By James Ayre Lyft is targeting a roughly $6 billion valuation with a new $500 million funding round, according to reports from the Wall Street Journal and others. That would put the company’s valuation somewhat above where it is “now” — the last private funding round saw a company valuation around $5.5 billion Lyft Reportedly…
By James Ayre The GM-owned carsharing service known as Maven has begun offering “rental/reservation” periods of up to 28 days at a time in the Los Angeles and San Francisco markets, according to recent reports Maven Now Offering Rental Periods Up To 28 Days In LA & San Francisco was originally published on CleanTechnica. To…
By James Ayre Despite the approval of the Volkswagen TDI vehicle buyback settlement 4 months ago (for diesel cars that are equipped with defeat devices allowing for illegally high emissions), some owners are still waiting for their paperwork to go through Volkswagen TDI Vehicle Owners Who Used 3rd-Party Lenders Still Waiting On Buybacks was originally…
By Abigale Sherman Germany’s energy network nearly broken down in January because of poor execution from wind turbines and sun based boards, as indicated by information from a noteworthy exchange union. Wind and sunlight based power plants failed to meet expectations in January, 2017, as a result of shady climate with almost no wind, setting…
By Nicholas Brown A few years ago, I constructed a “plug and play” solar system concept, which contains a 12 volt solar power input, charge controller, lead-acid battery, 120 volt inverter, and 120 volt receptacles for experimental purposes. I wanted to see if this packaged concept could be practical, so I’ve been using it to…
By Jon LeSage With its new Niro, Kia has plans to follow the lead of parent company Hyundai through a three-phase launch. The Korean automaker will be rolling out the Niro in three variations, with a battery electric version coming out in 2018. That’s the same template being used for the Hyundai Ioniq. Hybrid and…
By James Ayre A modified version of the all-electric Nissan e-NV200 van, one outfitted with a 15 kW (net) fuel-cell range extender, will reportedly be introduced in the near future for the European taxi market. The company doing the modification and offering the van is Symbio Symbio To Introduce Modified Nissan e-NV200 Van With Fuel-Cell…
By National Wind Watch The state is proposing to issue an amended Incidental Take License at Kaheawa Wind Power II above Mā‘alaea to increase the amount of deaths allowed for the Hawaiian hoary bat and the nēnē during facility operations. The state Department of Land and Natural Resources proposes to approve an amended Habitat Conservation…
By National Wind Watch The Public Service Board on Thursday denied a wind-power developer’s bid to secure a contract with Green Mountain Power, but left open the possibility of a separate contract under different terms. Swanton Wind, whose principals, Travis and Ashley Belisle, hope to put as many as seven wind turbines on their land…
By National Wind Watch Frank Keating recently exhibited a great deal of courage. Our former governor wrote in a Feb. 24 column in the Tulsa World that is was a mistake for him to sign legislation in 2001 that established the zero-emissions tax credit. The credit was supposed to cost Oklahoma less than $2 million…
By National Wind Watch [Criminal infiltration of seized wind energy facilities in Sicily] Tra le proprietà sequestrate spicca il parco eolico ‘Wind farm’ di Isola di Capo Rizzuto (Crotone) che è tra i più grandi d’Europa per estensione e potenza erogata. E per questo sul registro degli indagati finirono 31 persone: esponenti delle cosche locali,…
By National Wind Watch The Swanton Wind project is facing new challenges after the Vermont Air National Guard filed a motion to intervene in the Public Service Board process. “The Vermont Air National Guard is a big deal and they are responsible for keeping us safe,” said Christine Lang, a resident who would be one…