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Electric Truck Charging’s Cost & Price Flexibility Are Its Superpower

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Fri, 27 Dec 2024 16:02:46 +0000

Key takeaways Early adopters of charging microgrids can gain a competitive edge with flexible pricing Solar-powered microgrids cut costs with zero marginal cost energy Collaboration on green corridors boosts savings and revenues First movers with electric truck charging microgrids have a superpower, which is much more flexible energy pricing options … [continued]

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Bill McKibben Celebrates 2024: Climate Successes Can Motivate Us In 2025

Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Fri, 27 Dec 2024 14:18:30 +0000

Many climate activists are turtling right now with the pressing reminder that the US executive office is about to be filled by a climate denier, supported by a Congress that has shown little spark to advance new, serious clean energy legislation. Yet climate activist and Gandhi Peace Award winner Bill … [continued]

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2024 Was A Productive Year For My Decarbonization Efforts

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Thu, 26 Dec 2024 23:12:50 +0000

It’s the time of year when people publish retrospectives on the year and start thinking about the year ahead. As so much of my work ends up in CleanTechnica, I thought it would be useful to provide my retrospective here. On a purely personal note, I’ve been told over and … [continued]

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Can We Fix Reporting on Auto Recalls Finally?

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Thu, 26 Dec 2024 23:11:36 +0000

I saw the following headline last week: “Tesla recalling almost 700,000 vehicles due to tire pressure monitoring system issue.” For a moment I thought, “Oh, wow, that’s a lot of cars that are going to need to go in for service.” But then I quickly realized that this was most … [continued]

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Peak EV Fast Charging Is Up 50%, And So Are EV Fast Chargers

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Thu, 26 Dec 2024 21:21:59 +0000

Naturally, electric vehicle sales have gone up this year, as we’ve reported, and there are certainly a lot more electric vehicles on the road than there were a year ago. Sales numbers are just sales numbers, though. Is there evidence of a lot more electric vehicle charging? Yes, there is! … [continued]

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Truck Charging: Start Small, Scale Smart

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Thu, 26 Dec 2024 17:02:18 +0000

Key Takeaways: Trucks won’t all be electric immediately, so don’t build charging for 100% electric Design charging microgrids for standardized increments of capacity Analyze all sites and design increments that are good enough Gaining the benefits of electric trucks, including significantly reduced maintenance and operations costs and increasing market share, … [continued]

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