A report on the upcoming 60 kWh Nissan LEAF from respected German news site Electrive.net suggests that it will still lack liquid cooling of the battery. This is despite increased charging rates of 100 kW and increase power output of 149 kW. Notably, with higher power comes higher heat generation. Are we going to see #Rapidgate all over again?
After a slip in the previous month, in October, the European passenger plug-in market resumed its growth path (+24% year over year) via some 32,300 registrations, pulling the year-to-date count to over 300,000 deliveries (+34%). The 2018 EV market share grew to 2.3% thanks to a 2.9% share in October.
A report on EV group buying programs was recently developed, providing history, background and other details for EV group buy programs in the US.
Today is my anniversary. No, not my marriage anniversary, but my 7 year EV anniversary. I was going to post a picture of our marriage certificate (purchase contract), but since I’ve traded in my Starter EV for a Trophy EV (same wife, different EV), the new car insisted we get rid of the reminders of the first relationship and I don’t have that. In honor of that 7 year journey, though, this article is a summary of EV life back then, EV life today, and a few competitive EVs.
From Tesla Summon to Nissan drama to New York EV support, here’s a rundown of notable electric vehicle news — notable changes or findings in the EV industry — during the month of November.
Welcome to the next issue of China x Cleantech, October edition. As always, China has produced a steady stream of stories — some got covered here on CleanTechnica and others slip under the radar. This monthly feature helps to better inform you of the rapid changes happening in China. China × Cleantech is also published over on the “Future Trends” section of our website. Here’s the previous report in case you missed it.
A report by the Associated Press reveals that Chinese authorities are collecting massive amounts of data from every new energy vehicle sold in the country, and every manufacturer including Tesla is OK with that.
It has been a while since I wrote a “What Changed In The EV Industry … ?” article, so I’m now rolling through three months of news as we approach the end of November.
Below is a roundup of notable September and October electric vehicle news.
Nissan is testing its V2G technology at its factory in Tennessee and its design studio in San Diego. Is V2G the key to the survival of CHAdeMO?
David Marc Gurewitsch is one of the people trying to realize the City of Copenhagen’s climate and environmental ambitions in the area of the municipality’s own vehicles and machinery. And he and the municipality are close to reaching their goal. Up to 90% of the municipality’s 270 passenger cars are running on electricity today.
