Good News Notes: “Aptera Motors is a Californian based company that has designed and built a solar electric vehicle, an SEV. It requires no charging for most daily use. The vehicle can be ordered now, production and delivery are expected to be in 2022, with a starting price of $25,900 (USD). Using what is termed…
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Kenya Company Wants Buses, Utility Vehicles to Go Green by 2030
Good News Notes: “The United Nations Environment Program on Monday marked the official end of toxic leaded gasoline use in vehicles worldwide. A company in Nairobi, where the UNEP is headquartered, is working on the next step — converting all buses and utility vehicles to electric power by 2030. Lucy Mugala goes about checking on…
First look at $5K SONDORS Metacycle e-motorcycle’s removable battery
Good News Notes: “When the 80 mph (130 km/h) SONDORS Metacycle was first unveiled in January of this year, it shocked the industry with its low price of just $5,000 but also left many unanswered questions. The battery was a key unaddressed topic. We knew that it would be a 4 kWh pack and was removable…
Renewable Energy Could Power the World by 2050
Good News Notes: “Virtually all the world’s demand for electricity to run transport and to heat and cool homes and offices, as well as to provide the power demanded by industry, could be met by renewable energy by mid-century. This is the consensus of 47 peer-reviewed research papers from 13 independent groups with a total…
Falling Battery Price Transforms Economics of Green Energy
Good News Notes: “A dramatic fall in the price of lithium-ion batteries over the past decade is transforming the economics of renewable energy as well as the affordability of electric vehicles. Since 2010 the cost of a lithium-ion battery per kilowatt hour (kWh) has fallen almost 90%, from $1,183 in 2010 to just $156 in…
Used car batteries may power football stadium lights
https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-48760247
Mack Trucks shows off the LR BEV, its first battery-electric garbage truck – Roadshow
https://www.cnet.com/roadshow/news/mack-trucks-battery-electric-garbage-truck/