Toyota Could Get The Last Laugh With Battery-Less, Wind-Powered EV Fleet
Toyota is launching a new battery-less EV fleet in Japan, powered by fuel cells using renewable hydrogen produced from water and wind-sourced electricity.
Toyota is launching a new battery-less EV fleet in Japan, powered by fuel cells using renewable hydrogen produced from water and wind-sourced electricity.
Originally published on RMI Outlet. By Laurie Guevara-Stone The small country of Denmark (pop. 5.6 million) is making a big commitment to renewables. In the early 1970s imported oil supplied 92 percent of Denmark’s energy. Today Denmark’s electric grid is over 40 percent renewably powered, and the country is aiming … [continued]
Originally published on EV Obsession. Roughly ⅔ of all Honda cars will be electrified in some way by 2030, going by recent comments made by the company’s President and CEO Takahiro Hachigo. It should be noted here that the comment clearly refers to hybrids (and hydrogen fuel cell vehicles) as … [continued]
GM switches from Powertrain to Propulsion Systems and makes a pitch for the fuel cell EV, underscoring its interest in next-generation auto tech.
Originally published on the ECOreport The sun shines more than 300 days a year in Chiang Mai, Thailand, and Hamburg entrepreneur Sebastian-Justus Schmidt says, “it is the perfect location for a solar energy system.” His Phi Suea House’s solar panels produce 6,000 kWh a month, enough to power 20 to 25 average … [continued]
The top clean tech jobs for this week include listings for the deputy lab director of operations position at NREL, an ad manager for a solar media company, a cleantech services analyst, a project manager at an early-stage “cleanweb” company, an environmental permitting manager, and more. As part of our … [continued]
While many auto manufacturers at the Los Angeles Auto show last week opted to hire out their feet on floor with temps in high heels and short dresses who seemed to barely know the brand they were working for, Honda brought a rep who actually had some training and held … [continued]
The Los Angeles Auto Show is always a huge event, and with California being the #1 state in the US for EV sales — with only 13% of the total car sales but 40% of all EV sales — we were looking for big news from the show this year. The … [continued]
Originally published on RenewEconomy. The energy offshoot of US asset management giant Brookfield has signed a deal with property group LWP to build a new suburb near Newcastle that will not connect to the grid, in a move that could be a blueprint for more such development and shapes as … [continued]
More EV news for the EV obsessed (… to supplement EV stories already published on CleanTechnica): French EV Sales Numbers For September 2015 The figures for electric vehicle registrations (a proxy for sales) in France during the month of September 2015 are now in. They don’t really provide any surprises, but they’re probably … [continued]