“Antique” smart meters in UK will slow down roll out of electric vehicles

The roll out of smart meters in the UK has been complicated, slow and expensive (about 14 billion euros at last estimate). But the old generation of smart meters is an obsolete technology with limited functions. For the most part they do not even allow switching providers, further complicating the market. Andrew Warren of the … Continue reading “Antique” smart meters in UK will slow down roll out of electric vehicles →

Australia Post shows way forward with electric delivery vehicles

The energy transition is definitely making progress when mail delivery goes electric. Sophie Vorrath writes on the RenewEconomy website about developments in Australia. If you have seen such developments in your country, please let us know. E-mail: Three-wheeling posties herald electric future Australia Post is making a slow, but steady shift to electric delivery … Continue reading Australia Post shows way forward with electric delivery vehicles →

India’s energy transition well underway

Regularly we are reading about the joint venture, Energy Efficiency Services (EESL). Often it concerns LEDs but it is obvious they do just about everything related to energy efficiency. Dhirendra Tripathi writes on the Moneycontrol website about an interview with EESL MD Sauragh Kumar. He said EESL would wait for the department of heavy industry … Continue reading India’s energy transition well underway →

Advance of e-buses will outpace even electric cars

The electrification of road transport will move into top gear in the second half of the 2020s, thanks to tumbling battery costs and larger-scale manufacturing, with sales of electric cars racing to 28 percent, and those of electric buses to 84 percent, of their respective global markets by 2030. Renewable Energy Magazine provides a news … Continue reading Advance of e-buses will outpace even electric cars →

Hear ye! Hear ye! Hear ye! Sounding out electric vehicles

We definitely don’t need a bell ringer walking in front of every electric vehicle, but we do need to hear them coming (well, for us who are not wearing noise-cancelling headphones as we walk). James Doward writes in The Guardian that from next summer, all new electric vehicles will be required to have sound emitters … Continue reading Hear ye! Hear ye! Hear ye! Sounding out electric vehicles →

Encouraging developments in Sweden to promote electric vehicles

Zachary Shahan writes on the CleanTechnica website about recent policy changes in Sweden that will encourage more electric vehicles. New Swedish Car Policies Expected To Boost Electric Car Market Share In Sweden The Swedish government has just proposed a new taxation scheme on light vehicles to go into place on the first of July, … Continue reading Encouraging developments in Sweden to promote electric vehicles →

The overall sustainability of electric vehicles is far from clear

Interest in electric vehicles has increased sharply in recent years but Martin Brueckner, Senior Lecturer in Sustainability at Australia’s Murdoch University argues in an article on The Conversation website that the overall sustainability of electric vehicles is far from clear and the entire transport paradigm may need to be rethought. Not so fast: why … Continue reading The overall sustainability of electric vehicles is far from clear →

Is there a disinformation campaign against electric vehicles?

Steve Hanley writes on the CleanTechnica website about efforts to show how bad electric vehicles are for the environment when all elements are included. What are your views? Electric Car Myth Buster — Efficiency The merchants of doubt paid for by the Koch brothers and the fossil fuel industry are out in full force, … Continue reading Is there a disinformation campaign against electric vehicles? →

The shift in transport towards electric vehicles will have major impact on energy transition

It is important for us to understand the dynamics underway in all end-use sectors. Asit K. Biswas, Distinguished Visiting Professor and Cecilia Tortajada, Senior Research Fellow, from the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy at the National University of Singapore write a good article on the impact of the move towards electric vehicles. … Continue reading The shift in transport towards electric vehicles will have major impact on energy transition →

Expected developments in energy storage technology could lead to electric vehicles recharge in minutes rather than hours

We are regularly hearing about technology developments that are helping the energy transition. Adam Vaughan writes in The Guardian about a breakthrough in energy storage technology that could enable electric cars to be driven as far as petrol and diesel vehicles. Energy storage leap could slash electric car charging times Researchers have claimed a breakthrough … Continue reading Expected developments in energy storage technology could lead to electric vehicles recharge in minutes rather than hours →