Turning The Cars-Versus-Cities Debate Inside Out
If we can find ways to integrate non-permanent homes into cities, we could improve things a lot.
If we can find ways to integrate non-permanent homes into cities, we could improve things a lot.
With cheap batteries, cheap conversion kits, and cheap electricity from solar power, it would make a lot of sense to start converting school bus fleets. This is an idea schools and bus companies should seriously consider.
Elon Musk’s support of basic income long predates his support for Andrew Yang, whose signature Freedom Dividend is a variant of basic income.
The M-Byte uses batteries from CATL, one of the largest battery manufacturers in the world, and since CATL is an investor in only one car company (Byton), I don’t think it will leave the company starving for batteries like many manufacturers are when they have a hit on their hands. Although I plan to buy a Tesla Model Y, if this car comes through as good as it sounds, I might buy one as a second car.
The California Public Utilities Commission approved San Diego Gas & Electric’s plan to add many more EV charging stations for medium and heavy-duty vehicles like trucks, buses, and forklifts. Larissa Koehler, Senior Attorney with the Environmental Defense Fund’s Energy program, answered some questions about the new EV chargers for CleanTechnica.
Decarbonizing the transportation sector means more than switching to electric cars. Volvo Group is developing today the electric and autonomous trucks and construction equipment the world will need tomorrow.
The Hyundai Kona EV and Kia Niro EV have won a lot of praise, as well as prestigious awards. The Kona EV even won the 2019 CleanTechnica Car of the Year award. These vehicles, as well as some other EV offerings from the companies, are stylish, offer long range, and come with creature comforts you’d expect in their price range.
As EVs capture the imaginations of US car owners, the Koch Brothers are ramping up conservative naysaying.
From James Dean’s Mercury coupe in Rebel Without a Cause to Burt Reynolds’s Trans Am in Smokey and the Bandit to Jason Statham’s McLaren in the new Fast and Furious film, cars have been stars in many a Hollywood classic. However, as a recent Bloomberg article points out, electric cars are still waiting for their big-screen breakthrough.
CleanTechnica reader Daniel McGuire loved his fully electric Chevy Bolt, but wanted to make it more sustainable. After a few experiments with solar panels, he took on the task of adding 2,200 watts of solar panels and cells to the Bolt itself for an electric vehicle that recharges from the sun without having to be plugged in.