BMW i3 Driving to Net Zero Energy – Powered By Sunshine – Month 1 Update
Update Month One, Driving To Net Zero The idea is a simple one, harvest endless sunshine from a small portion of the roof to provide 100% of the energy needed to power a home and two cars with zero...
View ArticleSolar Impulse 2 – Largest Solar Aircraft Ever Made (w/videos)
Solar Impulse 2, unveiled in April, is the largest electric aircraft with a wingspan of 72 m. And because its wings are covered with 17,248 photovoltaic cells, which is enough to fly at daytime and...
View ArticleGoogle Gets Envision Solar EV ARC Charging Station
Envision Solar International has deployed one of its fully autonomous, mobile, solar powered EV ARC Electric Vehicle Charging stations to Google in Silicon Valley. “EV ARC is a cost-effective,...
View ArticleSunswift eVe Solar Electric Vehicle – Video
Sunswift, an Australian team, is preparing to break the solar electric vehicle speed record. As you will see in the video above, the vehicle is very efficient but needs work to make it street legal as...
View ArticleWashington’s Taxpayers Are Fueling Renewable Energy
At a recent get-together hosted by the North Sound Electric Vehicle Association, I got to thinking more about the role our photovoltaic (PV) system plays into the “fueling” of our electric vehicles...
View ArticleBMW i3 Driving to Net Zero Energy – Powered By Sunshine – Month 2 Update
Update Month 2, Driving To Net Zero The idea is a simple one, harvest endless sunshine from a small portion of a roof to provide 100% of the energy needed to power a home and two cars with zero utility...
View ArticleNissan Presents Vision Of Tomorrow – 2 LEAFs Powered By The Sun
“This is what tomorrow looks like.” States Nissan via its Nissan LEAF Facebook page. If this is the vision of tomorrow, then we can’t wait. Of course, regular readers of InsideEVs will recognize the...
View ArticleEV Explorer Calculator Concludes Solar Is The Cheapest Transportation Fuel
Sungas Is The Least Expensive Transportation Fuel “The future’s so bright, I gotta wear shades” Tom Cruise Just pinch me! Here is a handy dandy calculator from UC Davis called EV Explorer. We thought...
View Article2015 Volkswagen e-Golf, 2016 Audi A3 E-Tron Get Carbon Offset, SunPower Home...
Volkswagen Group is preparing to introduce all-electric and plug-in cars in North America in a holistic approach. The Audi A3 Sportback e-tron, which recently went on sale in Europe (deliveries...
View ArticleSunswift eVe Sets Solar Land Speed Record
We recently posted on the Sunswift Team’s preparation to break the solar land speed record. (More information regarding that here) On July 23rd 2014, working around the clock to perfect the solar...
View ArticleSolarCity Installed Over 100 MW of Solar Power At More Than 30,000 Houses in Q2
SolarCity announced that in the second quarter of this year it increased its number of customers by more than 30,000 – from more than 110,000 to 141,034. This is another record result, together with...
View ArticleGas Stations To Die Out In Favor Of Solar Charging Stations
“Petrol stations could vanish in the near future as drivers start plugging their cars into their homes, a scientist has forecast.” That’s per a Telegraph report in which Keith Barnham, emeritus...
View ArticleBMW i3 Driving to Net Zero Energy – Powered By Sunshine – Month 3 Update
Update Month Three – We’re killing it! The idea is a simple one, harvest endless sunshine from a small portion of a roof to provide 100% of the energy needed to power a home and two cars with zero...
View ArticleEIGHT Unveils Stylish BMW i3, BMW i8 Solar Charger
In our endless EV research, somehow we come across a site called Highsnobiety, which presents the solar charging station POINT.ONE designed by eco-firm EIGHT to match the uniqueness of the BMW i3 and...
View ArticleSubsidy Independent EVs, Solar And Battery Storage By 2020
Last month investment bank UBS released a report charting the disruptive triangle of solar, EVs, and energy storage. The report claimed that by 2020, payback time for unsubsidized investment in EVs,...
View ArticleFord Teams With DTE Energy To Build Michigan’s Largest Solar Array
Ford and General Motors battle for supremacy on the solar array front, with Ford to soon come out on top. Here are the highlights: Ford and DTE Energy work together to build Michigan’s largest solar...
View ArticleThe Solar Parking Lot Of The Future Has Arrived
Imagine if all parking lots resembled the one you see above. Solar is the now and the future. The same is true for plug-in electric vehicles. Combine the two and you’re left with this spectacular...
View ArticleBMW i3 Driving to Net Zero Energy – Powered By Sunshine – Month 4 Update
Update Month Four, Still Adding To The Bill Credit! The idea is a simple one, harvest endless sunshine from a small portion of a roof to provide 100% of the energy needed to power a home and two cars...
View ArticleOfficial: SolarCity Gigafactory Coming To New York
The SolarCity Gigafactory announced approximately three months ago is now officially confirmed to land in New York. SolarCity intends to build a factory with 1 gigawatt of annual solar capacity at full...
View ArticleSunswift Solar Car Smashes 26-Year-Old EV World Record
It’s now official. Australia’s top solar car racing team UNSW Sunswift eVe set in July a solar land speed record over a distance of 500 kilometres. The record of 106.966 km/h (almost 66.5 mph) was...
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