500 Renault 5 Carsharing EVs Used in European First V2G Scheme

Credit to Author: Cynthia Shahan| Date: Fri, 29 Nov 2024 04:17:02 +0000

13 years ago, Utrecht brightened our day with news of a Traffic Garden — something so basic, so common sense, and yet so amazing. Things are how they should be. Flowing with well-trained bicyclists is just one of the ways Utrecht succeeds with high-efficiency transportation, though. 9 years ago, Utrecht … [continued]

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CHARGE Officially Opens 1st Off-Grid, Green EV Charging Station In South Africa

Credit to Author: Remeredzai Joseph Kuhudzai| Date: Fri, 29 Nov 2024 02:16:28 +0000

At about this time last year, we wrote about Zero Carbon Charge’s plans to roll out electric vehicle charging stations charged 100% by renewable energy. At that time, they had just announced the start of construction at one of their sites, the start of South Africa’s first national network of … [continued]

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Top Selling OEMs: Part 1 of 4

Credit to Author: José Pontes| Date: Thu, 28 Nov 2024 23:31:50 +0000

A closer look at the best-selling plugin vehicle OEMs Following the feedback of some readers, this is a more detailed look at the top plugin OEMs in the world, divided across four different articles. In this is the first one, we’ll have a look at SAIC, Leapmotor, Changan, Chery, and … [continued]

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Hard Sail Power Might Have Niche In Roro Vehicle Shipping

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Thu, 28 Nov 2024 18:33:33 +0000

Sails on ships are a romantic and idealized vision of the world. Our history as a species includes innumerable tiny vessels pushed by wind across great expanses of featureless ocean, bold explorers and traders risking all on the science of sextants and the vagaries of the weather. But in recent … [continued]

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Scout Brand To Bypass Volkswagen Dealers, Add Range Extender Engines

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Thu, 28 Nov 2024 18:23:28 +0000

The new Scout brand from Volkswagen Group is setting off alarm bells at Volkswagen dealers in America. That’s because the brand intends to cut them out of the sales process completely and offer customers a 100% online direct sales model. To make that happen, Scout Motors will rely on a … [continued]

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California Reaches 2 Million Electric Car Sales, 26.4% Market Share

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Thu, 28 Nov 2024 17:29:00 +0000

California just passed a major milestone. In the third quarter, it reached 2 million cumulative electric vehicle sales. By the end of the quarter, it had gotten to 2,113,135 EV sales. That’s also 39% of USA’s 5,466,139 cumulative EV sales. California is a huge state, and would be the 4th … [continued]

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Hamburg Orders 350 Electric Buses from Daimler

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Thu, 28 Nov 2024 04:57:21 +0000

The electric bus revolution continues to grow. The latest news in this regard, arriving yesterday, comes from Hamburg, Germany, and Daimler Buses. Daimler has been tapped by Hamburger Hochbahn AG to supply the transit agency with 350 electric buses. In particular, these will be Mercedes-Benz eCitaro and Mercedes-Benz eCitaro G … [continued]

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BYD Enters Guatemala

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Thu, 28 Nov 2024 04:55:01 +0000

BYD’s growth and expansion into new country markets has been one of the top cleantech stories of the year. It seems to enter at least one new market each week. This week, news is that BYD is entering Guatemala. BYD has just launched four models in the Central American country, … [continued]

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Elon Musk: Teslas Just Too Expensive For People … But We’re Fine Losing The $7,500 Tax Credit

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Thu, 28 Nov 2024 04:53:23 +0000

Craig Trudell at Bloomberg has pointed out something quite notable. Over the past few years, in order to explain why Tesla vehicles were not selling as much as desired (and as much as Tesla could produce them), Tesla CEO Elon Musk has noted on several occasions that they’re still just … [continued]

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BREAKING: Tesla Finally Offers Lease Buyout!

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Thu, 28 Nov 2024 02:42:19 +0000

Something Tesla customers have wanted for a long time is finally here. Many people like to lease a new car and then continue with a lease buyout offer at the end of the lease period in order to make the car theirs. That’s something Tesla hasn’t offered, until now. I … [continued]

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