Electric Vehicles

A presentation by the National Grid, owner and operator of Britain’s transmission grid, at last week’s UK Solar and Storage show in Birmingham shed light on the potential impact of a widespread EV roll-out to the country’s electricity demand.

China’s BYD has recorded a profit attributable to owners of the company of CNY 1,723 million ($259.8 million) for the first half of 2017, down 23.8% year on year, as revenue from its PV and rechargeable battery business slid 15.8% from a year earlier.

The Lightyear One, developed by Dutch startup Lightyear, is now available for general sale at a retail price of €119,000. Company hopes to secure 200 orders by end of year.

Researchers from NREL, Fraunhofer ISE and Japan’s AIST have released a new paper which looks at the barriers to deploying multiple terawatts of solar PV and what can be done to overcome them.

The fab in the southeastern city of Campinas will boast a 200 MW production capacity once fully operational and will make BYD’s glass-glass modules.

The Toyota Prius gets rooftop solar, Fraunhofer and Hevel push multicrystalline and HJT efficiencies, Saudi Arabia begins 300 MW tender process and Tesla publishes its Q4 2016 financials – welcome to the week that was.

Analysts at investment bank Morgan Stanley suggest Tesla and LG Chem are best positioned to take big market shares in a market that it predicts will grow faster than most others expect.

New car registrations across Britain hit a 12-year high last month, with electric vehicles (EVs) accounting for 4.2% of that figure – a one-fifth increase on the previous month.

Chinese integrated solar company Comtec Solar Systems Group will further diversify its business with a new venture into smart energy charging facilities for electric vehicles (EVs) in Luoyang, China, as it continues to make strides into downstream operations.

The U.K. government has awarded £40 million to four British cities to support the spread of electrical and low-emission vehicles. Supported projects include car-charging street lighting and zones offering free parking and traffic priority to plug-in and low-emission cars. The initiative is seen as another step towards the smart energy revolution.