GM’s Britta Gross, Director of Advanced Vehicle Commercialization Policy, gave perhaps my favorite presentation at the EV Transportation & Technology Summit. Her presentation was essentially split into two (or three) sections. She first talked about Drive Electric Florida, then Drive Electric […]
The city of Leipzig in Germany recently took delivery of a new 50-strong fleet of BMW i3s, to be used by city council and municipal waterworks employees, amongst others, according to a recent press release. The […]
The Canadian province of Ontario will be investing $20 million into a new public electric vehicle charging station buildout, according to recent reports. The new funding will be coming via the Ontario Green Investment Fund, and […]
The mayors of 4 of the biggest cities on the West Coast of the US recently came together in Portland, Oregon, for a 2-day summit that culminated in the creation of a signed declaration calling for […]
A new solid-state sodium battery development project being worked on by researchers at Iowa State University (amongst others) was recently awarded $3 million in new funding via ARPA-E’s 2015 OPEN funding initiative, according to recent reports. […]
There’s a petition on Change.org right now intended to encourage the state of Oregon to begin offering better electric vehicle incentives. To be more specific, the petition is intended to spur the state to begin offering […]
Originally published on CleanTechnica. We’ve finally relaunched Cleantech Talk! And there are two new co-hosts for the show — Kyle Field and Matthew Klippenstein. You can listen to this week’s episode on iTunes, on SoundCloud, or […]
The electric taxi company eConnect Cars has launched a new crowdfunding campaign to help achieve its plans to double its fleet size by the year 2018, according to recent reports. The tentative deadline for the growth […]
The UK government has agreed to work towards the goal of ensuring that all new cars, buses, and vans sold in 2050 are electrics as part of a new initiative that’s being supported by Norway, Holland, […]
New York City is now set to be home to a “vast” municipal fleet of electric vehicles by the year 2025, going by recent statements made by the city’s mayor, Bill de Blasio. The new plan […]
The idea of a “carbon tax” is still a relatively controversial one in the US, but that isn’t stopping some states from considering the option — with legislators and citizen groups in a fair number of […]
Taking a note from Tesla’s playbook, BMW recently launched a new online sales site allowing potential customers to purchase the German company’s offerings online. The new online service — which has been dubbed “Retail Online” — […]
The postal service of Norway, the Posten, will soon possess an electric vehicle fleet enriched by the purchase of an additional 240 new Renault Kangoo Maxi ZEs, according to recent reports. The Norwegian postal service already […]
In Paris, Renault-Nissan Alliance is providing official transport for the United Nation’s COP21. It is the largest fleet of electric vehicles for an international conference, with 200 EVs to transport delegates. 200 pure electric cars quietly, silently transporting […]
The Canadian city of North Vancouver (in British Columbia) will soon be home to gas pumps featuring climate change warning stickers, following the passing of a law there by the city council, according to recent reports. […]
