Here are some more big clean transport stories from the past week or so for you: Bikes & Motorbikes Bicycle Culture By Design: “Mikael Colville-Andersen is a world-leading urban planning / transportation planning consultant. His focus is on human-powered transport, especially the bicycle, and humanizing cities (at least, that’s how I … [continued]
Electric vehicles (EVs) are becoming increasingly popular, as people and cities all over the world have started recognizing their advantages and introducing initiatives to promote the use of the plug-in transport option. Although EVs are still largely considered to be somewhat “cars of the future,” there’s a rising global … [continued]
Kandi Technologies’ Vehicles Co. division, which was previously awarded what has been called the “largest-ever electric-vehicle distribution agreement in China” (in July), has finalized a price and delivery date for the first run of 5,000 urban electric vehicles. “The Kandi division reached a ‘definitive sales contract’ to sell the … [continued]
China has had many plans to integrate electric cars into US and other foreign car markets. But its plans have hit yellow light after yellow light. From the Green Car Report: “The challenges to China’s ambitious goals for electric cars are the same ones facing every other automaker: lithium-ion cells are … [continued]
The world’s largest producer of solar silicon is able to move forward with the construction of a ground and rooftop solar farm that’s to be the largest in China. With a planned capacity of 330 MW, the Datong Shanxi solar farm demonstrates the government’s strong determination to support China’s increasingly troubled solar power industry. […]
China recently got its first solar-powered hybrid public transport buses. The buses are powered by solar panels, which are expected to increase the life of the lithium batteries used in the bus by 35 years. The buses were launched in the city of Qiqihar in north-east China’s Heilongjiang province. … [continued]
Electric vehicle and advanced battery company CODA has partnered with Great Wall Motors Company “to co-develop the first all-electric vehicle for worldwide development and distribution.” The companies intend to make it the most affordable commercially available EV. Pretty ambitious goal. CODA and Great Wall Motors announced that they had a … [continued]
Just prior to news last week that Chevy Volt sales are way up in the US, GM announced that it was sending some Volts to car-booming China to test the market for them there. “GM has signed a memorandum of understanding with China Automotive Technology and Research Center (CATARC) … [continued]
Can you guess where the largest electric bus and electric taxi fleet is? If you guessed Kalamazoo, Michigan, I’m sorry, but you’re wrong (why you would have guessed that, I don’t know). However, if you guessed Shenzhen City, China, you were right on point (and I guess you probably knew … [continued]
California-based Better Place has teamed up with China Southern Power Grid to introduce a fully automated battery switch-out operation for electric vehicles in Guangzhou, the third largest city in China. If the idea is to make recharging an EV battery just as quick and convenient as buying a tank of … [continued]
