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Self-Generation Nation – Solar Sales Soar Amid Escalating Energy Costs

My Energi

Self-Generation Nation – Solar Sales Soar Amid Escalating Energy Costs. Key factors behind this hike included a cold summer, meaning less gas was stored for winter use; fewer pipelines were delivered than predicted; and energy generation across Europe was far lower than in previous years. But why solar? With almost 1.1

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Working From Home Can Slash Solar Payback Periods For EV drivers

My Energi

Working From Home Can Slash Solar Payback Periods For EV Drivers. Alongside professional flexibility, there are additional financial benefits available for electric car drivers who work from home and choose to invest in solar panels. Savvy saving – investing in solar.

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Lessons from a year with solar power

EV Info

It was one year ago that we decided to add solar panels to our roof. The main reasons were: Reduce our monthly electricity. With two Electric cars, at the time a Nissan Lean and Mitsubishi Outlander, we use a considerable amount of electricity but not much petrol, so already we were a reasonable way down the less CO2 road.

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How Much Does it Cost to Charge an Electric Car at a Public Charging Station?

EV Connect

We can’t expect the market to move en masse towards electric until the public recharging network matches the landscape for petrol-powered vehicles. To put that in context, we need to explore the cost of charging an electric car at a public charging station, and see how businesses can reduce EV charging station costs.

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Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV review: Plug-in SUV saves money, comes at a cost

EV Central

It shares an all-new platform with the purely petrol Outlander version. litre combustion petrol engine allied with twin electric motors, a 20kWh lithium-ion battery pack and all-wheel-drive. For a plug-in hybrid it is, but those prices are some $15,000 more than the equivalent Outlander petrol versions. Is it good value?

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How Efficient Is Your EV? It’s Complicated

Cars That Think

Why are we using a constant based on the combustion of gasoline in order to measure the efficiency of an electric car? Why are we using a constant based on the combustion of gasoline in order to measure the efficiency of an electric car? But more fundamentally, there is a huge disparity in efficiency overall.

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Naysayer Alert – the hydrogen red herring

My Electric Car

Proponents believe such a car could be easily refuelled with hydrogen and assumed it would have greater range than a pure all-electric car. Little seems developed in any wide commercial sense and certainly not to the extent of the pure electric car. So why haven’t FCEV becoming as prolific as other electric cars?