Tesla Roadster photo credit: exfordy Toyota and Tesla Motors have built and are testing an electric car, just months after they announced they would collaborate. In May Toyota said it was investing $50 million in the electric car maker Tesla. Building Toyota electric vehicle (EV) prototypes with Tesla power trains has been undertaken quickly and… Continue reading
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BMW works on mass-market electric car
BMW has entered the race to bring a mass-market electric car to the showrooms, by as soon as 2013. In July 2010 the German car maker told assembled media at a plant outside Munich that battery technology had ”reached the point where it really makes sense to drive electric.”
Chris Huhne calls for 'meaningful' carbon price
photo credit: Colin Gregory Palmer 25/06/2010 UK Energy and climate change secretary Chris Huhne is calling for a “meaningful price” to be placed on carbon in order to stimulate low carbon investment. – http://tinyurl.com/2bp5udm Addressing to the UK Energy Summit, Mr Huhne said that the UK has “enormous potential” in terms of renewable energy generation,… Continue reading →
Re-using elec car batteries a game changer?
Car batteries could be used to store excess solar energy The high cost of powerful lithium-ion batteries electric cars run on could be offset their cost by earning money for their owners, reports Helen Knight in New Scientict. Electricity companies and car makers are looking at using electric cars to store power for the grid (say, on… Continue reading →
So is this the BP, the "beyond petroleum" moment?
So is this the BP, the “beyond petroleum” moment? Whoever is right and wrong here, a British company that employs more Americans than Britons, drilling to a lax US regulatory regime, being attacked by a US president who began his term inspiring high hopes in anybody concerned with the health of the planet, but who… Continue reading →
Driving an electric Mini – the verdict
photo credit: zenity79 Electric cars — and the first mass-market models are due on our roads in February 2011 — could be the first big step towards a clean transport revolution, or a conscience salver for the green minded rich who keep the Audi six series for longer trips, as well as lots of lesser steps… Continue reading →