Originally published on EV Obsession. I was honored to moderate an excellent panel on the topic of “Electrifying Transport” at the recent Renewable Cities Global Learning Forum in Vancouver, Canada. I’ll write articles about each of the presentations from that panel in the coming days, but to kick things off, … [continued]
The global PV market is expected to continue witnessing strong demand in the second half of 2015, according to new analysis by EnergyTrend. Specifically, EnergyTrend — a division of TrendForce — expects that, with India as the fastest growing PV market, replacing the UK as one of the top three … [continued]
Originally published on EV Obsession. I generally wouldn’t cover electric car sales in a market where there are so few as in South Africa, but I found the absurdly low numbers somewhat “humorous,” the #1 electric car on the market is also quite funny, and I know we have some … [continued]
Originally published on EV Obsession. The Renault Zoe is still top dog in France. Actually, it’s absolutely crushing it. The homegrown Zoe has 42% of the electric car market in France from January through July, and took 36% in July. No other car comes close to it. After test driving the … [continued]
A new report from Lux Research makes the argument that LG Chem could supplant Panasonic as the leader of the growing electric vehicle (EV) battery market, and details the potential path to that happening. That report — “Watch the Throne: How LG Chem and Others Can Take Panasonic’s EV Battery … [continued]
Our survey of electric car owners and lessees went very well, with 800 people completing the survey! A couple of years ago, I think we wouldn’t have gotten half that number. But now is time for the really big one — a survey of wannabe electric car owners/lessees! (If you don’t … [continued]
Just as a reminder, if you didn’t see and/or didn’t complete this campground electric vehicle survey, please do so by Monday! We have the opportunity to pass the results on to a very important person in the campground world, and there’s a strong chance they will result in actual change … [continued]
By Clayton Handleman EVs charge mostly at night. As EV battery prices drop and become a mass-market item, they offer the opportunity to soak up nighttime peaks, allowing larger capacity of night-peaking renewables (wind power) to be deployed. Figures 1 and 2 show how the wind tends to peak at night. … [continued]
Haven’t gotten enough solar, wind, energy storage, climate, and other green news lately? Here’s more good work from around the interwebs: Solar & Storage Average Price of Going Solar in US Dropped 50% in 5 Years Net Metering Review: Value of Solar Energy Higher Than Retail Electric Rates Financing Is The Key To … [continued]
Want some more electric car and clean transport reading for this evening? Check out these cool stories: Tesla Stuff Charge Your Tesla In Manhattan Tesla CTO Raises Hacking Bounty 10-Fold While Downing Shots Full Production Of Tesla Model X Not Expected Until December (Rumor) Tesla Says: Build Better Cars Inner Workings and Engineering behind … [continued]
