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Biden-Harris Administration Announces New Funding to Connect & Scale the Electric Transportation Ecosystem

January 17, 2025 admin alaska, clean transport, department of transportation (dot), Electric vehicles, ev charging, ev charging stations, ev fleets, infrastructure investment and jobs act, micromobility, Oregon, Portland, us department of energy (doe), utilities

Credit to Author: US Department of Energy| Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2025 04:46:40 +0000

The Joint Office of Energy and Transportation invests $43.7 million to enable more charging access in the public right-of-way, expand e-mobility fleet options, and deliver new ways to scale affordable energy use in transportation. WASHINGTON, D.C.—The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and Department of Transportation (DOT) Joint Office of Energy and … [continued]

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U.S. EIA Extends 5 Key Energy Forecasts through December 2026

January 17, 2025 admin clean power, Fossil Fuels, lng, market research, Oil, research, Solar energy, us oil, us solar, us solar power, wind energy

Credit to Author: US Energy Information Administration| Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2025 04:44:57 +0000

In our January 2024 Short-Term Energy Outlook, which includes data and forecasts through December 2026, we forecast five key energy trends that we expect will help shape markets over the next two years. Electricity consumption will start growing, driven by new demand sources After almost two decades of relatively little … [continued]

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U.S. DOE Invests $68 Million into Innovative Heavy-Duty Electric Vehicle Charging Solutions

January 16, 2025 admin clean transport, electric heavy-duty trucks, electric trucks, Electric vehicles, ev charging, ev charging stations, policy & politics, Shipping, subsidies, us department of energy (doe)

Credit to Author: US Department of Energy| Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2025 04:44:10 +0000

SuperTruck Charge projects will accelerate deployment of large-scale public EV charging infrastructure for medium-and heavy-duty EVs to improve grid resiliency and reliability. As part of the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) continued commitment to electrified commercial road transport, DOE today announced a $68 million investment to design, develop, and demonstrate … [continued]

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U.S. Department of Transportation Invests $635 Million to Expand Zero-Emissions EV Charging and Hydrogen Refueling Infrastructure

January 16, 2025 admin bipartisan infrastructure law, department of transportation (dot), Electric vehicles, ev charging, ev charging stations, policy & politics, subsidies

Credit to Author: US Department of Energy| Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2025 04:40:53 +0000

Funding includes two large projects with tens of millions of dollars for hydrogen fueling. Last week, the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) announced $635 million in grants to continue building out electric vehicle (EV) charging and alternative fueling infrastructure with funding from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law’s signature zero-emission refueling … [continued]

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XPENG CEO: “Elimination Round” Hitting in Chinese EV Market in 2025

January 16, 2025 admin China, clean transport, electric cars, Electric vehicles, he xiaopeng, mercedes, Mercedes Benz, xpeng

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2025 01:53:57 +0000

The Chinese electric vehicle market has gotten a lot bigger in the past year as electric vehicles have gotten more and more competitive. As part of that, there have been occasional “price wars” in which automakers aggressively lower prices in order to reach sales targets — even to the point … [continued]

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Li Auto CEO Thinks Autonomous Cars Need Lidar in China

January 16, 2025 admin autonomous vehicles, clean transport, Electric vehicles, elon musk, li auto, li xiang, robotaxis, tesla, tesla fsd (full self driving), tesla robotaxis

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2025 00:47:49 +0000

It’s a longstanding and vigorous debate — will robotaxis need lidar, or are cameras alone adequate? Of course, we have several companies now operating robotaxis in China, the US, and elsewhere. Those all use lidar. However, Elon Musk has said for about a decade that robotaxis shouldn’t need lidar, and … [continued]

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Colombia EV Sales Report: EVs Grow 159% YoY, Reach Record 8.5% Market Share in December!

January 16, 2025 admin byd, byd seagull, byd yuan up, clean transport, cleantechnica, cleantechnica exclusive, cleantechnica reports, Colombia, colombia ev sales, electric cars, Electric vehicles, ev sales, hybrid electric cars, kia ev5, market research, phev, research, volvo ex30

Credit to Author: Juan Diego Celemín Mojica| Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2025 23:12:50 +0000

After years of EVs being priced well above their thermal competition, the arrival of a veritable armada of competitively priced EVs in Colombia (most, but not all, being Chinese) has resulted in the obvious consequence: people are buying them in droves. Record after record has been placed since October, with … [continued]

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Electric Vehicle Sales Leaders — Best Selling OEMs, Part 4 of 4

January 16, 2025 admin byd, clean transport, electric cars, Electric vehicles, geely, hybrid electric cars, phev, tesla

Credit to Author: José Pontes| Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2025 20:42:47 +0000

A closer look at the best-selling PEV automotive groups — edition 4 of 4 This is the fourth and final edition of a series looking at the top selling OEMs in terms of plugin vehicle sales. To check out the other ones, please click here, here, and here. In this … [continued]

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Another Day, Another Solar Factory Opens In The US

January 16, 2025 admin boviet solar, clean power, green economy, green jobs, investment, Manufacturing, North Carolina, Oklahoma, solar cells, Solar energy, solar manufacturing, solar module, solar panels, texas, us solar manufacturing, usa

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2025 18:55:18 +0000

Yet another new solar factory is launching in the US, attended by hundreds of new permanent jobs and an estimated $2.9 billion in economic activity for its host state.

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