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London Launching A 100% Zero-Emissions Street

January 11, 2020 admin cars, cities, clean transport, consumer technology, electric cars, Electric vehicles, ev charging, ev charging stations, gas car bans, london, policy & politics, uk, zero-emissions streets

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Sun, 12 Jan 2020 04:57:57 +0000

When we examine the electric vehicle market and forecast electric vehicle growth, we often think of automaker plans, battery investments, how many models they’re rolling out, etc. What we don’t often consider is how strong city and country policies are going to get to push people to go electric. Several countries have announced plans for gas car bans, and some cities have done the same. Such policies can accelerate EV sales growth perhaps more than anything else

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Plug-In Vehicle Sales Up To 3.1% In UK, 6.3% In December — But Look Around The Corner

January 7, 2020 admin audi e-tron, audi q5, bank of america merrill lynch, BMW, bmw 3 series, cars, clean transport, cleantechnica, cleantechnica exclusive, cleantechnica reports, consumer technology, electric cars, Electric vehicles, ev sales, ev tco, ford focus, hybrid electric cars, market research, mg, mg zs, mg zs ev, Nissan, nissan leaf, phev, research, tesla, tesla model 3, tesla model 3 tco, tesla model 3 total cost of ownership, tesla model 3 uk, total cost of ownership (tco), uk, uk ev sales

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Wed, 08 Jan 2020 04:13:11 +0000

The United Kingdom (not so united these days, but that’s another story) is becoming a hot electric vehicle market, but it gets very little attention in the EV world. I’m going to postulate that’s because people drive on the wrong side of the road there. (Just sayin’.)

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Volkswagen ID.3 Update — More Delays Expected

January 6, 2020 admin cars, clean transport, consumer technology, Denmark, electric cars, Electric vehicles, Europe, France, uk, Volkswagen, volkswagen denmark, volkswagen id, volkswagen id.3

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Mon, 06 Jan 2020 16:04:39 +0000

People who attended an event for ID.3 reservation holders in Denmark last week were greeted with some bad news. Deliveries will be delayed at least until August.

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10 Cool Solar Power Stories You May Have Missed

January 4, 2020 admin acwa power, batteries, clean power, cleantechnica, cleantechnica exclusive, cleantechnica reports, Congress, conservative energy network, consumer technology, czarne, Democrats, Donald Trump, Energy Storage, ethiopia, ethiopia solar power, Europe, floating solar, floating solar power plants, gridserve, India, kesow, kiszkowo, leczyce, lithium-ion batteries, market research, opaque solar cells, Poland, policy & politics, policy research, polls/surveys, Republicans, research, rooftop solar, saemangeum dyke, sicily, skoda, Škoda auto volkswagen india, solar cells, Solar energy, solar panels, solar plus batteries, solar power plants, solar records, solar-plus-storage, South korea, south korea floating solar, subsidies, transparent solar cells, uk, uk solar energy, uk solar power, univergy international, univergy polska, Volkswagen, volkswagen group, volkswagen solar power, wagrowiec, warrington borough council, york

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Sat, 04 Jan 2020 22:23:12 +0000

Too much cleantech news is a good thing, but it sometimes means I need to stuff a bunch of big stories into one article. Following some roundups of autonomous driving news and battery & EV charging news, here’s one more roundup of some cool cleantech stories no one wanted to take and write full pieces about. This one is 100% focused on solar power

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Electric Vehicle Ownership: Purchasing vs. Leasing

December 28, 2019 admin Canada, canada ev drivers, cars, catl, clean transport, cleantechnica, cleantechnica exclusive, cleantechnica reports, consumer technology, electric car benefits, electric car drivers: demands desires dreams, electric cars, Electric vehicles, ev benefits, ev surveys, hybrid electric cars, market research, phev, polls/surveys, research, tesla, tesla model 3, tesla model s, tesla model x, uk, uk ev drivers, US, us ev drivers, volta, volta charging

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Sat, 28 Dec 2019 06:44:54 +0000

