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New French Law Will Help Millions Of People Drive On SunshineThursday, September 30, 2021 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM BSTIt’s one of the most amazing things to consider, yet we often gloss over it: Countless years ago, humans learned how to make fire. Ever since then, we’ve been burning stuff for energy (for heat initially, and more recently for electricity and to propel vehicles forward). At long last, we are in an era where we can stop burning stuff. We can now create electricity by capturing sunlight and wind, and we can power our cars and trucks with that same electricity. -
Longest Flight in a Production Electric Aircraft: Beam Global Sets World Record SAN DIEGO, California, United States--Beam Global, (Nasdaq: BEEM, BEEMW), announced that the Pipistrel Alpha Electro aircraft flew 227 nautical miles over Central California, thus setting the world record for the Longest flight in a production electric aircraft powered by renewable solar energy, according to the WORLD RECORD ACADEMY.
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CEO World Talks with Beam CEO Desmond Wheatley – The Power of a Purpose-Driven Team There’s nothing like working aboard a ship at sea, thousands of miles from land and safety, to clarify you and your crewmate’s primary goal: staying alive and arriving at your destination port. Years at sea and working in other dangerous jobs as a young man cultivated the high degree of focus and singlemindedness that I bring to everything I do.
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Take Big Risks: Interview with Desmond Wheatley, CEO of Beam Global I recently went one on one with Desmond Wheatley. Desmond is the CEO, President and Chairman of Beam Global, a clean technology leader in sustainable charging infrastructure. Desmond led the successful uplisting to Nasdaq in April 2019, and previously founded, funded and operated four profitable start-up companies.
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Volvo Marketing Compact Electric Construction Equipment in California Volvo CE has been on the leading edge of sustainable, forward-thinking solutions for many years. Research and development are moving fast, and Volvo CE is one of the companies leading the charge toward new technology. Recently, the manufacturer announced the launch of their electric range of Volvo branded compact excavators and compact wheel loaders.
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Solar Charging May Be The Key To Electric Off-Roading Following the launch of its 4Xe lineup of plug-in hybrid vehicles last year, Jeep made a promise that it would install stand-alone charging stations at trails across the United States. It would seem that Jeep is serious about the future of electrification for the brand, which makes sense as torque available from zero rpm is…
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Weak Links in the Power Distribution Network Could Bring Nation to its Knees – The Hill Energy emergencies have paralyzed large swaths of the United States this year. In February, a record-breaking deep freeze in Texas left 4.5 million people without power, heat, or clean water; the days-long frigid temperatures there killed more than 150. The May hack of the Colonial oil pipeline shut down fuel deliveries from Gulf Coast refineries,…
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This Electric Plane Just Took a Round-Trip, 220-Mile Flight on Solar PowerRapidly deployed sustainable EV charging infrastructure to kick off fleet electrification initiativeHello, sunshine. Last week, a two-seat, electric airplane made a round-trip flight between Fresno and Lodi, Calif., running on solar-power-charged batteries. Joe Oldham, president of New Vision Aviation, took off from Fresno in his Pipistrel Alpha Electro on July 20 and stopped at two airports—Modero and Modesto—to recharge before landing in Lodi, then turning…
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Beam Touts Off-Grid Solar Power for Electric Aircraft Clean-technology startup Beam Global believes it has advanced the case for off-grid solar energy as an aircraft power source with what it says was a record-breaking flight across central California. Joseph Oldham, CEO of New Vision Aviation, a not-for-profit organization providing flight training for disadvantaged communities, recently flew a Pipistrel Alpha Electro 260 miles from…
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World Record Set for Airplane Flying on Only SunshineRapidly deployed sustainable EV charging infrastructure to kick off fleet electrification initiativeBeam Global, a provider of sustainable technology for electric vehicle (EV) charging, reports it successfully set the world record for the longest flight in a production electric aircraft powered by off-grid, renewable solar energy, proving zero emissions aviation is here. Starting in Fresno, California, the Pipistrel Alpha Electro aircraft flew 227 nautical miles over Central…
INTRODUCING THE BEAMWELL OFF-GRID WATER DESALINATION SYSTEM FOR CRISIS ZONES News Flash
