I recently connected with the author of the piece below. Finding out that he was a Volt driver in Atlanta, and interesting city that is doing quite well on the electric vehicle front, I decided to ask him for a review of the vehicle… as I often do when people … [continued]
Originally published by ABB-Conversations by Hans Streng We are now in a transition period where battery prices are dropping by 20-30% each year. The consequences for the automotive industry are mindboggling About a century ago the nascent automotive industry started out by producing electric vehicles. Even big names such as Porsche … [continued]
Overall, 2013 was a good year for cleantech, and I expect every year following this one will also be good for it. The fact of the matter is: cleantech is increasingly just… tech (aka normal tech). There’s a lot of growing to be done, but it’s inevitable. The real question … [continued]
Originally published on Planetsave. Electric car sales have not yet hit 1% of new car sales in the US, but sales are growing fast and it looks certain that they will pass 1% in 2014. 2013 pure electric car sales are up 300% in 2013 compared to 2012. And hitting … [continued]
…in a high tech way, that is. Ford Motor Company’s luxury Lincoln brand has just announced that the 2014 Lincoln MKX crossover model will be sporting an interior part that replaces conventional fiberglass with a composite material made with renewable wood cellulose, from trees. Okay, so it’s just one part, … [continued]
An international team of researchers based at MIT has figured out how to make the edges of the two-dimensional wonder material graphene behave like one-dimensional electronic wires. I know, right? To ice the cake, the edges don’t have to be perfectly formed. They can be irregular or “dirty” and those … [continued]
Originally published on EV Obsession. Electronics giant Samsung may have decided that it is qualified to enter the electric car arena, and it may well be. The South Korean smartphone, TV, camera, laptop, etc leader (which is actually South Korea’s largest conglomerate) has apparently filed several patents connected to electric … [continued]
SolarCity’s acquisition of Zep Solar, which I wrote about in October, has now been finalized. The total price tag is reportedly $158 million, part of which was in the form of 2.75 million shares of SolarCity common stock. Currently, SolarCity stock is selling for $51.30 per share. Zep Solar will … [continued]
45 million American households could switch to an electric vehicle today with no change in driving habit or charging access, according to a new survey from the Union of Concerned Scientists.
Senior editor at the outstanding progressive news outlet AlterNet, Tara Lohan, recently contacted me because she was writing a story on “which developments in clean tech are the most promising in terms of making renewable energy more prevalent.” She asked if I had any suggestions. If you know me and know … [continued]
