Jaguar I-Pace
In the class of luxury midsize SUV/CUV, we have now or will relatively soon have 5 new fully electric vehicles that are serious all-around usable cars. Oops, in the USA, half the cars are not called cars but trucks. These vehicles are the Jaguar I-Pace, Audi e-Tron, Mercedes EQC, Tesla Model Y, and BMW iX3 — placed in order of expected start date of sales.
A review of the Renault Zoë from an extensive test drive and charging session by two old dinosaurs.
Road trips are a make or break factor for mass adoption of electric vehicles in the US. Unlike much of Europe and many other parts of the world, the US does not have a train system that connects most cities in the country (Amtrak in the Northeast being an exception). As such, most Americans either fly or rely on their cars when they go on vacation to Disneyland or Disney World, to visit relatives a few states away, or to take their child to college hundreds of miles away.
Blockchain is probably most widely known to the public as “having something to do with cryptocurrency and Bitcoin, right?,” which is partially correct, but the technology itself has a wide range of applications, some of which will be crucial in the fields of distributed renewable energy, grid management and energy storage, and smart contracts, among others.
The BMW i3 is not a big hit in the United States, but it is a strong electric seller in Europe. In fact, it is the 3rd best selling plug-in car in Europe so far this year. Another notable battery boost, providing significantly more range, should propel its sales even higher.
If you’re looking for a green car, look no further than a Tesla. Dawn White (via Penn Live) spoke with Rashmi Shah at a Tesla Supercharger station about his new Model 3. “I love it,” Shah said. “I bought it mainly because I want to be good to the environment. I also save on gas, and it’s a really smooth ride.”
NantEnergy brought its simple and inexpensive zinc-air batteries to the One Planet Summit in New York City this week. The company says the market for its batteries could be as much as $50 billion a year.
Local leadership is having a global impact on the fight to stop climate change and transition to 100 percent clean and renewable energy.
The Connecticut Green Bank was established in 2011, and since then has been working to accelerate the deployment of clean energy. It has funded over $1 billion dollars in clean energy investments around the state of Connecticut. The bank’s investments have resulted in an increase in private investments as well.
Transport & Environment says 95% of all EV charging events take place at home or at work, meaning fast charging networks are not as critical to the electric car revolution as many car makers claim.
