One feature of the i3 that wasn’t available on my previous Renault ZOE is the ability to change at very low powers. Of course that means charging can be very slow. The benefit of this option, which may not be obvious, is that it means the current draw is a good match for solar panels.
Klaus Jacob, a German professor affiliated with Columbia’s University’s Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, is a geophysicist by profession and a doomsayer by disposition. I’ve gotten to know him over the past few years, as I’ve sought to understand the greatest threat to life in New York as we know it. Jacob has a white beard and
The new BMW i3 94Ah adds more electric range to what’s arguably the most distinctive everyday electric vehicle The BMW i3 94Ah has just had its first major upgrade since this radical all-electric model was launched two and a half years ago. The unusual 94Ah name refers to the car’s brand new lithium ion battery
Evolt, the SWARCO Group’s eMobility brand, has been selected to provide its smart electric vehicle (EV) chargers for Electric Nation, a nationwide trial that is seeking to better understand the demand and impact that ‘at-home charging’ places on the local power distribution networks. Greater demand is being placed on power networks as the take up of
A demonstration of how to use the new Ecotricity electric highway app followed by a chat with Ecotricity founder Dale Vince.
Scientists’ warnings that the rise of the sea would eventually imperil the United States’ coastline are no longer theoretical NORFOLK, Va. — Huge vertical rulers are sprouting beside low spots in the streets here, so people can judge if the tidal floods that increasingly inundate their roads are too deep to drive through. Five hundred
MPs warn that the uptake of ultra-low emission vehicles is too low to meet national climate change targets The government is falling behind on its commitments to switch a proportion of Britain’s car fleet to electric vehicles, an influential committee of MPs said on Thursday. Take-up of electric vehicles has been slower than hoped in
Evolt, the Electric Vehicle (EV) charge point supplier, has assisted Comhairle nan Eilean Siar (Western Isles Council) in creating a north-south EV charging network throughout the islands of the Outer Hebrides. A total of 11 charge points have been strategically positioned on the Isles of Lewis and Harris, North Uist, South Uist and Barra, which
Halfway through Start-up Program
We are now halfway through the Entrepreneurial Spark programme for start-ups that we embarked on in August. Fuel Included is in the ‘Hatchery’ in Milton Keynes. This week saw the halfway point marked by a series of programs known as #GoDoAcceler8. We had presentations during the day on skills for start-up entrepreneurs, followed by an
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