First of all, before we get into the story, let’s note that the Volkswagen ID.3, Volkswagen ID.4, Tesla Model 3, and Tesla Model Y are much more allies than competitors. Their top competitors are fossil fueled vehicles.
Smart electric vehicle charging keeps getting smarter. Xeal Energy is a new-ish company in this sector, and one we just recently came across. It’s doing a few things I’m especially fond of, so I thought I’d give it a little love here on CleanTechnica.
Tesla enabled its fleet of deployed Powerwalls in affected areas of California to charge up from the grid by activating the Storm Watch function on the Powerwall in advance of a wave of rolling blackouts slamming California over the last two weeks. The blackouts were triggered by an extended heat … [continued]
Multilevel energy management systems = independence between home & the electrical grid
The USAF is pumping dollars into a new solar cell that yields space-quality solar conversion efficiency at a down to Earth cost.
Google Maps has gotten smarter with regards to electric vehicles than I ever thought possible. The Android Auto version of Google Maps now has some special features for electric vehicles to squash any concern. (Unfortunately, but unsurprisingly, the phone app is still much more limited — since it doesn’t know what car you’re driving and isn’t tied into the car’s powertrain.)
Redwood Materials has a plan to recycle lithium ion batteries so their component materials can be used to make new batteries at lower cost.
The big news this past month is that a new reliability study has found that the Tesla Model 3 is actually king of the market in reliability.
We have written about HiPhi exactly 0 (zero) times. It’s not exactly a household name, not even a doghouse name. But this electric vehicle newcomer is aiming to make a splash in its big entrance onto the market. It is opening with the HiPhi X, which has crazier doors than the Tesla Model X — and a lot more.
The news this week on this topic is that Australia is about to launch its largest community solar garden. The Haystacks Solar Garden is reportedly “offering 3 kW ‘solar plots’ to 333 ‘solar gardeners’ with a green thumb who don’t necessarily have the roofspace or option to install their own solar panels.”
