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Electric Vehicles May Never Reach Their Full Potential Without a Clear Focus on Infrastructure

Electric Vehicles May Never Reach Their Full Potential Without a Clear Focus on Infrastructure While low gas prices have created a challenging environment for electric vehicles, year-over-year increases across nearly two dozen different EV models in all major metropolitan areas of the U.S. illustrate an obvious growth in electric consumption. But it raises a pressing … Continue reading Electric Vehicles May Never Reach Their Full Potential Without a Clear Focus on Infrastructure

Solar power and electric vehicles to overtake #fossil_fuels by 2050

Solar power and electric vehicles to overtake fossil fuels by 2050 The future looks bleak for the fossil fuel industry, according to a report recently released by the Carbon Tracker Initiative, which was working with the Graham Institute at Imperial College London. Despite predictions by BP, ExxonMobil, and other gas and oil magnates that fossil … Continue reading Solar power and electric vehicles to overtake #fossil_fuels by 2050

Big energy hugely underestimates electric cars, renewable power

Big energy hugely underestimates electric cars, renewable power Mass adoption of electric cars and renewable energy could significantly decrease global consumption of fossil fuels. But does the established energy industry view these new developments as a threat? In a recent report, ExxonMobil said coal could continue to provide the majority of the world’s electricity-generation capacity … Continue reading Big energy hugely underestimates electric cars, renewable power

In America’s Heartland, A Power Company Leads Charge For Electric Cars

In America’s Heartland, A Power Company Leads Charge For Electric Cars In the world of electric cars, there’s a chicken-and-egg problem: More people might buy electric vehicles, or EVs, if they were confident there would always be a charger nearby. And businesses might install more chargers if there were more EVs on the road. Now, … Continue reading In America’s Heartland, A Power Company Leads Charge For Electric Cars

California Utilities Want To Charge Your Electric Car, Boost Stagnant Power Demand

California Utilities Want To Charge Your Electric Car, Boost Stagnant Power Demand Electric utilities have an existential problem. The demand for electricity is not growing like it used to, dampening the need for new power plants, power lines and other infrastructure that drive their profits. “From the early 1900s, the utility growth model was built … Continue reading California Utilities Want To Charge Your Electric Car, Boost Stagnant Power Demand

How California utility regulators are turning electric vehicles into grid resources

How California utility regulators are turning electric vehicles into grid resources Nw numbers show California’s peak demand will stress its grid more than previously thought, and in response policymakers are pushing ahead with an unexpected solution: electric vehicles. In 2015, California’s grid needed as much as 10,091 MW of quick-responding resources to meet a three-hour … Continue reading How California utility regulators are turning electric vehicles into grid resources