10:19 am in cars, electric cars, renewable energy, united kingdom by TreeHugger
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There's been a lot of interest in
the Renault Fluence ZE, and Brian even got to take a test drive when he
visited a Better Place battery swap station in Denmark. There are good reasons for all the buzz. From its design origins as a regular, run-of-the-mill car, to its readiness for battery swap technology, it is certainly...
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8:37 am in alternative energy, Business & Politics, cars, electric cars, renewable energy, united kingdom, wind power by TreeHugger
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While
initial sales of electric cars may have been slower than expected, andwith a
Government u-turn on public charging points, electric car advocates will be delighted to see some good news emerging from the UK this week. Yesterday Ecotricity—pioneers of wind, solar and biogas in the UK—are launching a truly nationwide network of electric car charging stations t...
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9:20 am in cars, electric cars, electricity, transportation, united kingdom by TreeHugger
The UK Government's recent
u-turn on public electric car charging infrastructure highlighted an important debate—are public charging stations a necessary precursor to wide-scale adoption of electric vehicles? On the one hand, some evidence suggests that
fears over range anxiety are overblown, and that drivers will charge at home overnight, but on the other hand, a public that is used to filling up wherever and whenever it wants...
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3:24 pm in cars, Cars & Transportation, transportation by TreeHugger
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Car-sharing is getting plenty of green-minded folks excited these days. The
rise of ZipCar,
carpooling apps, and so forth have been heralded as signs that people are beginning to see the merits of spending less time driving solo and more time sharing, cutting costs and pollution in the process. Well, the folks at the "progressive industrial design studio" Brooks & Bone h...
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Dale Vince is not your ordinary business man. He built a wind energy empire that got him on Britain's rich list. He has just launched one of Britain''s biggest solar farms (that nurtures bees too). And he is creating a nationwide network of free electric car charging stations. He's...Read the full story on TreeHugger
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