15 More Grid-Scale Battery Storage Installations Are Coming To Texas
Broad Reach Power says it will build 15 small battery storage systems in Texas this year and two large systems next year to help bring more renewable energy to the Lone Star state.
Ellen, Denmark’s First Electric Ferry, Passes All Tests With Flying Colors
Ellen, Denmark’s first all-electric ferry, has completed its first 10 month of revenue service. Passengers like its silent running and absence of diesel fumes. The operator likes that it costs less to run than a diesel-powered ferry.
7 Autonomous Vehicle Bonus Stories
Despite the coronavirus pandemic, there’s a lot of news in the auto industry about autonomous vehicles. Here are 7 recent stories that couldn’t quite catch their own headline here on CleanTechnica but which seemed worth noting.
BMW iX3 — Is It All We Dreamt For?
Since BMW launched the i3 (and i8) with a ton of marketing around its “born electric” future, electric vehicle hopefuls have seen their enthusiasm for BMW slowly go downhill.
Intuit Hits 100% Renewable Electricity Goal 10 Years Early
The 419 MW Mesquite Star wind farm was just completed in Fisher County, Texas, and is now providing electricity for Ecolab, Lowe’s, Intuit, and Brown University. In the case of Intuit (which you may have used to do your taxes this year), the company has now reached its 100% renewable electricity goal. As the headline notes, it has reached that goal 10 years earlier than it had committed.
7 Fully Electric Vehicles In Norway’s Top 10
Last month I published that the Audi e-tron was the king of Norway. That hasn’t changed, and it doesn’t look likely that anyone’s going knock its crown off this year. But never count Tesla out.
Tesla Taxi Australia Looks To Scale Its Platform For Managed Fleets Of Rideshare/Rental Cars
The Australian EV market has been a surprisingly slow market. This could be due to several factors, including a limited choice of models and the price of EVs in a market with limited incentives (unlike the awesome incentives we see in Norway).
GM CEO Thinks U.S. Will Take Decades To Switch To EVs — She Could Be…
Bloomberg reports that GM’s CEO, Mary Barra, recently said that it will take decades for electric vehicles to be the dominant form of transportation in the U.S.
Ford Says Electric Pickup & Van Coming “In 24 Months”
Ford COO Jim Hackett tells CNBC the company’s electric pickup trucks and delivery vans are expected to go on sale in the middle of 2022.
Turmoil In Wolfsburg As Volkswagen Ushers In ID.3 Era
Volkswagen says early ID.3 reservation holders can begin placing firm orders for their cars next week, but may have to wait until the end of this year to drive one with all its software issues resolved.
