The SAE International committee overseeing electric car charging (J1772) has finally released its standard for fast charging electric cars, and the standard promises to simplify the life of future electric car owners by slashing recharging time. One of the long running debates in electric cars is what will be the best method to speed up…
Today A123 Systems announced a Chapter 11 bankruptcy and sale of the company’s automotive business assets to Johnson Control. This is the beginning of the end for the company that was formerly the darling of the green technology hype machine. The company has developed some amazing battery technology, but ran…
A series of news pieces the last few days has me wondering whether the obvious crisis underway at Better Place is due to signs that Renault is backing away from commitments to support Better Place. Better Place is not an automaker, but the operator of an electric car recharging and…
Renault’s subcompact electric car, the ZOE, has can recharge in 30 minutes, has an urban driving range of 90 miles, has an affordable price, and was named the Best Green Car of the 2012 Paris Motor Show. The Paris Auto Show has, for a few years, been a major showcase…
The first North American eTaxi Corridor is slated to be built by Better Place in the SF Bay Area, thanks in part to a grant from the California Energy Commission. On Wednesday, the California Energy Commission announced grants for a total of $20 million worth of clean energy transportation projects.…
The California Energy Commission just announced $20 million in grants for clean transportation programs in California. The programs include manufacturing expansions at Tesla Motors and Zero Motorcycles, as well as a long-delayed project for an electric taxi system demonstration in the San Francisco Bay Area. The project is to be…
In a grant program totaling over $20 million, the California Energy Commission is supporting clean green transportation projects from Better Place, Tesla Motors, Zero Motorcycles and other companies. The California Energy Commission announced on Wednesday grants supporting projects at Tesla Motors, Zero Motorcycles, and several other organizations meant to move…
Zero Motorcycles’ 2013 model year features higher power motors, higher energy density battery packs, offering significantly higher speed and longer range than the 2012 models and now has smart phone apps letting the rider customize the bikes performance characteristics. Electric motorcycle manufacturer Zero Motorcycles unveiled today their 2013 model line.…
Brandon Nozaki Miller, riding a modified Zero Motorcycles made Zero S ZF6 electric motorcycle, sets a new land speed record for lightweight electric motorcycles. There is a little friendly shootout underway in the electric motorcycle land speed record field. In August a land speed record was set in the under…
The current wave of using the Solyndra mess to tarnish other Green policies comes from a ridiculous piece of reporting published by Reuters. That reporting used incorrect accounting practices to misleadingly come up with a cost per Chevy Volt of $89,000 meaning that each Volt sold is costing GM an…
The long-hinted Tesla SuperCharger for the Model S and Model X, will be unveiled on Sept 24 according to an Elon Musk tweet promising it will be like “alien spaceships landed at highway rest stops.” Back in June, at the Tesla Motors shareholders meeting, Elon Musk gave the expected business…
The Tesla Model S is already an amazing electric car, but it became extremely more valuable with today’s unveiling of the Supercharger network which will allow coast-to-coast trips with an electric car, powered for free from sunlight. Calling it a historic moment, Elon Musk, Chairman and CEO of Tesla Motors,…
Yesterday was Labor Day in the U.S. (yes, I know, other parts of the world celebrate Laborers on a different day of the year) and as a result many businesses were closed. That’s all well and good, because Laborers deserve recognition. Laborers are the people who make the machines of…
In the season finale to the TTXGP North American Championship, Steve Atlas won the title for the second year running, with team-made Eric Bostrom winning todays race. Steve Atlas and Brammo won the 2012 TTXGP North America Championship this weekend at the season finale at the Miller Motorsports Park outside…
The following release from the Department of Energy gives a little glimpse into some of the policies around the Strategic Petroleum Reserve. First, we should use this as a reminder of the extent to which we are dependent on fossil fuels. The dependency is so strong that our Government spends…
