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Our news features section comprises the heart of SolarChargedDriving.Com. Here, we publish news content focused on various aspects of the fascinating and potentially revolutionary synthesis between solar power and electric driving. We zero in on general news and information, people, and companies and products from both the solar and EV and PHEV worlds. But some of our content is more general. For instance, we cover news, information, people, companies and products in the fossil fuel realm as well, though we do so from a critical — but also multiple-perspective — angle.

Electric car mythbuster: ‘Electric cars are too expensive’

Christof Demont-Heinrich
There is still a lot of misinformation and anti-electric car stuff being pumped out onto the internet by folks who, for the most part, have a vested interest in the continuation of #BigOil's economic -- and environmental -- hegemony. One of the biggest myths about electric cars is that they are "too expensive". Not true. Simply. Not. True. Case in point: My own experience owning, and driving, an electric car for the past five years.

Solar catamaran boat showcased in new video

Christof Demont-Heinrich
Soel Yachts, a company that designed the SoelCat 12, a solar-charged and solar-powered boat that runs 100 percent on sunshine generated electricity when traveling at speeds of six knots or below, recently released a YouTube video that highlights the unique solar-charged catamaran zooming around a beautiful tropical island.

This portable solar EV charger goes up in less than 10 minutes

Desmond Wheatley
California’s Governor Brown recently released an executive order announcing a new Zero-Emission Vehicle Initiative. In the order, the Governor called for at least five million electric vehicles on California’s roads by 2030. The consumer will consign that initiative to the annals of history as one of the very rare worthy goals that was exceeded by a significant margin.