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  • Geoff and Erich in the Cage

    Geoff and Erich in the Cage

    Author of Your Life Your Planet, Geoff Ebbs, puts doctor and electric car owner, Erich Schulz, in the Cage for 26 minutes to get a handle on the role of electric cars in building a sustainable future.

    This quick snippet shows Erich discussing the role of technological innovation in inspiring people to be sustainable. It is much better than telling them to live more gently on the planet by “pushing their bike up hill and eating mung beans”, he says.

    Unkindly referred to as “two old needle-noses with grey, pony-tails arguing about mung beans and bike riding,” the encounter forms the basis of Tip 68 – Alternative Fuels and the experts page, Enter the Electroids.

    Enter the Electroids. Erich Schulz and Malcolm Mackenzie in Your Life, Your Planet
    Erich Schulz and Malcolm Mackenzie contributed to the discussions on energy and transport

    The full interview is also available online.

  • Renewable revolution driven by China’s electric car

    Renewable revolution driven by China’s electric car

    Electric car sales globally
    China now leads the US and EU in electric car production

    The rapid take up of renewable energy has been boosted by Chinese government subsidies for electric cars, rapidly boosting their world ranking to the number one producer.

    Over half a million electric cars were produced worldwide last year, 200 thousand of them in China. The Chinese government believes the car is the key to a renewable led economy with charging stations and domestic batteries the facilitating technologies that will engender long term change.

    Tesla has pre-sold over 400,000 of its 2017 model 3, but China has more than doubled its production for each of the last three years.

    China Plans To Boost Electric Vehicle Sales 10-Fold

    While Tesla racks up a record-setting 400,000 presales for its affordable Model 3 due out next year, the world’s leading EV maker, China’s BYD, has already sold more EVs than Tesla, GM, and Nissan combined!

    https://thinkprogress.org/china-to-boost-electric-vehicle-sales-10-fold-211053eb032b#.iz8qgs1su