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The Volvo EX30 Leads The Way In South Africa As BEV Sales Go Up 35% In 2024

January 30, 2025 admin africa, BMW, bmw ix3, clean transport, electric cars, Electric vehicles, market research, research, South Africa, volvo, volvo ex30, volvo xc40

Credit to Author: Remeredzai Joseph Kuhudzai| Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2025 23:32:56 +0000

Sales of battery electric vehicles (BEV) breached the 1,000 units per year mark in South Africa for the first time ever in 2024. Last year, 1,257 BEVs were sold in South Africa, up 35% from 929 units sold in 2023. The Volvo EX30 led the way with 406 units, taking … [continued]

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Clean Energy & Pork Production at Milford, Utah

January 30, 2025 admin Agriculture, clean power, Solar energy, Utah, wind energy

Credit to Author: Arthur Frederick (Fritz) Hasler| Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2025 17:34:53 +0000

There is a strange confluence of clean energy and pork production near Milford, Utah, 208 miles south of Salt Lake City, and 30 miles west of Beaver. Located there, just north of Milford in Beaver County, is the largest solar farm in Utah. It is the Escalante Solar Project, which … [continued]

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What In The World Is Going On With AI?

January 30, 2025 admin AI, policy & politics

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2025 16:15:56 +0000

The world of AI took a giant hit on Monday as companies betting on the new technology lost over a trillion dollars in value.

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Second Life Adds More Green Punch To EV Battery Recycling (Eventually)

January 29, 2025 admin batteries, battery recycling, battery reuse, battery second life, clean transport, e-waste, electric vehicle battery reuse, Electric vehicles, electronic waste, Energy Storage, ev batteries, ev battery recycling, green economy, lithium-ion batteries, policy & politics, repurpose, second life batteries, waste reduction

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2025 16:00:20 +0000

Amazon’s Climate Pledge Fund is supporting a new “second life” venture that complements EV battery recycling by extending the useful life of the whole battery.

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Renault’s Automotive Pedigree Sells the Megane E-Tech Down Under

January 29, 2025 admin Australia, clean transport, cleantechnica, cleantechnica exclusive, electric cars, Electric vehicles, renault, renault megane, renault megane e-tech

Credit to Author: David Waterworth| Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2025 15:52:19 +0000

That’s what the Renault salesperson told me yesterday when I went to check out the Renault Megane E-Tech. After my experience driving the Zoe 6 years ago, I was prepared to be disappointed. I was pleasantly surprised. The Megane is an attractive mid-range CUV. The three white cars, clustered together … [continued]

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Seaweed Farms Are An Important Carbon Sequestration Strategy

January 29, 2025 admin alexandra cousteau, carbon dioxide, carbon sequestration, green economy, research, seaweed farming

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2025 15:45:12 +0000

We know that plants sequester carbon dioxide. The Amazon rainforest (what’s left of it), mangrove swamps, and sea grasses all remove carbon dioxide from the air. But a recent study by the Oceans 2050 Global Seaweed Project found that seaweed farming can also be an important source of carbon sequestration. … [continued]

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Musk’s Heil Gesture Is Important To The Next Four Years — And Here’s Why

January 29, 2025 admin adl, Donald Trump, elon musk, Hitler, policy & politics, Republicans, subsidies

Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2025 14:32:49 +0000

Dozens of world leaders joined a group of fewer than 50 Nazi death camp survivors in Poland this week to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, where more than 1.1 million people, mostly Jews, were murdered. The event is unalterably linked to Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon … [continued]

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Brightening Influences — Bright EVs To Cheer Up The UK … And Also China, Greece, Pacific Northwest

January 29, 2025 admin clean transport, electric cars, Electric vehicles, Europe, renault, renault r5, uk

Credit to Author: Cynthia Shahan| Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2025 04:59:47 +0000

Amidst so much negativity and struggle in the US, how about some colorful ideas for the new EV era? In the Pacific Northwest, all sorts of electric cars are common, brightening up the grey climate. Across the continent and The Pond, Renault has launched a Brighten Up ‘Grey UK’! initiative. … [continued]

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Manorga Solar Parking Canopies To Be Distributed By BayWa re

January 29, 2025 admin clean power, clean transport, Electric vehicles, ev charging, France, parking lot solar, policy & politics, solar canopies, Solar energy

Credit to Author: Cynthia Shahan| Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2025 04:57:45 +0000

Not so long ago, France ushered in a new era of solar energy with the passage of a new law that mandates a large rise in solar canopies. The country’s new regulation requires large parking lots to have at least 50% of their space covered in solar canopies. It applies … [continued]

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Brazil EV Sales Report: Market Share Rises to 5.4% in December in PHEV-Dominated Market

January 29, 2025 admin Brazil, brazil ev sales, byd, byd dolphin, byd dolphin mini, byd king, byd seal, byd song, byd yuan, clean transport, cleantechnica, cleantechnica exclusive, cleantechnica reports, electric cars, Electric vehicles, ev sales, great wall motor, hybrid electric cars, market research, phev, research, volvo ex30

Credit to Author: Juan Diego Celemín Mojica| Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2025 04:33:37 +0000

I know many of our readers are not too fond of plug-in hybrids (PHEVs), considering them an inferior solution to purely electric vehicles (BEVs), which, to be fair, they are. But modern PHEVs, with their all-electric ranges over 50 km and their hyper-efficient powertrains (some of which may get 2,000 … [continued]

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