With growing urban populations and increases in cars, trucks and buses, cities are poised to experience more harmful pollution threatening people’s health and livelihoods. But some cities around the world are turning to an emerging solution called zero-emission zones (ZEZs). These are designated small areas of about 1.5 square miles to 11 square miles … [continued]
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A few years ago, Electrify America announced a “Boost Plan” that aims to more than double the number of stations and chargers by the end of 2025. Serious hardware problems got in the way of that plan, forcing the company to slow down. But another recent announcement shows us that … [continued]
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A few days ago, Tesla shocked the charging world when Elon decided to fire the whole Supercharger development team. These weren’t the people who maintain existing sites (thank goodness!), but they are the people who found places to put chargers in, designed the plans for the site, dealt with utilities, … [continued]
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One of the hottest topics of the year in the auto industry has been hype about EV sales drooping, or at least not living up to expectations. How much substance is actually in that hype? Well, a little bit, but digging deeper, we can see that the EV market is … [continued]
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Actually, wait, Tesla still sells more electric cars in the USA than every other automaker combined. The company accounted for 55% of US EV sales in the first quarter. First, let’s look through some charts. Then, I’ll get to editorializing on this. These first four charts show the share of … [continued]
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Hydristor in Toronto is proposing two long term energy storage facilities that use compressed air ajd stored heat to power turbines.
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Many people feel a need for long-range batteries when they buy electric vehicles, and that actually goes for new buyers as well as repeat buyers. I have to admit that I have a hard time understanding it unless you’re an encyclopedia salesman (not sure if those still exist) or go … [continued]
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The auto market saw plugin EVs take 91.0% share in Norway in April, roughly flat from 91.1% year on year. BEVs alone took 89.4% share, up from 83.3% YoY. Overall auto volume was 11,241 units, up 25% YoY, a recovery over recent months. April’s best selling BEV was the Volvo EX30. … [continued]
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The Union of Concerned Scientists reports that Tyson Foods has dumped millions of pounds of toxins into America waterways.
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