Monthly Archive: April 2023

13 Top New-ish Electric Vehicles In Europe

The European fully electric car market saw many new models in 2020 and the start of 2021. This was a result of the new EU regulation on Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE). I’ve been trying to explore and test drive as many of these as possible. Here’s a quick summary of 13 of these EV […]

13 Top New-ish Electric Vehicles In Europe

The European fully electric car market saw many new models in 2020 and the start of 2021. This was a result of the new EU regulation on Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE). I’ve been trying to explore and test drive as many of these as possible. Here’s a quick summary of 13 of these EV […]

Underground Water Could Be The Solution To Green Heating & Cooling

Decarbonizing the grid means storing energy from renewables. Aquifers can do that. About 12% of total global energy demand comes from heating and cooling homes and businesses. A new study suggests that using underground water to maintain comfortable temperatures could reduce consumption of natural gas and electricity in this sector by 40% in the United […]

Slight Dip in March EV Uptake Down Under

There was a slight dip in electric vehicle uptake Down Under, in Australia and New Zealand, in March. New Zealand EV Market in March For those who would like to drill down into the detail, check out the interactive charts at EVDB. The skinny is that the New Zealand market had a slight dip in […]

Wait times for both NIO ES7 and ET5 shortened to about 2 weeks

Both the ES7 SUV and ET5 sedan now have expected delivery dates of about 2 weeks, compared to about 3 weeks for both previously.

NIO's (NYSE: NIO) two key models have further shortened their wait times in China, after a similar change at the end of last month.

Both the NIO ES7 SUV and ET5 sedan now have expected delivery dates of about 2 weeks, compared to about 3 weeks for both previously, information from the NIO App monitored by CnEVPost shows.

On March 28, the wait time for the ES7 changed from 4-6 weeks to about 3 weeks, and the ET5 changed from 3-4 weeks to about 3 weeks at that time.

The NIO App is currently showing 8 models, including the ES8, ES6, and EC6 based on the NT 1.0 platform, and the new ES8, ES7, EC7, ET7, and ET5 based on the NT 2.0 platform.

The EC7 and the new ES8 were unveiled at NIO Day 2022 on December 24, 2022, and deliveries will begin in May and June of this year, respectively.

The waiting time information for all other models is unchanged today.

The NIO App stopped displaying the expected delivery time for the ET7 on March 13, and that information is still not displayed.

On March 28, local media reported that the current NIO ET7 has been discontinued and its facelift may be unveiled during the Shanghai auto show.

NIO delivered 10,378 vehicles in March, up 3.94 percent from 9,985 in the same month last year, but down 14.6 percent from 12,157 in February, according to figures it announced earlier this month.

Cumulative deliveries of NIO vehicles reached 320,597 units as of March 31.

NIO ES7 and ET5 wait times become shorter

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Insulation: The Cork That Doesn’t Go Into Wine Bottles

Cork Is A Wonderful Material Cork has uses ranging from place mats to flooring and has been harvested sustainably since Roman times. Because cork bark can be harvested every 20 years from long-lived cork oak trees, Europe has cork forests which support wildlife species found nowhere else. Insulation is increasingly important to reducing energy demand. […]

Green Steel in the News Again

After a lull in green steel announcements, it seems like the quiet is being disturbed on many fronts. Tesla & Rethink Energy Green Steel Research Tesla has released its long-awaited Master Plan Part 3, which includes the statement: “Today hydrogen is produced from coal, oil and natural gas, and is used in the refining of […]