Groupe Renault unveils France's first Smart Island on Belle-Île-En-Mer (Image: Renault)

Groupe Renault unveils France’s first Smart Island on Belle-Île-En-Mer

Groupe Renault, Morbihan Energie, Les Cars Bleus and Enedis have joined forces to create FlexMob’île, an innovative programme aimed at accompanying the energy transition on the French island of Belle-Île-en-Mer. This smart electric ecosystem is founded on three core activities, namely the sharing of electric vehicles, the stationary storage of solar energy and smart charging.

Electric vehicles already able to cut greenhouse gas emissions by half

Exclusive: Critics have played down ability of current electric cars to reduce CO2 levels, but new analysis shows significant impact Replacing a fossil fuel-powered car with an electric model can halve greenhouse gas emissions over the course of the vehicle’s lifetime, according to a new report. The finding challenges reports by the UK press, other

BMW says EV owners can turn i3 into ‘cash cow’, use more solar power

Over the past 3 years, BMW has been running a trial of its ‘ChargeForward’ program with BMW i3 owners willing to automatically delay the charging of their vehicle at the request of their local electric utility, PG&E, in order to offset peak demand. BMW is presenting the results of the trial and says that electric

Low emissions cars could get green number plates

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