The Israeli city of Tel Aviv is now planning the creation of an extensive electric carsharing program. For obvious reasons, the country could significantly cut back its reliance on imported fossil fuels. The new electric car sharing program is good step in that direction. The unstated eventual goal, is … [continued]
Self-drive tours, an alternative to organized bus tours, seem to be a growing trend. Of course, self-drive tours are going to cost a bit more than a bus tour, but low-cost EVs can certainly help to keep the cost down. Self-drive tours in the Renault Twizy enable you to … [continued]
Deliveries of the Renault Zoe 100% electric car have just begun in France. The little electric car’s big selling point (besides being electric) is its low cost. However, the Zoe is far behind schedule, despite Renault’s strong focus on EVs, and the company isn’t exactly leading the tables in Europe. The price … [continued]
Here’s a great video that puts gas-powered vehicles (vs electric vehicles) into perspective a bit: http://youtu.be/qKg-LPOXIMs Can you imagine if all of our machines were powered with gas? Oh my…. Alternatively, can you imagine if we powered our cars with electricity instead of gas. (In case you missed it, … [continued]
Other than our own stories (and have a few more of those coming shortly), here’s some top cleantech and climate news from the past day or so: Solar Power Fraunhofer Center for Sustainable Energy Systems Selected to Lead U.S. Department of Energy SunShot Project: “The Fraunhofer Center for Sustainable … [continued]
Here’s some more electric vehicle and energy efficiency news from the past week or two: EVs If the EV stories we’ve published in the past couple weeks aren’t enough for you (and you don’t already follow Gas2), here are a bunch of consumer-oriented EV stories for you from our wonderful … [continued]
Renault’s sunny yellow logo took on a new meaning last week when the company began flipping the switch on six gigantic new photovoltaic installations, each located at the site of a Renault production facility in France. Aside from juicing the company’s already formidable green cred, the solar projects illustrate how … [continued]
Renault’s super cute little city car, the Twizy, has a lot of different variations. Last week, the company rolled out a more altruistic version — the emergency support Twizy. The prototype emergency support vehicle was given to the Paris firefighter brigade (dovetailing nicely with Renault’s previous installation of EV … [continued]
The Antalya Metropolitan Municipality in Turkey and Renault have signed an agreement to deploy a program to prepare a Zero Emissions Partnership. The partnership is aiming to achieve wide-scale deployment of electric vehicles in Antalya, specifically focusing on the establishment of a “substructure of charging points for electric vehicles … [continued]
Due to what can only be described as a preternatural desire to elevate the mobility-impaired, car-maker Renault has donated two electric vehicles to the Vatican for the specific use of His Holiness Benedict XVI. The Popemobile has definitely increased in stature and style since Pope John Paul II started riding around in that … [continued]
