Connecticut has approved a 120-megawatt solar farm covering 485 acres.
The UK’s 857 megawatt Triton Knoll Offshore Wind Farm starts to produce its first power.
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Electric vehicle spotlight (EVS): Faraday Future
March 3, 2021
We continue to spotlight up-and-coming or lesser-known electric vehicle companies, with Faraday Future. The Los Angeles based-automaker has had its fair share of ups and downs and controversies around electric vehicle technologies. With its first production EV in road…
Volvo is today unveiling the C40 Recharge electric SUV, the Swedish automaker’s second all-electric vehicle and the first built from the ground up to be electric.
Earlier today, Volvo announced that it plans to only sell electric cars by 2030.
In order to achieve that…
New Tesla Solar Roof tiles spotted at test facility
March 3, 2021
New Tesla Solar Roof tiles in a different color have been spotted at the automaker’s test facility near Fremont factory in California.
When Tesla first unveiled its Solar Roof tiles in 2016, the product wasn’t fully formed yet, but the company had several different designs.
Tesla has had issues bringing the product to volume production and deployment as it tried to test the longevity and…
Six utilities today announced the formation of the Electric Highway Coalition. It’s a plan to ensure that electric vehicle drivers have access to a network of charging stations on major highway systems on the Atlantic coast, in the Midwest and South, and in the Gulf and…
Rivian planning to manufacture solid-state batteries
March 3, 2021
Recent job posts on Rivian’s career page reveal the automaker is searching for manufacturing engineers to develop solid-state batteries. The five positions currently listed are all for Rivian’s Palo Alto facility in California. Solid-state batteries have been touted for…
Honda, Yamaha, KTM, and Piaggio cooperating on swappable batteries for electric motorbikes
March 2, 2021
Honda, Yamaha, KTM, and Piaggio have inked a deal to work together on developing swappable batteries for light electric vehicles such as electric motorcycles and scooters.
The four electric motorbike manufacturers have announced the establishment of a new consortium to oversee the swappable battery development program.
According to a statement announcing the agreement:
The founding members of…
Volvo plans to only sell electric cars by 2030, says internal combustion engine has no future
March 2, 2021
The Swedish automaker Volvo announced today its plan to phase out internal combustion engine vehicles, including hybrids, and only sell all-electric cars by the end of the decade.
Several automakers are starting to announce aggressive phase-outs of their gas-powered…
Tesla is rumored to be behind a massive new land deal to secure over 100 acres next to its Gigafactory Shanghai in China.
Gigafactory Shanghai has been expanding so fast that Tesla is running out of space to physically grow at the location in the Shanghai free-trade…
A California city moves to ban all new gas stations
March 2, 2021
The Petaluma, California, City Council this week unanimously moved to ban new gas stations, and existing stations won’t be allowed to add new gas pumps – but they can add electric chargers. The council must approve the ban during a second reading in order to make it official.
To be clear, the existing gas stations aren’t being shut down in Petaluma. It’s just that no new ones will be…
