The Hawaiian island of Kauai plans to give us diesel generators and complete the switch to solar to power the islands electrical needs. Tesla battery packs are uses in more than electric cars. On Kauai Tesla has installed 272 power packs that store energy from 55,000 solar panels This project will save Kauai 1.6 million […]
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Last week Tesla released plans to raise an additional $1.15 billion from a stock and notes sale. CEO Elon Musk plans to purchase 96,900 shares of common stock, which is worth approximately $25 million at the public offering price. The company says the cash infusion will be used in part to “ strengthen its balance sheet and further
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As the Geneva Auto opens today to the public, back in Coventry Jaguar Land Rover, the UK’s largest car manufacturer, has sealed an agreement with EDF Energy to buy all its electricity from renewables. Jaguar Land Rover’s electricity supply is backed by Renewable Energy Guarantees of Origin (REGO), meaning a proportion of EDF Energy’s renewable energy
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Drivers of older, more polluting cars and vans will be hit with an extra £10 charge to drive in central London from 23 October 2017, the Mayor of London has confirmed. The new toxicity charge, known as T-charge, will affect both diesel and petrol cars with pre-Euro 4 engines, broadly those registered before 2005. It
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Like them or not Toyota know how to build cars with hybrid engines. Since the launch of the first Prius in 1997 they have now sold over 10 million hybrids under the Toyota and Lexus brands. Hybrid sales commenced with the first-generation Prius, which was sold only in Japan from 1997 to 2000. An upgraded
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The changing face of UK energy as coal power station converts to a big, very big battery. The old 120MW Britich Gas Roosecote power station in Barrow began producing electricity from coal over 60 years ago. Decades later the plant was replaced with a gas-fired version in the Nineties. Soon Roosecote’s latest incarnation will mark
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Tesla Events Our friends at Tesla are bringing the Model X and Model S to a number on Road Shows around the country. With locations around the country including Surrey this is a good time to check out the new Model X in Right Hand Drive and experience the Auto Pilot feature. See Booking Page at Tesla
If you check out the Economist’s website site and read the Editor’s pick you will see a good article on the growing adoption of Electric Cars. The post mentions the constant updating of the rise of the EV and that estimates are being ramped upwards as this graph shows. One car in a hundred sold
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The EAFO have just released sales data for 2016. EAFO you say, well they are the European Alternative Fuels Observatory based of course in Brussels that count registrations and provided data on electric, hydrogen and natural gas vehicles and fuel. Best selling all electric car in Europe 2016 – The Renault Zoe Second best selling
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PSA (Peugeot / Citroen) in talks to pick up GM European business – Opel in Europe and Vauxhall in UK. Bit of a shock to learn that PSA, maker of Peugeot, Citroen and DS, is in talks with GM to buy Opel and Vauxhall. Both sides have issued statements confirming this, but also saying that this
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