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How Often Do People Drive Electric Vehicles?

Clean Energy Trust

Credit: Electrek The Energy Policy Institute at the University of Chicago (EPIC) recently came out with an analysis that suggests that electric vehicles are being driven less than originally expected: “We provide the first at-scale estimate of electric vehicle (EV) home charging.

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Reports: LEVC set for cash injection to boost electric vehicle production in Coventry

Business Green

The TX now accounts for 82 per cent of the London taxi market, according to LEVC, meaning there are now more LEVC electric cabs on London's roads than diesel models. Geely acquired the firm - which was at the time called the London Taxi Company - in 2014, before renaming it LEVC and shifting its focus to electric vehicles.

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Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities Investigates Advanced Metering and Time-Varying Rates for Customers with Electric Vehicles

Energy and Cleantech Council

In this investigation, the DPU will look again at deploying advanced metering capabilities in Massachusetts, this time with a specific focus on customers with electric vehicle charging (including site hosts). There is history here.

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Vancouver is leading the charge as Canada switches to electric vehicles by 2035

Clean Energy Canada

has the highest uptake of electric vehicles in North America, and in the Vancouver region, EV adoption is even higher. Like all Canadians, Vancouverites can access the federal electric vehicle rebate, which knocks $5,000 off the sticker price of a new EV. per cent in Toronto and 3.5 per cent across the country.

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Tesla mobilizes fans to lobby for direct sales in New York

Charged

In 2014, the state changed its laws to allow Tesla to open five stores. New York State has adopted the strongest climate law in the country, yet it is 23rd in electric vehicle adoption per capita and lags far behind states like California, Colorado, Florida, and Massachusetts that are leading in EV adoption,” says Tesla.

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Are Oil Prices Headed Back Above $100 A Barrel?

R-Squared Energy

Last week, the price rose above $90/bbl for the first time since 2014. To recap, in the first half of 2014, oil prices spent most of the time bouncing between $100/bbl and $105/bbl. By the end of 2014, the price had declined to $53/bbl. That was also the last year the price of WTI was above $100/bbl. I still believe the U.S.

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Partnership aims to build a smart green energy grid in Belgium and Germany

Envirotec Magazine

Chris Peeters, CEO of Elia Group, comments: “We both want the electricity system to adapt to the new reality of micro-flexibility offered by end consumers, which can only be achieved through the provision of solutions that meet new consumer needs associated with electric vehicles and heat pumps.

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