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UK Engine Manufacturers Report Hydrogen Engines Essential For Solving Climate Change

January 2, 2025 admin Agriculture, air quality, buildings, carbon emissions, clean power, clean transport, climate change, electric trucks, Electric vehicles, Energy, ev batteries, Fossil Fuels, green economy, green hydrogen, green jobs, hydrogen, hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicles, investment, Manufacturing, policy research, united kingdom (uk)

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Wed, 01 Jan 2025 02:33:55 +0000

The hydrogen for transportation community is all abuzz about a late-year report from a working group of the UK’s Hydrogen Delivery Council and the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero. The working group, made up almost entirely of professionals whose entire career, livelihood, and indeed the future of the … [continued]

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China Plans 48,000 Kilometers Of High Speed Rail By 2030

January 2, 2025 admin China, clean transport, cr450, Electric vehicles, green economy, high speed rail

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Thu, 02 Jan 2025 19:02:46 +0000

China has introduced a new high speed rail train with a top speed of 450 km/h, making it the fastest train on Earth.

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Next-Gen “Massless” EV Batteries Could Weigh Nothing At All

January 2, 2025 admin batteries, carbon fiber, carbon fiber battery, chalmers university of technology, clean transport, Electric vehicles, Energy Storage, ev batteries, research, SCIENCE, sustainability, sustainable, Sweden

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Thu, 02 Jan 2025 15:38:29 +0000

“Massless” EV batteries are designed to pull double duty as structural elements that add no extra weight to a vehicle, increasing battery range by an estimated 70%.

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Electric & Autonomous Trucks Won’t Fix This, But YOU Can!

January 2, 2025 admin autonomous vehicles, clean transport, Electric vehicles

Credit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Thu, 02 Jan 2025 14:43:35 +0000

With all of the crazy new year’s news (electric truck terrorism is a thing now apparently), a news story from just a couple of weeks ago feels like ancient news. It’s almost like that Pecos, Texas train derailment happened last year or something! (oh, wait…) Some online commenters were saying … [continued]

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XPENG & NIO Sales Soar to Record Highs in December

January 2, 2025 admin clean transport, electric cars, Electric vehicles, nio, nio sales, xpeng, xpeng sales

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Thu, 02 Jan 2025 04:51:32 +0000

XPENG and NIO ended the year with a bang. They both set new monthly sales records in December. XPENG Sales Figures XPENG rose to 36,695 deliveries in December, which was a whopping 82% increase over December 2023. That also meant the company ended the 4th quarter with 91,507 deliveries, a … [continued]

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In The New Year, Climate Activists Must Resolve To Appeal To Emotional Intelligence And Local Contexts

January 2, 2025 admin activism, air quality, Bill McKibben, climate activism, climate change, climate science, HEALTH, social networking

Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Thu, 02 Jan 2025 04:47:44 +0000

The new year is usually a time for us to resolve to do better, to make decisions that are healthy and lead to personal and collective satisfaction and growth. This year is a bit different, though, with an oligarchy ready to pursue anti-climate goals once it’s ensconced in the US … [continued]

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Taking A Second Look At The Honda/Nissan Merger

January 2, 2025 admin clean transport, electric cars, Electric vehicles, honda, Nissan, policy & politics

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Thu, 02 Jan 2025 00:50:56 +0000

The merger between Honda and Nissan has lots of industry experts scratching their heads trying to figure out what’s in it for Honda.

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USDA Funds Renewable Energy Project In Rural Texas

January 1, 2025 admin clean power, Coal, Fossil Fuels, geothermal storage, policy & politics, san miguel electric cooperative, Solar energy, usda

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Wed, 01 Jan 2025 19:09:40 +0000

47 counties in southern Texas will soon be getting their electricity from renewable energy plus storage thanks to USDA funding.

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Radioactive Road in Florida Approved by EPA

January 1, 2025 admin Donald Trump, policy & politics, us environmental protection agency (epa)

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Wed, 01 Jan 2025 17:57:51 +0000

No, it’s not April 1. To close out 2024, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) gave a company in Florida approval to use radioactive materials in road construction. “Florida man” stories are going to get a lot more interesting. … Joking aside, this is a real story and the company, Mosaic … [continued]

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Toyota bZ4X EV Gets $6,000 Price Cut For 2025

January 1, 2025 admin clean transport, Electric vehicles, toyota, toyota bz4x

Credit to Author: Jake Richardson| Date: Wed, 01 Jan 2025 17:44:27 +0000

We typically don’t post much about the Toyota bZ4X, Toyota’s all-electric compact SUV. Most reports say it hasn’t sold that well, perhaps due to average range and charging speed. The name bZ4X doesn’t really have that sound or feeling of a known vehicle; it’s obscure, is it not? It certainly … [continued]

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