Nikola announces plans to reveal revolutionary battery
Nikola Motor Company has announced that the battery cell technology it plans to implement in its electric vehicles could dramatically change the battery industry, so much so that the company is hoping to share the advancements with other equipment manufacturers and even competitors.
SRP cuts emissions through major solar and battery energy buy
As part of its commitment to reduce carbon emissions and invest in 1,000 megawatts of new utility-scale solar energy by 2025, Salt River Project today announced investments in two new solar energy + battery storage plants. The Sonoran Energy Center will be the largest solar-charged battery project in the state and with the addition of […]
SRP plans to install Arizona’s biggest battery for massive solar plant
Salt River Project will build the biggest battery on the power grid in Arizona as part of its pledge last year to add 1,000 megawatts of solar to its supply by 2025. The big battery project is planned for the Little Rainbow Valley, south of Buckeye, and the battery system there will be many times […]
Sabino Canyon rolls out electric shuttle service
Two years ago, having electric shuttle service in Sabino Canyon seemed like a faint dream for Paul Marques, then-president of Friends of Sabino Canyon. That dream became a reality Saturday, with a soft launch of the emission-free shuttle service.
California EV Startup Lucid Motors Begins Construction on its Arizona Factory
California-based luxury electric vehicle startup Lucid Motors has begun construction of an assembly factory in Casa Grande, Arizona, the company announced in a blog post. Lucid said the factory will begin production of the company’s luxury electric flagship sedan called the Lucid Air in late 2020. Lucid announced that the local Planning and Zoning Commission gave […]
City of Sedona gets first electric car
Sedona Mayor Sandy Moriarty recently showed off the city’s newly arrived 2019 Chevy Bolt, the city’s first all-ELECTRIC VEHICLE, to be used by the city staff and occasionally by the mayor.
Large solar projects making their way to Coolidge
The Coolidge Planning and Zoning Commission has approved the site plan for a massive SOLAR PLANT within city limits between Steele Road and Selma Highway.
NGS Workers, Nearby Communties Prepare For Impending Shutdown
Ron Little nestles into a familiar seat aboard a train locomotive and slides the window open, leaning out to get a better view of dozens of rail cars that stretch for a mile behind and the landscape he knows so well. The heavy steel wheels roll along a dizzying pattern of concrete railroad ties that […]
APS Seeking $184 Million Rate Increase
Last week, we learned that APS, the state’s largest electric utility, has been earning nearly $30 million more a year than is currently authorized by the state Corporation Commission. Now, APS wants even more. The utility is seeking a $184 million rate increase, which would raise the average household bill by about 5.4%. That works […]
Arizona making pro-business decisions in support of the growing electric-vehicle marketplace
Around the globe and certainly in the U.S., demand for electric vehicles has been on a strong growth trajectory in recent years. Consumers desire these vehicles because they are cheaper to fuel and maintain, they have a less harmful impact on the environment, and the growing number of models available each year gives prospective owners […]
