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Tesla uses its new social platform to try to help Delaware open up to electric cars

Electrek

Tesla is using its new social platform, “Engage Tesla,” to help influence Delaware to support electric vehicles and direct car sales. more… The post Tesla uses its new social platform to try to help Delaware open up to electric cars appeared first on Electrek.

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Elon Musk’s Tesla-SolarCity deal lawsuit win upheld by Delaware Supreme Court

Teslarati

The Delaware Supreme Court has upheld a lower court’s ruling that Tesla CEO Elon Musk did not push the electric car maker to overpay when it acquired rooftop solar provider SolarCity in 2016. As per the Delaware Supreme Court, however, the presentation of Slights’ ruling could probably have been done better.

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Univ. of Delaware and state partner on EV charging station project to support longer electric trips

Green Car Congress

Faster charging stations for electric vehicles will be strategically placed at key locations in Delaware to enable long trips in the state by next year, through a new collaborative research agreement between the University of Delaware (UD) and the Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control (DNREC).

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Delaware Vehicle-To-Grid Test Lets Electric Cars Sell Power

Green Car Reports

The ability to have large numbers of electric cars store energy and feed it back into electric grids is still many years away, but researchers are studying how it could work in the real world.

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Proterra Files For Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Protection

Electric Cars Report

The decision to file for bankruptcy was made on a voluntary basis within the jurisdiction of the District of Delaware, where the company is legally incorporated. Proterra intends […] The post Proterra Files For Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Protection appeared first on Electric Cars Report.

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University of Delaware Licenses V2G Technology to AutoPort; 100 V2G EVs as Test Fleet

Green Car Congress

The University of Delaware has signed the first license for its vehicle-to-grid (V2G) technology with AutoPort, Inc., The licensing agreement launches the first large-scale demonstration of the UD-developed V2G technology, which enables electric car owners to plug in their vehicles and send electricity back to electrical utilities.

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Want To Lease A 2009 MINI E? If You Live In Delaware, You Can

Green Car Reports

One of the earliest electric-car prototype test fleets of the modern day was made up of several hundred MINI E two-seaters, which hit U.S. MINI E drivers who loved driving electric--which is to say, many of them--were offered replacement BMW ActiveE electric cars, and the electric MINIs were taken.'

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