For our new report, Electric Car Drivers: Demands, Desires & Dreams (2019), we investigated whether EV drivers bought their cars new, bought them used, or leased them. The split was interesting. We then dug in deeper as well, for the first time ever, to learn a bit more about the cars they replaced, and why they went electric

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UK Renewables Outperform Gas For First Quarter Ever

December 28, 2019 admin clean power, renewableuk, uk, United Kingdom

Credit to Author: Joshua S Hill| Date: Fri, 27 Dec 2019 18:55:57 +0000

New figures from the UK Government published just before Christmas showed that renewable energy generation across the country generated a record quarterly amount of electricity between July and September, outperforming natural gas for the first time ever.

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Industry Analysts Expect EV Sales To Soar In UK & EU Beginning In 2020

December 28, 2019 admin cars, clean transport, electric car sales, electric cars, Electric vehicles, EU, eu emissions regulations, ev sales in eu, uk

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Fri, 27 Dec 2019 17:55:59 +0000

Analysts in Europe and the UK say 2020 will be the “Year Of The Electric Car” as sales grow following the introduction of several new models.

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EV Ownership + Rooftop Solar Ownership — New Report & Charts

December 28, 2019 admin Canada, canada ev drivers, cars, catl, clean power, clean transport, cleantechnica, cleantechnica exclusive, cleantechnica reports, consumer technology, electric car benefits, electric car drivers: demands desires dreams, electric cars, Electric vehicles, energy efficiency, ev benefits, ev surveys, hybrid electric cars, market research, phev, polls/surveys, research, rooftop solar, Solar energy, solar panels, tesla, tesla model 3, tesla model s, tesla model x, uk, uk ev drivers, US, us ev drivers, volta, volta charging

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Thu, 26 Dec 2019 04:53:54 +0000

We were curious whether EV ownership/leasing correlated with rooftop solar panel ownership, and also whether driving an EV encouraged people to drive more efficiently or even conserve energy more at home, so we surveyed thousands of EV owners. Guess what the results were

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Top EV Benefits, EV Range Adequacy, Driving & Charging Frequency — New Report

December 21, 2019 admin autonomous vehicles, Canada, canada ev drivers, cars, catl, clean transport, cleantechnica, cleantechnica exclusive, cleantechnica reports, consumer technology, electric car benefits, electric car drivers: demands desires dreams, electric cars, Electric vehicles, ev benefits, ev charging, ev charging stations, ev incentives, ev range, ev safety, ev subsidies, ev surveys, ev tco, hybrid electric cars, market research, ota software updates, over-the-air software updates, phev, polls/surveys, research, software, tesla, tesla model 3, tesla model s, tesla model x, tesla range, tesla software, tesla superchargers, tesla supercharging, uk, uk ev drivers, US, us ev drivers, volta, volta charging

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Sat, 21 Dec 2019 23:10:22 +0000

When asked for the top reasons the EV drivers got their cars, we got similar responses as in previous years. The largest portion of buyers in every group referenced the environmental benefits. As before, Tesla buyers in the various markets were more likely to select “fun & convenience” and “I love new tech” than other EV drivers

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The Vehicle Classes, Range, & Features in High Demand with EV Drivers — New Report

December 21, 2019 admin autonomous vehicles, byd, Canada, canada ev drivers, catl, clean transport, electric car drivers: demands desires dreams, ev batteries, ev fast-charging, ev range, ev safety, ev surveys, lg, lg chem, nhtsa, ota software updates, over-the-air software updates, panasonic, Samsung, Samsung SDI, software, tesla, tesla autopilot, tesla batteries, tesla model 3, tesla model s, tesla model x, tesla range, tesla safety, tesla software, tesla superchargers, tesla supercharging, toshiba, uk, uk ev drivers, US, us ev drivers, volta, volta charging

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Sat, 21 Dec 2019 21:40:36 +0000

For years, we have asked respondents what vehicle body type they prefer for an EV. The answers may surprise you. Despite the crossover and SUV craze, our respondents in North America indicated they prefer a sedan or hatchback