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Malaysian Automaker Proton Launches Its First EV

February 10, 2025 admin clean transport, electric cars, Electric vehicles, Malaysia

Credit to Author: Raymond Tribdino| Date: Sun, 09 Feb 2025 17:35:24 +0000

Last December, Malaysian automaker Proton launched the e.MAS 7 — the first battery-electric vehicle in the company’s lineup. A product of its collaboration with Chinese automaker Geely, the made-for-Malaysia EV signifies a pivotal moment for the country’s automotive industry and a potential resurgence for Proton. Two months after the launch … [continued]

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It’s Super Bowl Weekend — Yay! But What Are Sports Doing About Mega-Event Emissions?

February 10, 2025 admin climate change, climate emissions, policy & politics, Sports, super bowl

Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Sun, 09 Feb 2025 17:15:23 +0000

Advertisers pay around $8 million for a 30-second Super Bowl ad slot, and the NFL makes hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue from the Super Bowl. They’re awfully entertaining, of course, but we often overlook the environmental impact of the Super Bowl as a mega-event in all the hoopla. … [continued]

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Tiny House From Mesocore Comes Complete With Solar, A Battery, & A Heat Pump

February 10, 2025 admin batteries, buildings, clean power, Energy Storage, green economy, heat pumps, mesocore, Solar energy, tiny house

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Sun, 09 Feb 2025 16:54:48 +0000

Mesocore is a Florida company that designs and manufactures factory-made homes, including models intended for off-grid living.

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EVs Take 96.9% Share In Norway – Toyota BZ4X Best-Seller

February 10, 2025 admin audi q6 e-tron, clean transport, cleantechnica exclusive, cleantechnica reports, consumer technology, dongfeng nammi box, electric cars, Electric vehicles, end of oil, Europe, europe ev sales, ev market share, ev sales, ev transition, ford explorer, hybrid electric cars, hyundai inster, market research, mg cyberster, nissan ariya, Norway, norway ev market share, norway ev sales, norway ev transition, norway fleet, ofv, opel grandland, phev, research, tesla, tesla model y, toyota bz4x, volkswagen id.4

Credit to Author: Dr. Maximilian Holland| Date: Sun, 09 Feb 2025 10:28:30 +0000

January saw plugin EVs take 96.9% share in Norway, up from 93.9% year on year. BEVs alone took almost 96% of the market. Overall auto volume was strongly up on seasonal norms, at 9,343 units, up 82% YoY. The Toyota BZ4X was the best-seller. January’s auto sales saw combined EVs … [continued]

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Are Waymo’s Accomplishments & Methods Being Overlooked?

February 10, 2025 admin autonomous vehicles, clean transport, electric cars, Electric vehicles, elon musk, tesla, tesla autopilot, tesla fsd (full self driving), waymo

Credit to Author: Letters to the Editor| Date: Sun, 09 Feb 2025 04:46:53 +0000

A couple of weeks ago, Michael Barnard published a great article on Tesla’s approach to autonomous driving, what he thought about it a decade ago, what’s happened since then, and whether Tesla can ever achieve robotaxi-level self-driving. There were a lot of great comments under the article. A few articles … [continued]

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Study Highlights Challenges To The Electrification Of Homes In The US

February 10, 2025 admin clean power, electrify everything, energy efficiency, Solar energy

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Sun, 09 Feb 2025 03:00:07 +0000

Electrification strategies for homes in the US need to take into account local factory such as weather and climate impacts.

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Science Purge Is Part of United States’ Echoing Of Mao’s Cultural Revolution

February 10, 2025 admin Canada, carbon emissions, China, clean power, clean transport, climate change, Donald Trump, Electric vehicles, elon musk, Energy, Europe, events, Fossil Fuels, green economy, heat pumps, natural gas, Oil, policy & politics, renewable energy, Solar energy

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Sun, 09 Feb 2025 02:32:57 +0000

As Mark Twain is reported to have said, history doesn’t repeat but it rhymes. Trump 2.0’s actions are very much rhyming, albeit discordantly, and with a dismal period from the past of the United States’ proclaimed great enemy, China. Mao Zedong’s Cultural Revolution, launched in 1966 and lasting until 1976, … [continued]

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You Can Help To Support Climate Action Through Sport

February 10, 2025 admin clean power, clean transport, Electric vehicles, events, soccer, Solar energy, Sports

Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Sun, 09 Feb 2025 02:16:16 +0000

With the Super Bowl leading many US media headlines, climate activists are curious how much chat there will be this year about climate emissions reductions among football team owners, sponsors, players, and fans. That’s because an increasing number of people in universities, think tanks, NGOs, and citizen initiatives have started … [continued]

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Porsche Plans In Parlous Peril

February 10, 2025 admin clean transport, electric cars, Electric vehicles, porsche, porsche taycan, volkwagen group

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Sun, 09 Feb 2025 01:58:25 +0000

The market value of Porsche has dropped by half since its peak In the spring of 2023 as customers cool on its battery electric cars.

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Grab & BYD Partner to Shift EV Ride-Hailing in Southeast Asia

February 10, 2025 admin byd, clean transport, electric cars, Electric vehicles, Grab, hybrid electric cars, indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam

Credit to Author: Raymond Tribdino| Date: Sat, 08 Feb 2025 15:33:53 +0000

Super-app Grab, the equivalent of Uber in Southeast Asia, and Chinese electric vehicle (EV) manufacturer BYD have forged a major regional partnership to electrify the region’s transportation landscape. The ambitious agreement aims to deploy up to 50,000 BYD EVs across Grab’s network, a move poised to accelerate EV adoption and … [continued]

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