Earlier this year I saw an all in one inverter and domestic battery unit on display at the Bosch stand at CES. 2 years ago I stayed with my friend Simon Hackett in Adelaide, Australia and saw his line up of domestic batteries in sturdy cabinets outside his home. Simon’s house is covered in solar
Late Thursday night [30 April] in Hawthorne, California, Tesla revealed its “missing piece to building a sustainable future,” which the company says puts the world on the road to “enabling zero emissions power generation.” Tesla notes that the world currently uses 20 trillion kWh of energy annually, which is: “Enough energy to power a single
According to Vincentric, a “leading source of cost-of-ownership data and analysis within the automotive industry,” the 2015 Kia Soul EV is the “Best Value in America” in the Electric/Plug-In Hybrid category. David Wurster, President of Vincentric states: “As a first time winner of the ‘Best Value in America’ awards, the Kia Soul EV rose above
While hybrid cars have had a good 10-year run in North America as the most fuel-efficient alternative, Europe never warmed to hybrid-electric powertrains. With roughly half the passenger cars sold in the European Union being powered by more efficient diesel engines, the difference between hybrid and diesel economy figures was much lower than in the
Supreme court tells ministers to take “immediate action” to meet safe limits of nitrogen dioxide 25 years after original deadline [From 29 April] Britain’s highest court today told the Government to draw up plans to tackle illegal levels of nitrogen dioxide. In a victory for environmental lawyers ClientEarth following a five-year legal campaign, ministers must
It’s not uncommon for media commenters to look at electric-car sales numbers, only to conclude that the segment is teetering on the brink of death. Electric cars will never become mainstream, they argue, because of fickle consumers who base their-car purchases on what the price of gas happens to be the moment they walk into
I have very bad news about oil prices. In the foreseeable future (12 months), their most likely trajectory is… volatile. That is right, bullish and bearish oil price narratives will be proven to be unsatisfactory and overly simplistic. The best bet would be to invest in volatility plays. What explains this heightened volatility in oil
After Milton Keynes Council’s electric vehicle partner Chargemaster Plc announced that it was offering a free electric vehicle loan service to Milton Keynes businesses – the company has seen a surge of interest, with the vehicles now being in ‘high demand.’ Chargemaster has a small fleet of electric vehicles (EV) that can be loaned to
New Renault ZOE from £145 per month fuel included
Update: latest offer here. THESE OFFERS EXPIRED ON 30 SEPTEMBER – FOR THE LATEST OFFERS SEE HERE: New Renault ZOE from £155 per month fuel included. (Update 1 September: Renault has confirmed that the £5060 discount will finish at the end of September so we expect the prices to be considerably higher from 1
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