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An interesting analysis of the California electric vehicle market was recently published by the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT), providing a nice overview of the effects of various policies and promotional activities in effect there through 2015, as well as lessons for other locations/jurisdictions. The analysis is based around … [continued]
Pop quiz: You arrive at the annual church picnic in your brand new Tesla. You park amidst a variety of gasoline, hybrid, and plug-in hybrid vehicles. Having the only pure electric vehicle at the event, you are soon surrounded by a crowd of gawkers, cooing and praising your beautiful automobile. … [continued]
Google self-driving cars are known to be the cute little things that look like they are straight out of a Dr Seuss book, but now they are getting a makeover. Specifically, the prototypes that are wandering around the greater Mountain View area were a part of the “Paint the Town: … [continued]
Google recently released futuristic, high-tech, sustainable-style design plans for its Mountain View, California, headquarters, which promises to be world class. The high-tech giant announced that designers Thomas Heatherwick from Heatherwick Studio and Bjarke Ingels from BIG will spearhead Google’s radical revision of its campus. Plans will include moveable buildings (or as … [continued]
Originally published on Sustainnovate. In the world of electric buses, the big name is BYD, a Zayed Future Energy Prize winner, probably followed (at a distance) by Proterra. But another name that you see from time to time is Motiv Power, and it is backed by a bigger name than all of … [continued]
