Concentration of CO2 in the Atmosphere

National Grid’s Role in the Clean Transportation R-EV-olution

Smith Electric School bus – No exhaust pipe (Flickr/Laura Gilchrist)

Leslie Vishwanath and The Fleet Triad with support from many others at National Grid

National Grid, a leader in the clean transportation revolution, is driving innovation and providing solutions to accelerate the transition to electric vehicles (EVs). As a regulated utility […]

Ode to a $20,500 Chevy Bolt, Incentivized to $5,600!

A new EV owner who is thrilled with her purchase. (Courtesy photo

Barb and Greg Whitchurch

We have been nudging friends toward giving up their gas-mobiles for years now. Our neighbor, in her early ‘80s, discovered in August that hers had become too expensive to repair, and she asked us for […]

Momentum Toward a Zero-emissions Freight Sector Picks Up Speed

A Zero-emissions freight truck uses fuel cell electric to move loads while creating cleaner air and reducing pollution from emissions. (Kenworth/Toyota Fuel Cell Electric Truck (FCET)5 (Flicker/ CC BY-NC-ND 2.0))

Union of Concerned Scientists

In April, for the first time ever, the White House announced a commitment to a nationwide zero-emissions freight sector. […]

Used Plug-in Vehicles are Affordable

Chevy Bolts on display during National Drive Electric Week. (Flickr/Steve Rainwater

Wayne Michaud

For many of us, transportation is an important part of our lives. In more rural areas, transportation choices are usually more limited, leaving us with the most popular choice: the automobile. They get us to where we want to go, […]

The U.S. Battery Market is on Track For Best Year

U.S. battery installations are off to a hot start in 2024 (Canary Media)

Storage installations – utility-scale, home, and commercial projects — grew 84 percent in Q1. Grid battery installations grew even faster.

Dan McCarthy

The U.S. battery boom is showing no signs of slowing down. In fact, the sector […]

Solar-Powered Boats

1216 Nautical Miles to Alaska or a Scenic Ride on the Hudson River

One of Solar Sal’s boats, The Wayward Sun, travels through the Inside Passage to Alaska entirely powered by the sun. (Courtesy photo)

George Harvey

Over the years, Green Energy Times has published at least four articles on Solar Sal, a […]

New Resource: America’s Best Places to Recharge

State and national parks with EV chargers in or near the park (parks larger than four square miles).

Environment America Research and Policy Center

Tens of millions of Americans are expected to hit the highways this summer for road trips, often to state or national parks. For many drivers, 2024 […]

What State is the Cheapest to Charge Your EV?

Vernon Trollinger

Reprinted from http://www.texaselectricityratings.com/

You can’t miss them when they drive by you. That is because they are missing both a radiator and an exhaust pipe. They are also practically silent; only a smooth, quiet whirring. With about 2.5 million on U.S. highways already, electric vehicles (EVs) are more noticeable in […]

Can An Electric Vehicle Actually Last for 430,000 Miles on its First and Only Battery?

Tesla Model S, photo by Damian B Oh. CC-BY-SA 4.0. (https://bit.ly/GETTeslaModelS)

George Harvey

How long will and electric car last? To find the answer, we had to wait for old electric vehicles. Now, however, we are finding more and more old EVs, and the questions are getting answered.

In the past, […]

United Airlines to Implement Sustainable Aviation Fuel this Year at Chicago O’Hare Airport

Elizabeth Balzani

According to a recent article published by PR Newswire, United Airlines became the first airline ever to buy sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) for its flights at the Chicago O’Hare International Airport. This is possible thanks to a company called Neste, which plans to sell as much as one million gallons of its SAF […]