Here’s an electric scooter company I don’t think we’ve featured yet — Z Electric Vehicle (ZEV). Before sharing some of its vehicles, here’s an interesting note from the website linked above: ZEV offers free test rides at our demonstration site near Pittsburgh, Pa. If you decide to purchase, we will … [continued]
The largest online network of independently owned EV charging stations, operating in more than 14 countries, ChargePoint introduced earlier this month the newest electric vehicle charging station mobile application for all iPhone and Android smart phones. The new application has an all-new user experience and look and now features ‘all’ … [continued]
The Stanford team that’s working on its next solar-powered car for the annual solar car race across Australia recently dropped a bunch of updates on its blog. From one of the updates, I’ll simply drop some of their photos and a video below — for text on what they’ve … [continued]
2012 has been a pretty notable year for electric vehicles. For one, more EVs have been sold this year than in any year in history — but that’s rather expected, isn’t it? Beyond that fact, which will likely be repeated for many years to come, let’s have a quick … [continued]
Amp Electric Vehicles has decided to start converting the propulsion systems of delivery trucks to electric, and this time, they will be equipped to charge wirelessly. The company used to convert SUVs to electric propulsion systems, but it moved on from that and has now reached an agreement with … [continued]
After announcing a big EV battery research project on December 1, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) let us know about a Q&A opportunity with one of its scientists regarding batteries. After collecting a number of questions, Berkeley Lab battery scientist Venkat Srinivasan answered several of these questions. Here’s the video: … [continued]
Electric vehicle charge time may appear to be primarily a convenience issue, but fast charging makes a tremendous difference where practicality is concerned. The Chevy Spark is reportedly being offered with a fast-charging option that will charge the vehicle in 20 minutes. Relatively fast charge times of 20 minutes … [continued]
For some reason, there hasn’t been a lot of news in the past few days…? But there’s been a bit. Here’s a quick cleantech and climate change news roundup (head on over to our homepage for more news): Solar Power AE-AMD Renewable Energy And Tenesol/SunPower Begin Work On Two … [continued]
The good folks at Opower recently put together an interesting post on some top energy statistics from the year. Reposted from its blog, here’s the full article: By Barry Fischer Sometimes energy makes headlines, sometimes it doesn’t. But it almost always has important implications for the global economy, the environment, … [continued]
It looks like Nissan is spreading some holiday love towards its EV customers this holiday season. The Japanese auto manufacturer (via the financing department, Nissan Motor Acceptance Corporation) is offering a $9,775 cash back deal on the Nissan Leaf, according to Autoblog Green. The deal, which started in early December, ends … [continued]
