As with the renewable energy news link bomb I just published, here’s another one dedicated to electric car news: Tesla Motors Stuff Tesla Autopilot Performs Flawlessly During Motley Fool Highway Test GM Has Lobbied Against Tesla’s Direct Sales Model In At Least Five States Tesla Fights On In Utah And Connecticut Blogger Says Tesla Is Building Throwaway Cars … [continued]
Kyle passed along a video from the Detroit Auto Show of Carlos Ghosn, Chairman and CEO of both Renault and Nissan, doing a Q&A with reporters. It’s an interesting watch, so I’m dropping it here as well, followed by some summary points and commentary. I’m definitely a Ghosn fan. I … [continued]
Originally published on EV Obsession. EVObsession.com covered the support of the Renault-Nissan Alliance with EV Shuttle At COP21 (Videos). Well, here you have some math thanks to this support — the fleet of 200 electric vehicles saved 18 tons of CO2 from being emitted into the air during two-week global summit! Think … [continued]
More EV news for the EV obsessed (… to supplement EV stories already published on CleanTechnica): French EV Sales Numbers For September 2015 The figures for electric vehicle registrations (a proxy for sales) in France during the month of September 2015 are now in. They don’t really provide any surprises, but they’re probably … [continued]
Originally published on Sustainnovate. By Henry Lindon The single largest provider of electric vehicle chaffuer vehicles to the upcoming 2015 Paris climate talks will be the Nissan/Renault alliance, according to a new press release. The alliance is expecting that the provided fleet — composed of Nissan LEAFs, Renault ZOEs, and Nissan … [continued]
Check ’em out (or else!): Tesla CPO Program Appears To Be Up & Running In Europe + Canada It seems to be the case that Tesla’s Certified Pre-Owned (CPO) program is now up and running in Europe and Canada, going by the looks of things. At least 10 countries in … [continued]
Originally published on Sustainnovate. Following up on my articles on the history of solar power science, history of solar power policy, history of solar power manufacturing, history of wind turbines, and history of trains, here’s a piece on the history of electric cars. Most people mean “electric car” when they … [continued]
Time for another electric car news roundup. Enjoy! Tesla News A Tesla Roadster loses 20% of its range in 4 years. (GAS2) Tesla is still committed to California, says Tesla. (GAS2) Is Tesla an auto company or an energy company? Of course, it’s both, but this podcast discusses the matter. (Teslarati) In … [continued]
Carlos Ghosn, the CEO & Chairman of both Nissan and Renault, recently published an article on LinkedIn about the future of cars. It included a great section on electric vehicles, so we’re reposting here. The key section reads: The transport sector represents 23 percent of the world’s total CO2 emissions, … [continued]
