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BYD Continues To Go After Europeans’ Hearts, & Enters Estonia

December 20, 2024 admin byd, byd europe, clean transport, electric cars, Electric vehicles, Estonia, Europe

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Wed, 18 Dec 2024 04:59:26 +0000

Earlier this year, I noted that BYD was really going after Europeans’ hearts by sponsoring the Euros, a massive football (soccer) tournament in Europe that is similar to the World Cup and goes well beyond the normal football fanbase. BYD branding was all over that tournament, and while it may … [continued]

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Building a Sustainable Supply Chain for the Philippine Offshore Wind Industry

December 20, 2024 admin clean power, offshore wind energy, Philippines, philippines wind energy, wind energy

Credit to Author: Raymond Tribdino| Date: Wed, 18 Dec 2024 04:58:11 +0000

EIGHT YEARS. That is the least amount of time needed for the Philippines to build and operate its first offshore windmill. Thus, as the country stands at the threshold of a renewable energy transition, with offshore wind (OSW) expected to play a crucial role in meeting its energy security and … [continued]

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Hurricanes Were Extra Disruptive to US Energy Infrastructure in 2024 — I’m Shocked

December 20, 2024 admin climate change, climate crisis, energy information administration (eia), Extreme weather, Fossil Fuels, global weirding, hurricanes, Natural Disasters, Oil

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Wed, 18 Dec 2024 04:57:20 +0000

After warnings for years from climate scientists that hurricanes were going to get bigger and more destructive, I’m absolutely shocked to learn that hurricanes this year were bigger and more destructive than normal in the US. Sarcasm aside, I lived through a couple of serious hurricanes, including going through the … [continued]

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Waymo Exploring Another Country

December 20, 2024 admin autonomous vehicles, clean transport, Electric vehicles, Japan, robotaxis, waymo, waymo driver

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Wed, 18 Dec 2024 04:02:19 +0000

Waymo has been on a roll this year. Without a doubt, in my humble opinion, this has been the company’s best year. I don’t just mean that every year is better than the last, and so this is its best year. I mean that the company seems to have leapt … [continued]

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New Flyer Low Emission Buses Too Expensive So Winnipeg Buys Diesel

December 20, 2024 admin Canada, carbon emissions, clean transport, climate change, electric bus, electric buses, electric mass transit, electric trucks, Electric vehicles, Energy, Fossil Fuels, green economy, green jobs, hydrogen fuel cell buses, hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicles, investment, Manufacturing, mass transit / public transit, new flyer, Oil, renewable energy

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Wed, 18 Dec 2024 03:15:18 +0000

Into Canada’s ongoing challenges with bus fleet decarbonization comes Winnipeg, which hasn’t featured much so far in the ongoing tale of transit think tank CUTRIC’s incompetence, sole sourcing and hydrogen-centric conflicts of interest. However, it did have a role in a piece assessing Canadian bus manufacture New Flyer’s strategic missteps … [continued]

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iCar Launches $14,000 Small Electric SUV

December 20, 2024 admin chery, clean transport, electric cars, Electric vehicles, icar, icar v23

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Wed, 18 Dec 2024 03:13:40 +0000

China is a different world when it comes to electric cars, as we all know, but it’s still hard to not be somewhat shocked by some of the announcements that come out of there. In this case, iCar, a relatively new sub-brand of Chery, has launched its second vehicle, and … [continued]

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Tata Trying to Pull EVs Forward in India

December 20, 2024 admin clean transport, Electric vehicles, ev charging, ev charging stations, India, tata power, tata power renewable energy, tivolt

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Wed, 18 Dec 2024 01:47:08 +0000

In addition to some big renewable energy news, Tata Power, part of Tata Group, the largest business conglomerate in India, has been working to advance electrification of the transport sector in India. It’s provided one announcement on this topic this month and one last month. Clearly, renewable energy is still … [continued]

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Big Tata Power Clean Energy Projects in Bhutan & India

December 20, 2024 admin Bhutan, clean power, green economy, hydroelectric, India, investment, Solar energy, tata power, wind energy

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Tue, 17 Dec 2024 23:42:03 +0000

India has been a major market for clean energy deployment — solar energy and wind energy deployment. It’s been much less successful stimulating the electric vehicle market. Tata Group is India’s largest business conglomerate. It’s enormous, selling various products and services in more than 160 countries. One of its companies … [continued]

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Trump Transition Team Plans To Take A Sledgehammer To Biden Era EV Policies

December 20, 2024 admin clean transport, Donald Trump, Electric vehicles, EPA, epa fuel economy regulations, fuel economy standards, inflation reduction act of 2022., Joe Biden, policy & politics, us environmental protection agency (epa), us fuel economy standards

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Tue, 17 Dec 2024 20:10:11 +0000

The transition team for the incoming administration proposes tearing up the carefully crafted EV incentives to please oil companies.

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Accelerating Electrification: Freight Trucks Will Dominate In The US

December 20, 2024 admin batteries, carbon emissions, clean power, clean transport, clean trucks, climate change, Coal, electric trucks, Electric vehicles, Energy, Energy Storage, ev batteries, ev charging, Fossil Fuels, green economy, green jobs, grid, investment, Manufacturing, microgrids, natural gas, Oil, renewable energy, Shipping, Solar energy, trains / rail, usa

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Tue, 17 Dec 2024 20:02:33 +0000

Key Takeaways: Transportation is the highest emissions segment in United States Of rail, water, and road, only freight trucking can readily decarbonize Electric trucks are cost-effective and rapidly advancing The United States has unintentionally made itself into the country with the hardest to decarbonize transportation sector, and it matters. Transportation … [continued]

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