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Mercedes-Benz and Vivint Create Tesla/SolarCity Copycat
Mercedes-Benz and Vivint Create Tesla/SolarCity Copycat

19 May 2017, 14:42 UTC · By: Vlad Mitrache / After launching its home battery system, Mercedes-Benz is now teaming up with Vivint Solar to offer a complete solar power system to U.S. customers

 
Tesla Opens Pre-Order Books For Solar Roof Tiles, Musk Confirms With Tweets
Tesla Opens Pre-Order Books For Solar Roof Tiles, Musk Confirms With Tweets

10 May 2017, 16:35 UTC · By: Sebastian Toma / Elon Musk' favorite social media platform, Twitter, has witnessed the announcement of open pre-orders for Tesla's new solar roof tiles. They have four models

 
The World's First Solar Panel-Covered Road Is in a Small French Village
The World's First Solar Panel-Covered Road Is in a Small French Village

23 Dec 2016, 18:28 UTC · By: Vlad Mitrache / If we can't cover the roads with induction plates that charge our electric vehicles wirelessly, we can at least install solar panels

 
Island Gets Switched From Diesel To Full Electric Power With Tesla Solution
Island Gets Switched From Diesel To Full Electric Power With Tesla Solution

23 Nov 2016, 16:23 UTC · By: Sebastian Toma / An island in American Samoa has been switched from imported Diesel fuel to solar power thanks to Tesla and SolarCity's solutions. A Hawaiian island is next

 
Tesla Unveils Solar Roof Options, Gets Closer to Off-the-Grid Future House
Tesla Unveils Solar Roof Options, Gets Closer to Off-the-Grid Future House

30 Oct 2016, 21:08 UTC · By: Vlad Mitrache / Elon Musk took a break from all the Autopilot and Model 3 issues and held an event introducing the new solar roof tiles and the improved Powerwall 2

 
Tesla Hacker's House Is a Little Solar Power Plant Using Tesla Battery Cells
Tesla Hacker's House Is a Little Solar Power Plant Using Tesla Battery Cells

14 Sep 2016, 22:15 UTC · By: Vlad Mitrache / Jason Hughes, the man known for occasionally hacking a Tesla or two, is showing us the way of the future by turning the basement into an energy storage center

 
Tesla Motors Gets Approval From Antitrust Regulators To Buy SolarCity
Tesla Motors Gets Approval From Antitrust Regulators To Buy SolarCity

26 Aug 2016, 18:09 UTC · By: Sebastian Toma / Tesla Motors has received the greenlight from The Federal Trade Commission on the proposed deal to buy SolarCity for $2.6 billion.

 
Tesla Signs Deal To Buy SolarCity For $2.6 Billion
Tesla Signs Deal To Buy SolarCity For $2.6 Billion

1 Aug 2016, 17:36 UTC · By: Sebastian Toma / Tesla Motors has announced it has agreed to buy SolarCity for $2.6 Billion. The American solar panel manufacturer shares its CEO with Tesla's. Yes, Elon Musk

 
Solar Impulse Completes World Tour Without Fuel
Solar Impulse Completes World Tour Without Fuel

26 Jul 2016, 15:59 UTC · By: Sebastian Toma / The first round-the-world solar flight was completed. The team that accomplished it, Solar Impulse, used a plane that was flown with electric energy alone

 
Couple and Their Dog Are Driving Across Canada in a Model X and a Solar Trailer
Couple and Their Dog Are Driving Across Canada in a Model X and a Solar Trailer

15 Jun 2016, 11:55 UTC · By: Vlad Mitrache / These people are very efficiently combining something they've wanted to do for a long time with something that needs to be done to raise awareness on EVs

 
Would You Like to Own a Solar Power Plant in Japan? Who Wouldn’t...
Would You Like to Own a Solar Power Plant in Japan? Who Wouldn’t...

3 Feb 2016, 17:16 UTC · By: Vlad Mitrache / What would you do right now if you had $1.3 million to spend? You'd probably go on a three-day shopping spree, but may we recommend something else first?

 
Town Rejects Solar Farms Because They Drain the Sun
Town Rejects Solar Farms Because They Drain the Sun

14 Dec 2015, 20:47 UTC · By: Mircea Iordache / This is the sort of thing we really wish we were making up. But a town council in North Carolina rejected a new solar farm for fear it would affect vegetation

 
World’s First Solar-Powered Airplane Is Developed to Teach Kids About Engineering
World’s First Solar-Powered Airplane Is Developed to Teach Kids About Engineering

19 Nov 2015, 12:20 UTC · By: Ionut Ungureanu / If humans are living in a world of innovation, we may as well discover new ways of educating children that challenge their creativity

 
Kochi, India Becomes Home for the World’s First Solar-Powered Airport
Kochi, India Becomes Home for the World’s First Solar-Powered Airport

20 Aug 2015, 18:04 UTC · By: Ionut Ungureanu / Solar power is clearly getting quite big, but to have an entire airport run solely by green energy that is a noteworthy record

 
Australia Is Bringing World’s First Solar-Powered Sportscar at SEMA 2015
Australia Is Bringing World’s First Solar-Powered Sportscar at SEMA 2015

12 Aug 2015, 08:09 UTC · By: Ionut Ungureanu / Australia has a lot of sun, which could be one of the reasons they are quite fond of solar-powered technologies. This sports car is a good example for that

 
5 Green Reasons Why We Can’t Understand How Gasoline Is Still Popular
5 Green Reasons Why We Can’t Understand How Gasoline Is Still Popular

8 Jul 2015, 14:45 UTC · By: Ionut Ungureanu / They harvest energy in a lot of sustainable ways. Everything from the wind and the water to the sun and the waves. Yet gasolines still is popular

 
Daymak Reveals Cheaper Solar-Powered Scooter, Has Speakers and USB Ports
Daymak Reveals Cheaper Solar-Powered Scooter, Has Speakers and USB Ports

7 Jul 2015, 12:01 UTC · By: Ionut Ungureanu / You look at all these new technologies that harvest green energies to power meens of transportation and you wonder why are we still using oil at all?

 
Solar-Powered Plane Lands in Hawaii, Completes Record-Breaking, Five-Day Journey
Solar-Powered Plane Lands in Hawaii, Completes Record-Breaking, Five-Day Journey

4 Jul 2015, 14:14 UTC · By: Ionut Ungureanu / Flying around the world without spilling a drop of oil is a dream mankind has had for a while now. With this new record we may be closer than ever before

 
Solar Backup Battery Sticks to Your Window, Charges Gizmos on the Go
Solar Backup Battery Sticks to Your Window, Charges Gizmos on the Go

1 Jul 2015, 16:50 UTC · By: Ionut Ungureanu / Solar power clearly is one of the best ways to fuel our future. This gizmo proves that it's both efficient, green and fast

 
Solar Power Company Wants to Switch Melbourne’s Tram from Coal to Green
Solar Power Company Wants to Switch Melbourne’s Tram from Coal to Green

25 May 2015, 12:39 UTC · By: Ionut Ungureanu / Melbourne is often referred as the cultural capital of Australia, but when it comes to the environment they still a couple of things to figure out