If you haven’t had enough electric vehicle news this past week, here’s a big helping of more. Tesla New Tesla Model X Pictures Retrieved from scouring the pages of the Tesla Motors Club forum (and particularly this thread), below are new (or relatively new) pictures of the Tesla Model X. I’ll … [continued]
The division between developing and developed countries has been a core feature of the global climate talks since the first meeting (COP) in Berlin in 1995. Back then, low-carbon technologies were considered far too expensive for poor developing countries and would have constrained their growth options. And besides: it was the … [continued]
Originally published on GAS2. Atieva is one of those shadowy new automobile startups that has been hiding behind a wall of mystery and intrigue. Earlier this month, another enigma — Faraday Future — pulled back the curtain a bit to say it will show off its car at the CES … [continued]
The United Kingdom’s Committee on Climate Change will collaborate with its Chinese counterpart to assess climate change risk. A Memorandum of Understanding was signed between the UK’s Committee on Climate Change and the China National Expert Committee on Climate Change at an official signing ceremony held at the COP21 United … [continued]
Laurent Fabius, COP21 president and France’s foreign minister, has just released version 1 of a draft text on COP21 agenda item 4 (b)—the Durban Platform for Enhanced Action (decision 1/CP.17) at 3:00PM GMT. Read the text here. Fabius characterized the current situation thus: “We’ve made progress but still a lot … [continued]
The latest Climate Change Performance Index has been released, and while the European Union can stand relatively tall, Australia, Japan, and Korea faired worst. Compiled by non-profit Germanwatch and Europe’s largest energy coalition Climate Action Network (CAN) Europe, the Climate Change Performance Index for 2016 was published on Tuesday, with … [continued]
Only a few weeks after it was revealed that carbon emissions nearly stalled in 2014, new figures suggest carbon emissions could stall in 2015. New figures from researchers at the University of East Anglia and the Global Carbon Project suggest that global carbon emissions are projected to stall in 2015. … [continued]
With nearly 3.1 GW of offshore wind capacity connections expected for 2015, Europe is driving the industry’s expected 3.6 GW of new capacity. New analysis from MAKE Consulting concludes that 2015 is likely to see 3.6 GW of new offshore wind capacity connected to local grids by the end of … [continued]
A new report by the World Wildlife Fund has concluded that China can meet its commitments to cut greenhouse gas emissions and increase its share of renewable energy. More than reaching its commitments, the WWF also believes China’s goals are economically and technically feasible. In fact, the report finds that … [continued]
Of all the electric vehicles on the market, only Tesla’s Model S and Model X use small, cylindrical, 18650 battery cells (which Tesla gets from Panasonic). However, Chinese automaker JAC Motors is breaking away from the mold, and Samsung SDI (which is a juggernaut in the battery storage world) is showing that … [continued]
