fun one. Of course, German automakers have an advantage, but they have so many models on the market that there’s quite a lot of shifting around from month to month. Sadly, Germany doesn’t really live up to its potential … [continued]
Originally published on EV Obsession. Siblings Mitsubishi Motors Corporation and Mitsubishi Corporation have teamed up with a number of big corporate players to run a demonstration project using old electric car batteries for stationary electricity storage in Europe. The full list of partners is Mitsubishi Motors Corporation (MMC), Mitsubishi Corporation (MC), Electricité de … [continued]
In addition to the great renewable energy master’s program I just wrote about, I was recently informed about an opportunity to do graduate, PhD, or post-doctorate studies on the topic of low-carbon vehicles at Simon Fraser University. From the announcement page: “We invite applications for graduate students and post-doctoral positions … [continued]
Originally published on EV Obsession. Thanks to Karel Beckman of EnergyPost.eu and the enthusiastic crew over at Fastned, I recently got to visit the Fastned headquarters in Amsterdam and interview cofounder Bart Lubbers, as well as other key staff. Don’t know what Fastned is? That’s what I’m here for. Fastned … [continued]
The future is now. That’s a phrase I love on so many levels. I’ve got another presentation in my repertoire more tailored to that phrase, but for my PechaKucha presentation on the opening night of the Renewable Cities Global Learning Forum, I realized at the last minute (or maybe a … [continued]
As most of those reading this are probably already aware, the UK has in recent years offered a quite generous grant (of up to £5000) to those purchasing “low-emissions” vehicles. That grant system has proven itself quite effective during the time that it’s been operating (since 2011) in spurring the … [continued]
Originally published on Gas2. At a Tomorrowland screening about a month ago, some Chevy Volt drivers got to preview and chime in on the 2016 Chevy Volt. Check out their thoughts in the video embedded in the tweet below. #NextGenVolt fans talk pricing, features and more at a #Tomorrowland screening. … [continued]
Originally published on EV Obsession. Last year, I was stumped how UK electric car sales could be so lame when the country offers such good incentives. Perhaps the issue was that no one knew about them, as sales have jumped through the roof this year. With over 14,000 electric cars … [continued]
Originally published on EV Obsession. As you may know by now, I went on a little cleantech tour of the Netherlands last month. Spending a few days in Amsterdam, Holland, I got to see dozens of plug-in cars parked and driving around the city*. If parked, they were generally parked … [continued]
