Alongside my climate news, renewable energy news, bicycling + transit news, and other green news roundups, here’s a roundup of top electric vehicle news from around the interwebs. Tesla Motors Tesla Model X First Responder Training Video Tesla Model X Thoughts After 6 Weeks Overview Of 4 Top Investors In Tesla Californian Will Drive His Model S Around … [continued]
For Cleantech Talk #18, Matthew, Kyle, and I talked about the Tesla buying experience and “Tesla dealerships,” the planned Chrysler plug-in hybrid electric minivan, and a 1 GW Quebec-to-Vermont HVDC interconnection (as well as the transmission network and renewable energy integration, in general). As a reminder, you can subscribe to Cleantech Talk on … [continued]
California’s successful efforts to cut emissions and increase renewable energy show a path forward on international decarbonization efforts.
Originally published on EV Obsession. The UK government has agreed to work towards the goal of ensuring that all new cars, buses, and vans sold in 2050 are electrics as part of a new initiative that’s being supported by Norway, Holland, and Germany as well, according to recent reports. These … [continued]
The first-ever pan-American action statement on climate change came out last Thursday, July 9, as the Climate Change Summit of the Americas in Toronto drew to a close. A recent poll shows that 84% of Canadians believe that prosperous countries like their own have an obligation to show international leadership in reducing … [continued]
Twenty subnational governments, representing over 220 million people and $8.3 trillion in GDP, have now officially committed to targeted reductions in carbon emissions through the Compact of States and Regions, a partnership of The Climate Group, CDP, R20, and nrg4SD supported by the United Nations, Climate-KIC, Center for the New Energy Economy, ICLEI, … [continued]
Originally Published on the ECOreport For the first time in forty years, the world’s C02 emissions have been held in check. Though they continue to rise in North America, China’s decreased for the first time in recorded history and Europe’s emissions decreased another 5% in 2014. EU’s CO2 Emissions Decreased … [continued]
An energy system prototype with a capacity of 1.2 MW and 1.2 MWh will be tested in Quebec this summer. A joint venture was formed by Hydro-Quebec and Sony Corporation to develop and test the system. It was reported that it can store an amount of electricity that is the … [continued]
A new electric vehicle sharing program may soon be headed to the Québécois city of Montreal, based on new plans revealed by the mayor of Montreal, Denis Coderre. While Montreal is currently home to a number of different carsharing programs, these programs don’t include access to many electric vehicles (EVs) … [continued]
The past week or so has brought some unequivocally good news about Canada’s climate change preparations, instead of the usual indifference-to-bluster coming out of Ottawa. Canada has enormous potential for renewable energy, as shown below, but it persists in a damaging and expensive shorter-term chase after petroleum resources. The nation to … [continued]
