Electric Vehicles

International Investor Group Pushes G20 Nations To Ratify Paris Climate Agreement Quickly To Improve Renewable…

G20 countries must ratify the Paris/COP21 climate agreement soon to ensure strong climate policy is guaranteed, and to attract more renewable energy investment, according to a consortium of international institutional investors. The Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change (IIGCC), a group of 130 institutions which support $13 trillion worth of investment, urged … [continued]

AAA’s EV Recharging Trucks Rarely Get Used

With how often the topic of electric vehicles potentially running out of battery charge gets brought up in conversations about the limits of the technology, and so-called “range anxiety,” one would guess that electric vehicle owners must be getting stranded quite a bit. Is that actually the case, though? Going … [continued]

World’s 1st All-Electric Sanitation Truck Lineup Launched By BYD & Beijing Environmental Sanitation Engineering Group

The world’s first all-electric line of sanitation trucks was recently launched in Beijing by BYD Company and the Beijing Environmental Sanitation Engineering Group, according to an email sent to CleanTechnica. The line of all-electric sanitation trucks was unveiled at the Beijing Convention Center. The launch event revealed that the partnership had … [continued]

Electric Cars “To Reverberate Through Other Sectors,” BNEF’s Liebreich & McCrone Explain

The electric vehicle is expected to “reverberate through other sectors,” such as oil, electricity, retailing, and even tax collection, according to a new commentary published by Bloomberg New Energy Finance. Authored by Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF) advisory board chairman Michael Liebreich and chief editor Angus McCrone, the new commentary, … [continued]