This Texas EV lease company includes unlimited free home charging
Octopus Electric Vehicles just launched DriveFree, a used EV leasing program, and it comes with unlimited free home charging.
Expand Expanding CloseOctopus Electric Vehicles just launched DriveFree, a used EV leasing program, and it comes with unlimited free home charging.
Expand Expanding CloseAn EV roadshow is headed to East Texas next week, and the Conservative Texans for Energy Innovation is helping to spearhead it.
Expand Expanding CloseLG Electronics just launched its first EV charger factory in the US, and it has an annual capacity of 12,000 units.
Expand Expanding CloseDevelopers plan to expand US battery storage capacity to more than 30 gigawatts (GW) by the end of 2024, according to the US Energy Information Administration (EIA).
Expand Expanding CloseHere are the Top 3 stories about solar industry happenings that Electrek readers got most excited about in 2023.
Expand Expanding CloseIndia’s Waaree Energies announced today that it will open its first US solar panel factory in the Houston area.
Expand Expanding CloseLess than a month after announcing three separate partnerships to establish electric Vertical Takeoff and Landing (eVTOL) operations in South Korea, zero-emission aviation developer Overair is turning its sights back on its native US. Today, Overair has shared news of two separate memorandums to research, develop, and implement eVTOL operations in North Texas.
Expand Expanding CloseAs the brutal heat wave in Texas continues, Electrek spoke with Julia Souder, CEO of the global nonprofit Long Duration Energy Storage Council and chair of the Global Renewables Alliance, about how big battery storage is helping to keep the Texas grid online.
Expand Expanding CloseWind, solar, and nuclear generated up to 55% of total power in Texas in the record-breaking end-of-June heat – keeping the natural gas share below 50%.
Expand Expanding CloseTexas solar and wind are going to double by 2035, but if the state’s grid isn’t upgraded, then all that power is going to go to waste, according to the US Energy Information Administration (EIA).
Expand Expanding CloseVolkswagen is rolling out an autonomous driving vehicle test fleet with ID. Buzz EVs in Austin.
Expand Expanding CloseThe US oil and gas sector was responsible for $77 billion in total health impacts in 2016, according to a newly released study.
Expand Expanding CloseI traveled to Austin to check out John Deere’s second-gen 310 X-Tier E-Power electric backhoe – here’s what I learned.
Expand Expanding CloseTexas A&M University scientists have been working with metal-free, water-based battery electrodes, and they’re finding that the difference in energy storage capacity is as much as 1,000%.
Expand Expanding CloseRenewable energy retailer Octopus Energy US today announced that it’s going to give Texas electric vehicle drivers cheaper electricity rates when they smart charge their EVs at home.
Expand Expanding CloseTexas is hot below ground and full of folks with oil and gas drilling expertise, so that makes it ripe for a geothermal energy boom, according to a new study from researchers at five Texas universities.
Expand Expanding CloseEV tech and infrastructure giant Siemens eMobility today announced that it will locate its second US manufacturing hub for EV chargers in Carrollton, Texas, outside of Dallas.
Expand Expanding CloseA year on from the big Texas freeze that knocked out the state’s power system and caused at least 246 deaths, new research released yesterday found that rooftop solar could have supplied more than enough electricity to meet the shortfall on all but two of the 13 days when power production fell short of forecasted demand.
Expand Expanding CloseTexas has been hit by a heatwave, and the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) has asked residents to reduce electricity use until Friday because demand is up, but power supply is down. ERCOT stated yesterday, “Generator owners have reported approximately 11,000 MW [megawatts] of generation is on forced outage for repairs; of that, approximately 8,000 MW is thermal, and the rest is intermittent resources.” “Thermal” power in Texas largely refers to natural gas-fired power plants, which make up around 50% of annual energy production in Texas.
Expand Expanding CloseIn today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB):
In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB):
As Electrek reported in December 2019, “Nearly half of US states impose fees on EV owners or will consider adding fees in 2020. The ill-conceived idea is to make up for gaps in roadway infrastructure investments usually derived from gasoline taxes.” Next up? Texas.
Expand Expanding CloseTesla has been on a tear lately, and it looks like CEO Elon Musk is trying to think of new ways to spend some money. Tonight he dropped a hint that, in addition to current gigafactory projects in China and Germany, Tesla is considering one in Texas.
A new look at a burgeoning solar boom in Texas reveals an unlikely source behind much of the demand — oil and gas companies.