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I Touched the Cybertruck!

December 11, 2024 admin Australia, clean transport, cleantechnica, cleantechnica exclusive, electric cars, Electric vehicles, tesla, tesla australia, tesla cybertruck

Credit to Author: David Waterworth| Date: Sun, 08 Dec 2024 04:55:26 +0000

After writing about sightings of the Cybertruck throughout Australia (you can read about them here and here) and Steve Hanley’s exciting article about the possible size of Australia’s Cybertruck market, I am eagerly anticipating the truck’s impact Down Under. Approximately 30,000 light trucks are sold in Australia each month, mainly … [continued]

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Renewable Energy-On-Rails Scheme To Cure Transmission Line Blues

December 11, 2024 admin batteries, clean power, electricity transmission, Energy, energy innovation, Energy Storage, lfp batteries, lithium iron phosphate, lithium iron phosphate battery, railroads, Railway, renewable energy, Solar energy, startups, suntrain, Transmission Lines, us department of energy (doe), usa, wind energy

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Sun, 08 Dec 2024 01:57:33 +0000

SunTrain is planning a new mobile energy storage system that collects renewable energy where available and ships it where needed, using existing railways instead of transmission lines.

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European Auto Industry Turmoil At Volkswagen & Stellantis Likely To Accelerate In 2025

December 11, 2024 admin carlos tavares, clean transport, Electric vehicles, Europe, ev tariffs, policy & politics, stellantis, tariffs, Volkswagen

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Sat, 07 Dec 2024 23:21:03 +0000

Volkswagen and Stellantis are seeing tough times ahead as sales skitter and factory closures are in the offing for both companies.

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ConnectDER Will Expand Distributed Energy Products Business

December 11, 2024 admin clean power, connectder, distributed energy resources, green economy, Uncategorized

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Sat, 07 Dec 2024 18:50:31 +0000

ConnectDER has several products that plug in to an existing meter socket to make connecting solar panels or EV chargers easy and inexpensive.

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Wisconsin School Project Gives Kids A Solar Plus Storage Microgrid Learning Environment

December 10, 2024 admin batteries, clean power, eaton, Energy Storage, grid, investment, microgrids, rooftop solar, Solar energy, solar schools, wisconsin

Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Sat, 07 Dec 2024 15:08:32 +0000

A Wisconsin school is getting a solar plus storage microgrid project that will save the district significant money on energy. Intelligent power management company Eaton will provide the solar plus storage microgrid to support affordable, resilient, and sustainable power in the Wisconsin school district. The system will be the largest … [continued]

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EVs Take 35.3% Share Of The UK — Laggards Rush To Meet ZEV Mandate

December 10, 2024 admin clean transport, cleantechnica exclusive, cleantechnica reports, consumer technology, electric cars, Electric vehicles, end of oil, Europe, europe ev sales, ev market share, ev sales, ev transition, ford, hybrid electric cars, market research, mg motor, new automotive, Nissan, phev, renault, research, smmt, tesla, tesla model y, uk, uk ev market share, uk ev sales, uk ev transition, Volkswagen

Credit to Author: Dr. Maximilian Holland| Date: Sat, 07 Dec 2024 10:42:37 +0000

November saw plugin EVs take 35.3% share of the UK auto market, up from 25.7% year on year. BEVs grew volume by 58% YoY, and took a quarter of the market, while PHEV volume was flat. Overall auto volume was 153,610 units, down 2% YoY. Tesla was the leading BEV … [continued]

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Cannonball! NY-LA EV Record Drops Below 40 Hours

December 10, 2024 admin Uncategorized

Credit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Sat, 07 Dec 2024 04:59:36 +0000

Most of us will never take a non-stop trip from New York to Los Angeles. Why? Because the average person values their sleep more than they value setting records. Add in the need to speed, avoid speeding in front of police, pass sleepy drivers, and slam vast amounts of caffeine, … [continued]

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WeRide Deploys Autonomous Streetsweepers

December 10, 2024 admin autonomous vehicles, clean transport, Electric vehicles, France, robotaxis, Singapore, weride

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Sat, 07 Dec 2024 04:57:31 +0000

After writing about WeRide’s robotaxi deployment in Abu Dhabi, I went looking at recent WeRide announcements, and I noticed one especially interesting ones I had missed. Just a couple weeks ago, autonomous robotaxis from WeRide, the Robosweeper S6 and Robosweeper S1, were commercially deployed in Singapore, at Marina Coastal Drive … [continued]

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Uber & WeRide Launch Robotaxis in Abu Dhabi

December 10, 2024 admin Abu Dhabi, AI, autonomous vehicles, clean transport, electric cars, Electric vehicles, robotaxis, UAE, Uber, weride

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Sat, 07 Dec 2024 04:24:36 +0000

Having gone to Abu Dhabi several times for cleantech conferences, I could see that UAE leaders were very keen on futuristic tech and very keen on superlatives — the biggest, the first, the tallest, the fastest, etc. So, I knew it would be quick to deploy robotaxis. Today, the capital … [continued]

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Floating Solar Array Launches in Ohio. Yes, Ohio!

December 10, 2024 admin clean power, floating solar, floating solar power plants, floating solar pv, Ohio, Solar energy, solar power plants

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Sat, 07 Dec 2024 03:07:01 +0000

When you think of leaders in the deployment of floating solar PV power, I’m sure you think of Ohio. Okay, no, that’s unlikely. You’re more likely to think of the myth that people in Springfield, Ohio, are eating their neighbors’ cats and dogs. However, it’s true. Not the eating cats … [continued]

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