Panasonic ramps up hiring for battery cell manufacturing at ‘Tesla Gigafactory 1’ Fred Lambert, Elecktrek.co, July 19, 2016 Things are starting to get interesting at the ‘Tesla Gigafactory 1’ ahead of the ‘Grand Opening’ event set for July 29th. The goal of the factory is to bring a ~30% cost reduction on battery production through vertical integration and economy…
Hanergy Solar electric cars charge while driving Derek Markham, July 5, 2016 In just a few years, we could see an electric car on the market that doesn’t need a charging station to ‘fuel up.’ The biggest apparent stumbling blocks for electric vehicles (EVs) seems to be their range – the distance that can be driven between charging – and…
by Steven Loveday Inside EV’s Story idea: Marc Semail Washington Power Company To Expand Charging Stations Avista, an eastern Washington-based utility company, is requesting approval from the state to expand charging stations. The plan is to build 265 stations over the next 2 years. The project will cost about $3.1 million. Stations will go in homes, work places, and at…
Generate electricity, and sell some of it to BC Hydro Kathryn MacDonald, Jul 4, 2016 BC Hydro PowerSmart Story Idea: Marc Semail BC Hydro community rep Kathryn MacDonald drinks in the summer sun after writing about how owners of homes in B.C. equipped with solar panels can easily connect to the electrical grid and sell excess power to BC Hydro….
Canada, US, Mexico to focus on climate action at this week’s summit in Ottawa The United States, Mexico and Canada are set to announce that 50 per cent of North America’s electricity will come from clean power sources by 2025 at the Three Amigos summit in Ottawa this week. Currently 37 per cent of all of North America’s power comes from non emitting…
PV Tech: Tesla Makes Offer to Acquire SolarCity Video: Elon Musk Conference Call Q&A Charged EVs: Tesla offers to buy SolarCity Tesla makes offer to acquire SolarCity By John Parnell, Jun 22, 2016 9:10 AM, PVTech Tesla has made an offer to acquire SolarCity. The company announced overnight that it had made a stock swap offer at a ratio that would give…
Elon Musk debunks scare stories about a shortage of lithium June 17, 2016 by Charles Morris, Charged EVs Elon Musk and JB Straubel covered a lot of ground in a nearly-three-hour performance at Tesla’s 2016 annual shareholder meeting (video below). They recapped the history of the company, explained why Supercharging will not be free for Model 3 buyers, and discussed…
Marc Semail, VEVC Forum Monitor Using a heat pump to heat water for your home are an alternative to other methods like solar hot water systems. Both reduce the energy costs of heating hot water, but heat pumps may be slightly more efficient. Solar Hot Water Solar hot water systems were encouraged by the former Solar Colwood program. Heating water takes…
Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk live from Code 2016 The Verge, June 2, 2016 SpaceX CEO Elon Musk talks with Recode’s Kara Swisher and The Verge’s Walt Mossberg about his plans to send a one-way rocket to Mars in 2018. He estimates colonists could start arriving on the Red Planet by 2024. Play by play infused with jokes and…
Robert Llewellyn, Fully Charged, June 7, 2016 Kudos to Terrance Berscheid & James Locke for the link A common misconception is that electric cars charged from the grid, where we burn coal to generate electricity, are actually dirtier than petrol or diesel. Guess what. It’s nonsense. More info here.
