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Hertz Expands Solar Program
Hertz continues to expand it’s solar footprint with a second phase of solar photovoltaic installations that will land panels at 10 more of its facilities around the country. In the first phase, Hertz installed solar panels on two facilities in Colorado – one at Denver International Airport and one at an equipment rental facility in [...]
The BMW ActiveE Electric Vehicle
Overview: BMW’s new 1-series-coupe-based ActiveE is an electric car. Active E doesn’t have an engine but has a motor. The space of the engine has been utilized by a huge battery pack which is a actually equivalent to a size of a big luggage bag. This is vehicle which has been launched after MINI E [...]
Electric Vehicles: How Environmentally Friendly?
As anyone who tries to keep up with current affairs will already know, one of the biggest challenges facing the planet is that of climate change. There is an overwhelming scientific consensus that the activities of humankind have a major bearing on changes in climate – even if this continues to be disputed in some [...]
5 Things to Know About Electric Vehicles
(1) Electric cars have arrived, but the pace of adoption will be slow. Last year, roughly 17,000 plug-in cars were sold in the United States—more than were sold in any year since the very early 1900s. But to put that number in perspective, total sales in 2011 were 13 million vehicles, meaning that plug-in [...]
Top 5 Green Cars of 2012
One of the big motivators for buying a “greener” car the next time you are in the automotive market is the reduction in harmful greenhouse gases and unsightly smog that can be downright stifling in big city traffic jams. But even if you don’t feel particularly passionate about your ability to save the planet, green [...]
Wireless Charging Mats: Game Changer for Electric Vehicles?
In an effort to open the market for electric vehicles (EVs), scientists, car manufacturers and entrepreneurs are all looking for ways to remove the barriers, which mostly revolve around the range a car gets before having to be charged and how long it takes to charge. Scientists at Stanford University have found a way to tweak lithium [...]
U.S Electric Vehicle Adoption: Why The Hiccup?
Although the so-called early adopters are talking up the Nissan LEAF, sales of the LEAF in the U.S. so far in 2012 are not on the pace needed for Nissan to reach its stated goal of selling 20,000 LEAFs for the year. Clearly none of the current set of new electric vehicles have met the [...]
Fuel Cell Infrastructure Challenges
Here’s another game-changer in the making brought to you by America’s burgeoning supplies of shale natural gas: alternative fuel vehicles and distributed power generation using fuel cells. Emboldened by low prices and booming supplies of natural gas in the U.S , the American fuel cell industry is clawing its way back from the brink. The [...]
Asian Electric Car Consortium Buys Saab
As reported in the LA Times, the Swedish automaker was bought by an Asian consortium that want Saab’s main assets with the ultimate goal of making electric cars. While the price of the deal has yet to be made public, the consortium called National Electric Sweden AB (NEVS) is made up of Hong Kong-based National [...]
A123 Systems Announces Battery Breakthrough
The promising but financially troubled A123 Systems lithium-ion battery maker was expected to announce today that it has made a significant advance in battery technology that will enable electric car batteries to last longer and cost less. A123 has been a leader in the race to develop improved batteries for electric cars and has received [...]
Paris: Leading the Electric Car Sharing Revolution
Which one of the images to the right would you expect to encounter when visiting Paris this summer? If you answered all four, then you are right on the mark! Summer has arrived here in Paris, and along with it comes the opportunity to visit the great sites the city has to offer such as [...]
Electric Car Cap and Trade Starts in California
What a terrific idea! California’s zero emissions vehicle (ZEV) law requires automakers to sell an increasing number of zero emission vehicles in the state – and those that can’t meet their targets can buy “credits” from automakers who can. Automakers that can’t meet their targets or don’t buy enough credits face thousands of dollars in fines for [...]