Is Big Auto Going The Way Of Big Tobacco?
Originally published on EVANNEX By Charles Morris It’s an open secret that Big Auto’s electrification efforts are mainly for the benefit … [continued]
Originally published on EVANNEX By Charles Morris It’s an open secret that Big Auto’s electrification efforts are mainly for the benefit … [continued]
At EVANNEX we always try to design and develop great accessories that Tesla owners will love. But we also try to contribute to the Tesla community by developing useful information that can help Tesla owners better understand their vehicle and the emerging EV marketplace. This mini-tutorial is one example.
India is likely to announce a dedicated policy for electric vehicles, which would include a number of incentives for buyers of these vehicles.
It’s hard to imagine that the once promising and as some might point out over-promising Faraday Future (FF) that sent … [continued]
Minnesota’s largest investor-owned utility, Xcel Energy, last month reported sparse participation in a program designed to deliver value to customers who charge their electric vehicles when it’s most convenient for the grid. But despite its benefits for the grid and cost savings for customers, the initiative appears stuck in neutral.
An innovative group purchasing program in Boulder County, Colorado, put hundreds of electric vehicles on local roads and sparked the addition of more than 1 megawatt of rooftop solar in its first two years. Now, the initiative is a springboard for efforts nationwide to allow consumers to seize control of their clean energy future.
In this presentation, John Farrell details 6 reasons and 6 benefits of acting now to accelerate electric vehicle adoption, and two easy ways we can.
With a virtuous cycle of falling battery costs driving increased electric vehicle deployment, and deployment improving the economics of scale of battery production, the widespread adoption of electric vehicles is likely inevitable. But policies enacted now could influence the timing of widespread use and shape how electric cars benefit the grid.
Now, nearly two decades later and 120 years after its introduction, the electric car is making an unmistakable comeback. This time, it’s aided by better technology as well as environmentally sensitive consumers and policymakers looking to supplant fossil fuel use with renewable electricity.
In recent months, a raft of cities and states pushed up their renewable energy targets to 50%, 80%, or even 100%. But how will that energy be delivered? Will it be from the top down, by merchant wind and solar power plants? Or from the bottom up, by customers producing their own power?