Category: Electric

Bboxx & Spiro Sign Major Asset Financing Deal For Electric Motorcycles

I have been quite bullish on the transition to electric mobility on the African continent. That’s because there are quite a number of factors that will help catalyze the transition at a much faster pace than most expect. Unlike in developed nations where the transition is taking off big time — especially in the electric […]

US Department of Energy Announces Over $450 Million to Increase Access to Rooftop Solar Power for Puerto Rico Residents

Funding is Part of a $1 Billion Effort to Deploy Solar and Battery Storage to Puerto Rico’s Most Vulnerable Residents, Helping Increase Resilience and Lower Energy Bills for up to 40,000 Households The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced up to $453.5 million from the Puerto Rico Energy Resilience Fund (PR-ERF) aimed at increasing […]

Can You Power Your House (V2L) With Your EV? Part 2

Please be aware that I am not an electrician and do not pretend to have any technical expertise. I am exploring the possibilities of what can actually done with EVs when necessary. You can read part 1 of this exploration into V2L capability here. Digging a little deeper into the possibilities of powering your house […]

Ford lowers EV targets for 2023, pointing to cost

Ford Mustang Mach-E at Port of Drammen, NorwayFord is lowering its 2023 EV production targets, pointing to vehicle prices as a reason for the slowdown. The automaker now expects to be building 600,000 EVs a year sometime in 2024, Ford CEO Jim Farley said Monday in a discussion of the automaker's quarterly earnings report. Ford has been saying since 2021 (when it doubled EV targets) that it...