Solar Leasing: Good for the Consumer?
The CEO of a Connecticut-based solar installation company distributed a firm warning to solar industry leaders in late August that they need to “clean up their act.” Jeffrey Mayer, CEO of Soluxe Solar,...
View ArticleEnvision Solar Trees Juice Up Chevy Volts
Envision Solar and GM are teaming up to plug more Chevy Volts directly into the sun. Envision announced recently it has broken ground on a project to build a Tracking Solar Tree with EnvisionTrak...
View ArticleElectric Vehicles Running on Moonlight?
EVs will soon be able to be powered not only by sunlight but also with moonlight thanks to German architect Andre Broessel whose new spherical glass solar energy generator, the ß.torics, will allow...
View ArticleNREL Gets 2nd Solar Canopy
The U.S. National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) now has a second Envision Solar International Solar Tree array at its Vehicle Testing and Integration Facility. Envision completed the installation...
View ArticleNissan’s Zero-Emission Electric Van
Nissan Motor Company has started the field tests of its new electric compact van, e-NV200, in Saitama City (Japan). Saitama City is promoting the adoption of electric vehicles by bringing together...
View ArticleIn Focus: BMW’s Solar-Wind Package
BMW is launching its all-electric ActiveE vehicle with a lease program for 700 dedicated customers. The pitch for the upscale car is that it’s “100 percent electric and 100 percent BMW.” The rollout is...
View ArticleSolar Leases: The Pros and Cons
The concept of “leasing,” whether you’re talking about cars or a solar PV array, sometimes gets a bad rep in financial circles. When I leased my car, it turned out to be a very smart move. Even though...
View ArticleThe Princeton Satellite Systems’ SunStation EV Charging Station
Solar EV charging stations are hardly new – as regular readers of SolarChargedDriving.Com surely know. But every now and then something comparatively new comes along in the world of solar EV charging....
View ArticleSolar EV Charging Canopy Installed at the San Diego Zoo
Smart City San Diego and the San Diego Zoo will install a solar PV canopy that will charge electric vehicles (EV) in the Zoo parking lot. The Solar-to-EV project began construction Sept. 4. One of the...
View ArticleSolar Car Sharing Takes off in France
Toshiba Corporation announced that it has completed construction of a car sharing system for the Lyon Confluence Smart Community Demonstration Project (Lyon, The post Solar Car Sharing Takes off in...
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