Green Car Congress

APRIL 5, 2011

On December 16, 2010 the US DOE Energy Information Agency (EIA) published a report projecting that renewable energy will still only constitute 12 percent of the USA’s energy sources by 2035. In France, renewable energy consumption will be 20 percent by 2020. EIA projections of renewables penetration. Source: EIA.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 15, 2009

Renewable energy technologies could generate 40% of the world’s electricity by 2050, according to research presented at the International Scientific Congress “Climate Change: Global Risks, Challenges & Decisions”. More specifically, Germany has more than doubled its share of renewable energy since 2000.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

Vehicle-to-grid is, I believe, the salvation of the automotive industry in the United States,” declared Marc Spitzer, an agency commissioner who was also on the panel. “Cities are a perfect for promoting change and renewable energies,&# said Mr. Turmes, the politician. Environmentalists see another advantage to local entities ?

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

Renewables That Even Coal-Based Utilities Can Love. The Three Prongs of the “Green&# Energy Stimulus Pa. V2G helps solve the major problem that demand for electricity is high during the day when everything from industrial plants to air conditioning is running full blast and then excess electricity is wasted at night.

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EV Sales

MARCH 22, 2021

7TH PLACE: FRANCE, 57 POINTS (9TH IN 2019) Note the jump in score from the 8th-place country — the countries from here on delivered far more impressive performance. France’s auto industry is probably the largest Western auto industry that goes completely under the radar in the US. Domestic market not shabby either.

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Wallbox

JANUARY 4, 2021

In order to envision what may lie ahead, it’s key to understand how the EV industry was evolving up until the novel Coronavirus outbreak. The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has slowed down the world as we know it and the automotive industry is no exception. EVs were experiencing rapid growth before the COVID-19 outbreak.

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