Auto Giants — Behind The Scenes, EV Movement Is Slower Than You Think (CleanTechnica Exclusive)
An alternative title to the above was: “Slow & Steady Is A Recipe For Disruption.” But the story is still a little more complicated than that.
Lithium-Ion Batteries
Tesla Model 3 vs Competitors … Model S P100DL Crushing It … Kreisel Electric Win…
The top 20 CleanTechnica articles of the week are below, with little surprise that Tesla is again on top. We’re not sure why. From the enlightenment we’ve received from some commenters, Tesla’s cars are crap, Kool-Aid powered, and certainly not worth anyone’s sustained attention. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Avionics V1 — Stunning 5 kW Wild Retro Boardtracker
We can safely say that 2017 has so far given us more electric bicycle (e-bike) choice than ever before, and the Avionics V1 e-bike 5 kW Wild Retro Board-Tracker is further proof of this. It has the cool factor, that unbeatable nostalgic look, and a heck of a lot of oomph to boot with its outrageous 5,000 watt electric motor. Due to go on presale on Indiegogo this September, keep an eye out for this e-bike — it could make you the envy of the block.
Kreisel Electric Wins Frost & Sullivan EV Award Thanks To “Lightest” Battery
Kreisel Electric recently won the 2017 European Electric Vehicle Technology Leadership Awards from Frost & Sullivan for having the “lightest” battery on the market. This is a high honor. This also confirms that although breakthroughs and innovations are great, squeezing more performance and efficiency out of what we have today (lithium-ion batteries) is key to a wide and mass adoption of electric vehicles (EV).
sonnen — the utility of the future? (CleanTechnica Interview)
Highly regarded battery storage firm sonnen was one of the big winners of the 2017 Zayed Future Energy Prize, winning in the Small and Medium Enterprises (SME) category. I interviewed sonnen CEO and co-founder Christoph Ostermann in January just after the company won the prize. It was a fun interview because of how futuristic sonnen’s vision is and also because of Mr Ostermann’s clear propensity for fun.
Greenlots Grows Into Thailand & Beyond With New BMW ChargeNow Deal
GreenLots, an open standard charging network operator, has big plans to bring together public EV charging stations and battery storage with the power of its network and cloud technologies in order to level up EV charging infrastructure in Southeast Asia and North America. Greenlots was originally founded in Singapore in 2008 and has since scaled up into a global EV charging network operator, with operations in 13 countries and offices in North America.
Tesla Confirms Model 3 Will Be First Mass Market Electric Vehicle
Many milestones have been laid out for electric vehicles and we have celebrated them all. Let’s hit 100,000 electric vehicles sold, 500k, 1 million electric vehicles. Market share is another favorite, as well as breakouts by manufacturer. Who has sold the most EVs? Who sold the most last year? Who will sell the most this year or next year?
IKEA Teams With LG Chem As Storage Battery Prices Plunge
IKEA has teamed up with LG Chem to offer customers solar panel and storage battery packages. Meanwhile, a new study says government support of storage battery research is essential to driving down prices in the future.
NEC Exiting Battery Business, Likely Selling Its Division To Chinese Investment Group
The Tokyo-based manufacturer NEC is reportedly in final talks with the China-based investment group GSR to sell its battery electrode subsidiary, NEC Energy Devices, according to recent reports.
If the deal goes through, then that means that NEC will have completely exited the expensive lithium-ion business — presuming that the sale of NEC’s interest in its automotive battery joint venture with Nissan Motor to GSR also goes through.
Brompton Folding Electric Bicycle Has 50 Mile Range, Ships In 2018
The Brompton folding electric bicycle has a range of 50 miles and a detachable battery made by Williams Advanced Engineering, the battery supplier to Formula E.
