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EV Penetration in My Utah Neighborhood

CleanTechnica EVs

Those of us who follow electric vehicle sales know that fully electric vehicles accounted for more than 80% of Norway’s. continued] The post EV Penetration in My Utah Neighborhood appeared first on CleanTechnica.

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Ford reveals E-Transit electric vans for $45,000, ready to scale up

Green Car Reports

Ford Thursday morning revealed a vehicle that could make a difference in cities and neighborhoods all around the U.S.—and The 2022 E-Transit vans—fully electric versions of the world’s best-selling cargo van—are designed to get business done, hauling cargo.

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Biden plots all-electric fleet, Shell drills into EV charging, electric pickups entice: Today’s Car News

Green Car Reports

An oil giant is getting in on EV charging at the neighborhood level. Biden is plotting an all-electric, American-made future for the federal government’s fleets. And many pickup shoppers say they’ll consider fully electric—if the price is right. This and more, here at Green Car Reports.

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Hertz launches Hertz Electrifies public-private partnership in US; bringing 25,000 EVs to Europe with Uber

Green Car Congress

To date, nearly 50,000 drivers have rented a Tesla through this program, completing more than 24 million fully-electric trips and more than 260 million electric miles. The partnership in North America has already benefited tens of thousands of drivers on the Uber platform.

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This Dutch City Is Road-Testing Vehicle-to-Grid Tech

Cars That Think

But if too many electric cars in one area need charging, transformers like this can easily become overloaded. Kok works with others in city government to compile data and create maps, dividing the city into neighborhoods. Bidirectional charging promises to ease such problems. We Drive Solar. Our grid was not designed for this.”.

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Bright’s Plug-In Car: Aerodynamics Are Key

Revenge of the Electric Car

million gallons of gas consumed by those white little trucks trolling your neighborhood. Some manufacturers such as Zenn Motor broke into electric cars with limited speed vehicles that top out at 25 or 35 miles per hour.) If those trucks are put into use 300 working days a year, that’s 87.5

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Are You Plugged In?

Revenge of the Electric Car

Warren Buffett is an investor in China’s BYD, which is making a compact fully electric vehicle to be sold in China later this year. And Reuben Munger, former managing partner at investment firm Baupost Group LLC, is a founder and chairman of Bright, which developed a fully electric delivery van called Idea.

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