Video: Emirates Electric Road Trip | Fully Charged

March 10, 2017 bobbyllew, Electrek.co   The Emirates Electric Road Trip was an amazing experience. A combination of educational exercise, motivation to open new charging stations throughout the Emirates and a wonderful tour of an incredible area of the world. The Emirates are investing more in renewables than you can literally poke a stick at. They extract huge amounts of…

Tesla outfits island with over 5,300 solar panels

Island in the sun There are challenges to living on a remote island – from food scarcity to destructive weather – and the lack of affordable, reliable power is among the greatest. The island of Ta’u in American Samoa, located more than 4,000 miles from the West Coast of the United States, is no stranger to power rationing and outages….

Tesla unveils integrated ‘solar roof and Powerwall 2’

Fred Lambert, Electrek.co, Oct 28, 2016 We were live at Universal Studios in Los Angeles today for Tesla’s unveiling of its new integrated energy solution with ‘solar roof and Powerwall’. For the event, Tesla and SolarCity retrofitted with the new solar roof solutions a bunch of houses used for film and tv sets by Universal Studios. The company surprised everyone…

Tesla Model X – First Responder Training Video

Tesla Model X – First Responder Training Video Thanks to Terrance Berscheid, VE7TBC & VEVC Form Monitor for the story recommendation!   The Tesla Model X is a pretty unique vehicle, not only because it’s electric, but also because of the Falcon Wing doors and the lack of normal handles. That makes this all-new first responder training video with Brock…

VIDEO: Electric cars are dirty? – It’s nonsense.

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.  

Another Electric Luxury Sedan

Another Electric Luxury Sedan Hard to keep track of all the new electric cars appearing out of nowhere. Billions of dollars are being invested into 100% electric drive trains with no end in sight of new models and factories to back it up. How does oil fit into all of this? I think, it simply does not! Smart money is on…

Aerial Tour of Victoria and South Vancouver Island

Aerial Tour of Victoria and South Vancouver Island A video tour of our very own Vancouver Island!  Let’s preserve our beautiful island! CLICK HERE FOR VIDEO We had posted this once before, and it was very popular.  Today folks might have more time to watch, please share. Enjoy a flight from north of Victoria, down the Saanich Peninsula, over downtown and…