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How To Get The Benefits Of Powerwall On A Shoestring Budget

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Credit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Sat, 30 Nov 2024 15:03:57 +0000

Ideally, we’d all have a rooftop full of solar power and a big bank of batteries in a large garage. This would not only power our homes 24/7 with clean solar power, but it would also keep the power bill down, feed clean energy to the grid, and keep your … [continued]

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Connecticut Police Departments Test Out Electric Vehicles — With Some Naysayers In The Crowd

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Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Sat, 30 Nov 2024 14:58:26 +0000

What great news it was to learn that a handful of police departments in Connecticut are piloting electric vehicles (EVs) for their workday needs. With EV prices near parity with internal combustion engine vehicles (ICEVs) and highly efficient batteries providing more than adequate range, it makes sense that more municipal … [continued]

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An Environmental & Budgetary Defense Of The F-35

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Credit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Sat, 30 Nov 2024 04:59:55 +0000

In recent posts to his social media site, Elon Musk took aim at a tough target: the Lockheed-Martin F-35 Lightning II. Not only is it stealthy (something Musk claims to have a workaround for), but he also thinks it’s a monetary boondoggle that his unofficial “government agency” should try to get … [continued]

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Now Is The Time To Buy Used Electric Cars, Too!

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Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Sat, 30 Nov 2024 04:58:00 +0000

We’ve written a few times about the US EV tax credit likely being cut in 2025 by Donald Trump and Republicans, and the point that you should probably buy an electric car ASAP (by the end of 2024) if you want to benefit from the $7,500 EV tax credit. Even … [continued]

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Some EV Drivers Were Thankful For NACS Adapters This Thanksgiving

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Credit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Sat, 30 Nov 2024 04:56:08 +0000

About a year ago, I wrote an article warning people to stay away from Electrify America’s Quartzsite, Arizona station. Why? Because busy holiday weekends have been getting worse and worse. With all of the traffic that’s constantly on the I-10 corridor between Los Angeles and Phoenix (not to mention all … [continued]

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Always Get The Seat Heaters. They Could Save Your Life!

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Credit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Sat, 30 Nov 2024 04:54:06 +0000

Recently, I came across a post on X/Twitter that I know will be retweeted (or reposted, or whatever) a bunch of times by anti-EV propagandists. Why? Because everyone knows that EVs can’t handle the cold! It has been 2.5 hours and these vehicles going westbound on I-90 have not moved. … [continued]

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Volt Solar Tile Set to Expand into the US Market

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Credit to Author: David Waterworth| Date: Sat, 30 Nov 2024 04:47:00 +0000

Readers of CleanTechnica may remember the article about the innovative Volt Solar Tile published a year ago. At that time, Peter Leeson, the visionary founder of Volt Solar Tile, made some predictions about where the company would be by the beginning of 2025. We caught up on zoom yesterday to … [continued]

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Eastport, Maine Is The Ideal Place For Solar, Tidal Power, And A Microgrid

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Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Sat, 30 Nov 2024 04:28:56 +0000

When the sun rises on America each day, it hits Eastport, Maine — the easternmost point of the continental US — first. Eastport is a small community of 1300 hardy people who live on an island on the edge of the Bay of Fundy. If you are looking to be … [continued]

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Tesla Offers New Discount on Model Y in China

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Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Sat, 30 Nov 2024 02:16:10 +0000

In addition to the US incentives Tesla has been offering to try to move more vehicles, the company is also trying to stimulate sales in China in a few ways. Tesla Model Y Discounts & Options in China First of all, if you take delivery of the two cheaper Tesla … [continued]

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Tesla Lease Buyouts — More Than Meets The Eye, So Many Options

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Credit to Author: Paul Fosse| Date: Sat, 30 Nov 2024 01:34:26 +0000

The following is a Tesla leasing analysis, as well as a look at how leasing offers many advantages but also has significant drawbacks. First, though, Tesla boosts sales with many different incentives, so let’s list some of the others for a broader perspective. Tesla seems to be pulling out all … [continued]

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