Put on your catchup hat, and check out these fun electric vehicle, energy storage, climate science, and wind power articles: Electric Motorcycles Are As Disruptive As Tesla’s Cars 10 Nagging Mysteries Of The Tesla Model X (via TeslaMondo) Battery Costs Set To Fall 60% By 2020 From Energy Storage ‘Megashift’ (via RenewEconomy) … [continued]
Ford surveyed 10,000 EV drivers and found some interesting differences between those who own full battery EVs compared to plug-n hybrid EVs.
Originally published on EV Obsession. Some of the factors contributing to the relatively fast adoption of electric vehicles (EV) in some American metropolitan markets have been identified and characterized by a new study from the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT). The dominant ones, according to the new report, are: … [continued]
Originally published on EV Obsession. BMW and Pacific Gas & Electric Company (PG&E) have partnered to launch an 18-month pilot of the BMW i ChargeForward Program in San Francisco, according to recent reports. The pilot program will see roughly 100 BMW i3 drivers — selected from around 400 applicants — participate … [continued]
A new system combining lithium-iodine batteries and solar cells — an aqueous lithium−iodine solar flow battery — has been created by researchers at Ohio State University. The new battery system promises energy savings of nearly 20% as compared to conventional lithium-iodine batteries, according to the researchers involved. Interestingly, the new … [continued]
Originally published on the ECOreport. The latest public attitude tracker released by the UK’s Department of Energy and Climate Change showed that 75% of the population supports the use of renewables. Only 4% oppose them. The government survey did not contain specific questions about biomass, utility-scale solar farms, and all onshore … [continued]
LG Chem and 3M have entered into a patent license agreement concerning the use of nickel-manganese-cobalt-oxide (NMC) cathode materials in lithium-ion battery technology, according to recent reports. Regarding the terms of the new agreement, LG Chem has been granted license by 3M to use US Patents: 6,964,828; 7,078,128; 6,660,432; 8,241,791; … [continued]
Originally published on EV Obsession. Well, the Netherlands is certainly turning out to be one of the most interesting electric vehicle markets in the world. It is #2 in terms of electric cars’ percentage of total new car sales, but the cars leading the pack keep changing. The Dutch plug-in hybrid … [continued]
Haven’t read enough about the Clean Power Plan? There’s a ton more about it below (has its own section this week), as well as solar energy news, other renewable energy news, coal news (there’s a lot of that this week, too), Clean Power Plan Climate Change And President Obama’s Action … [continued]
Provisional data provided by the International Energy Agency shows electricity production down 0.8% in the OECD, due to a drop in fossil fuel and hydro production. The figures, released on Thursday, show that electricity production in the 34 member states of the OECD fell 0.8% to 10,712 TWh, a decrease … [continued]
