Electric vehicles aren’t just for young Silicon Valley hipsters. The latest to join the ranks of EV pioneers is septuagenarian retired farmer Sylvia Wilson, who recently drove a Tesla Model S all the way around the Australian coast — a trip of 20,396 km that consumed a mere $150.90 worth of electricity.
The most popular CleanTechnica articles in October were led by energy storage and electric vehicle shockers combined with EV market research, hurricane disaster responses, and Tesla, Tesla, Tesla news. From 509 articles we published last month, check out the top 30 stories of the month below for more details.
The most popular stories of the past week here on CleanTechnica were absolutely full of news about Fiat Chrysler leadership in the electric vehicle + energy storage + solar energy market. Oh, no, whoops — it was Tesla this week, not Fiat Chrysler. Though, the legacy automaker did land high on the list with one story.
This was an exciting week for Elon Musk in Australia. On the heels of Tesla’s continuing traction all across Australia, Musk attended a Powerpack unveiling at Noeon Hornsdale wind farm in Jamestown, South Australia. He announced Tesla was approximately 50% finished the world’s biggest lithium-ion battery system.
Schools in Queensland, Australia and on O’ahu in Hawaii are taking advantage of battery storage solutions to further their educational goals.
Tesla Australia has created a Tiny House to introduce Australians to the benefits of residential rooftop solar power. It will be towed behind a Model X to every major city in Australia.
Australia is undergoing something of an energy crisis — growing demand combined with under-investment in the electric grid has recently led to a series of embarrassing blackouts, and electric rates are soaring. South Australia has just overtaken Denmark as the place with the world’s most expensive electricity.
In March, Elon Musk promised authorities in South Australia that Tesla could build a large grid scale battery storage system in 100 days or it would be free. Now the contracts have been signed and work is about to begin.
Tesla Model X reservation holders in Australia will be treated to a launch event later this month in Sydney, presumably setting the stage for local deliveries to begin, according to recent reports. It bears remembering here that Australia is a right-hand-drive (RHD) country, so deliveries to the market can’t begin … [continued]
A trial of 100 heavily subsidized battery systems combined with solar power has been launched by SA Power Networks in an Adelaide suburb. The Tesla Powerwall and an energy storage product from Samsung will be used in the trial. “We want to work with customers to avoid the need to invest in … [continued]
