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EVs and solar power – go together like a horse and carriage
Electric vehicles and household solar PV systems are the perfect technological and ideological fit. So why aren’t they being promoted in this way?
Chris Dalitz

Apr 24, 2013

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One million solar homes need a ‘hybrid garage’
The next great opportunity for energy-conscious Australian households is to adopt a ‘hybrid garage’: one petrol and one electric car, powered by 100% renewables.
Tim Watts

Apr 24, 2013

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20 million by 2020: Can EV sales help deliver 2°C climate target?
IEA says global EV sales are on track to meet its 2°C scenario – but only with the right policy and dramatically lower battery costs.
Sophie Vorrath

Apr 17, 2013

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Tesla announces Model S leasing deal, predicts Q1 profit
EV-maker forms partnership with Wells Fargo and US Bank to provide Model S customers with financing product, expects to report a profit.
Sophie Vorrath

Apr 3, 2013

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Solar-electric cars ‘orders of magnitude’ more efficient than biofueled
A new study examining the most efficient way to power a car for every 100km driven delivers a clear win for solar-powered electric vehicles.
Jeff Spross

Mar 28, 2013

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Aluminium-air battery can power EVs for 1,600km
Citroen has tested an aluminium-air battery in an electric car and claims it can travel 1,000 miles using this type of extended-range EV technology.
Nicholas Brown

Mar 27, 2013

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Affordable, wireless EV charging a-go-go
EV drivers might not have long to wait before an affordable wireless EV charging system hits the market, thanks to a new US joint venture.
Tina Casey

Mar 19, 2013

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Bjorn Lomborg’s hot air on electric cars
Contrary to the headline of Lomborg’s recent WSJ op-ed, EV-associated emissions are not so dirty, and no secret. So what else did he fudge?
David Friedman

Mar 14, 2013

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Video: One man’s homage to Tesla, and solar-powered driving
Jordan Bloch liked Tesla’s model S EV so much he made a commercial about it – and the solar-powered Supercharger network used to power it.
Sophie Vorrath

Feb 13, 2013

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Attention shoppers: Free solar-powered EV charging in aisle 5
US energy giant joins with other global big hitters to install solar EV charging station at a suburban shopping mall. The start of something big?
Tina Casey

Feb 8, 2013

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Better Place Australia to close as funding dries up
Australian unit confirms an ‘orderly wind-down’ of operations, as the global EV infrastructure group focuses in on Danish and Israeli markets.
Sophie Vorrath

Feb 7, 2013

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Chu says big solar soon to be cheaper than coal and gas
US energy secretary Stephen Chu says big solar will be cheaper than coal and gas before most people realise. He says the combination of solar and battery technologies, pushed forward by electric vehicles, will turn the energy industry upside down – unless, of course, if politicians fail to seize the moment.
Giles Parkinson

Feb 4, 2013

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