The World Nuclear Industry Status Report 2013 (WNISR) was published last Thursday and revealed a measly growth of over 1.2 GW during 2012 globally, compared to 32 GW of solar growth in the same time. In fact, the nuclear industry seems to be in decline in every category and in every country across … [continued]
Check out our own electric car stories and “bike” story if you missed any of that top news and commentary in the past week. After you do that, here are some more good pickins: EV News EV Etiquette: 8 Rules Staples Using EV Fleets, & Why Driving a Ford C-MAX Hybrid In … [continued]
The first quarter of 2013 was lacklustre, to say the least, for the global clean energy sector, but according to figures gathered by Bloomberg New Energy Finance, Q2 investment in global clean energy was up, reaching $53.1 billion. $53.1 billion represents a 22% increase from the first quarter, thanks in … [continued]
Better Place, the organization that tried to introduce the concept of battery swapping for electric cars on a large scale but went bankrupt, has just been sold to “Sunrise Group” for $12 million. Since its start in 2007, Better Place lost $823 million and only sold 950 electric vehicles. It … [continued]
Sixty-four megawatts of solar power will be added to New York state’s current solar capacity. Governor Andrew M. Cuomo’s NY-Sun initiative will receive $54 million for 79 new solar energy installations in 26 counties across the state. Most of the sites are expected to have their new solar technology up … [continued]
Editor’s Note: BMW has been a little late to the electric car game. Or maybe it’s coming in right on time. One might think BMW isn’t that bullish on electric cars since its first electric car, the BMW i3, is yet to be released (it’s coming on July 29). However, at … [continued]
Here are the latest electric vehicle sales numbers from EV Obsession. Enjoy! Ready for our monthly US electric vehicle sales (including hybrid sales) update? How could you not be? Below is the full table, including comparisons between June 2013 sales and June 2012 sales as well as between 2013 YTD … [continued]
This article originally appeared on EV Obsession. This is something that may be unique to me, but I don’t think so — for a long time, I thought electric cars needed a special charging station or charger. All the talk about new EV charging stations, chargers, and nonsensical “range anxiety” … [continued]
Naturally, we spent the week covering the top electric car stories of the week — check out those 24 stories here. In addition to those stories, here are 6 more top electric car stories, a bike story, an electric bus story, and a rail story worth a read: Electric Cars … [continued]
Editor’s Note: I’m happy to debut an interesting guest post from an EV early adopter — and not just any EV early adopter, but one who bought a used EV! Check out her first CleanTechnica post below, with links to some of her posts on her own blog scattered throughout … [continued]
