2018 Nissan LEAF Wins 2018 Best of Innovation Awards at CES Unveiled
(REPOST: The News Wheel)The new and improved 2018 Nissan LEAF was named one of the overall “2018 Best of Innovation” honorees at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) Unveiled ceremony earlier this month, establishing the latest iteration of Nissan’s zero-emission vehicle
To help local firms, India may deal another blow to its struggling solar sector
(REPOST: Quartz Media)The Narendra Modi government is expected to impose an anti-dumping duty (ADD) on imported solar panels in order to boost sales of locally made ones. This is bound to increase the costs of setting up power plants as
Blockchain-powered P2P energy trading on trial at Britain’s biggest social housing PV installation
(REPOST: PV-Tech)Verv, an energy monitoring and AI company, has laid claim to launching the UK’s first energy trading community at a housing estate in Hackney, East London.
Elon Musk unveils Tesla electric truck – and a surprise new sports car
(REPOST: The guardian)Elon Musk unveiled Tesla’s first electric semi-truck on Thursday evening at an event in Los Angeles that also included the surprise reveal of a new Tesla sports car.
How your electric car could be ‘a virtual power station’
(REPOST: BBC)There are currently more than a billion vehicles on the road worldwide, 38 million of them registered in the UK. The overwhelming majority run on petrol or diesel.
A SHORT SUMMARY OF SCRAPPAGE SCHEMES
In a bid to encourage motorists to move to more modern cleaner engines many car manufacturers have developed various scrappage schemes.
Tesla gives a peek at the supercharging rest stops it wants to build around the world
(REPOST: Quartz Media)Tesla plans to build more than 10,000 electric cars per week by the end of 2018. Now, it’s trying to build enough stations to charge them. On Nov. 15, the company announced its two largest Supercharger stations in
Centrica wants to aggregate 100 household battery systems into UK ‘Local Energy Market’ trial
(REPOST: Energy Storage News)British-headquartered multinational utility Centrica will “most likely” install up to 100 residential energy storage batteries in selected homes in Cornwall in the south-west of England, alongside new installs of solar panels – if they are not already
Climate change is ‘turbocharging’ the growth of trees in cities – and it could help reduce storm water flooding
(REPOST: Daily Mail)Researchers analyzed tree rings in ten cities around the world, and discovered that urban and rural trees have undergone accelerated growth since the 1960s – and say climate change may be the reason for this.