Apex Ranks First for Cumulative Wind Capacity Contracted to Commercial and Industrial Purchasers CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va.: In a breakout year for commercial and industrial (C&I) renewable energy procurement, global energy research firm Wood Mackenzie has named Apex Clean Energy the top C&I wind power provider overall and the top corporate renewable provider in 2019. In 2019, […]
General Motors, Honda to jointly develop two new electric vehicles
The new vehicles will use GM batteries and be assembled in GM plants in North America, the companies said. Honda plans to begin selling the vehicles in the United States and Canada in 2024 General Motors Co and Honda Motor Co Ltd said on Thursday they would jointly develop two new electric vehicles for Honda […]
GM Is Planning Electric Cars That Won’t Give Buyers Sticker Shock, General Motors President Says
General Motors Co. is making a big claim about its future electric cars: The automaker will be able to sell them at “very average transaction prices” and be profitable, GM President Mark Reuss said in a presentation Wednesday. GM announced in October 2017 that it plans to sell 20 electric-vehicle models globally by 2023. At […]
GM GIVES ALL ITS VEHICLES A NEW SOUL
General Motors’ latest offering is so far from sexy, it doesn’t even have a clever name created by the marketing department via focus group. But the new “electronic platform,” the computing network that will run through nearly all the company’s vehicles and make their myriad digital systems work, is as key to the automaker’s future […]
Electric Ridesharing Benefits the Grid, and EVgo Has the Data to Prove It
Rideshare services like Uber and Lyft are offering more electric vehicles, boosting the need for fast charging. That may help the grid in high-solar states like California. Electric-vehicle charging at scale could be a blessing or a curse for the grid. In the best-case scenario, plug-in vehicles charge up at times that align with needs […]
Facebook, Google, General Motors, Walmart and hundreds of other companies launch Renewable Energy Buyers Alliance, targeting 60 gigawatts of corporate renewables by 2025
WASHINGTON: Google, Facebook, General Motors and Walmart, along with over 300 other companies, launched the Renewable Energy Buyers Alliance (REBA) today—the largest group of corporate renewable energy buyers in the United States. By working to unlock the marketplace for organizations to buy renewable energy, REBA hopes to bring more than 60 gigawatts of new renewables online in United States by […]
Michigan Approves Its First Utility EV Charging Infrastructure Pilot
Consumers Energy gets $10 million to incentivize the deployment of EV chargers. The state that’s home to Motor City has taken its first step into utility-backed electric vehicle charging. On Wednesday, the Michigan Public Service Commission approved Consumers Energy’s PowerMiDrive initiative, a $10 million, three-year plan to incentivize the deployment of EV chargers at homes, […]