It is close to the shortest day of the year and the least productive day in the Northern half of the planet to produce solar energy. A great time to reflect on the approach of our fine Government to energy security and their carbon reduction plan. Today also sees the last remaining UK coal mine […]
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This month is the 5th year since Nissan launched the all electric Leaf in December 2010. Since then the Leaf has become the world’s best selling electric car by far. Nissan estimate that Leaf owners have driven a collective 2 billion KM or 1.2 B miles and saved over 300,000 tons of CO2. The 200,000
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The Renault Nissan Alliance will concentrate on mass-market electric cars, rather than luxury models, CEO Carlos Ghosn told reporters at the recent Tokyo Motor Show The success of the Tesla Model S has automakers–particularly German automakers–scrambling to build pricey luxury plug-in electric cars to compete with the upstart from Silicon Valley. But the automaker that’s sold
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All EVinfo Cables on Sale over Black Friday weekend. Save 15% on charging cables – use coupon BlackFriday at the checkout. All TYpe 1 to Type 2 Charging cables – Boost the range on your Nissan Leaf or Outlander Plug IN with a new cable and remove Range anxiety.
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It seem that the VW Group will not offer compensation to European customers who bought a diesel car with “cheat” software, taking a different tack from in the U.S. where the automaker will provide a goodwill package worth $1,000 to affected owners. In Europe, the automaker will tailor a package of measures to ensure that owners
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An interesting report from Lazard and covered in the FT confirms what we have known for some time. The cost of battery storage is falling so quickly that they are becoming an increasingly viable option to support the stability of power grids with distributed generation. Power storage has been exceedingly expensive and complex, however battery
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The Government has announced plans to close all coal-fired power stations by 2025 and restrict their use by 2023. Announcing the decision ahead of a major speech this morning which will set out a new direction for energy policy which has energy security at the heart of it and delivers for families and businesses, Energy
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Tesla have just released a quick factory tour: All over in 90 seconds from start to finish. See the inside of the Freemont facikity where the Tesla model S and Models X are made. The Tesla Model 3 is expected to be shown in March 2016 and we expect that Tesla will open the
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We found this news clip on the BBC website entitled The drone that can plant trees An interesting idea that is under development by a firm called, BioCarbon Engineering, who have announced that it will begin planting one billion trees per year using drone technology, in an effort to combat the massive levels of deforestation that
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The 2016 Nissan Leaf will be available with a 30KWh battery pack offering a claimed 150 miles of driving. The current 24KWh option remains. This represents a 25% increase in the pack and will increase range by the same amount.
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