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Transportation Firm Deathwatch: Hydrogen & EVTOLs

January 31, 2025 admin archer, Aviation, carbon emissions, China, clean shipping, clean transport, climate change, ehang, Electric vehicles, Energy, fuel cell, green economy, heavy rail, hydrogen, hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicles, India, investment, joby, Manufacturing, mass transit, mass transit / public transit, policy & politics, Shipping, trains / rail, usa

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2025 01:34:06 +0000

For several years there have been a couple of parallel slow motion failures in the making, the use of hydrogen in transportation and the Jetsons’ fantasy of air taxis zipping over cities. Neither were based in economic, regulatory, or technical reality, preferring instead to have vast sums of governmental and … [continued]

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Dwindling List Of EVTOL Firms Shrinks Further

January 29, 2025 admin airbus, Aviation, Boeing, China, clean transport, climate change, ehang, Electric vehicles, ev batteries, evtol, faa, green economy, investment, Manufacturing

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2025 04:18:48 +0000

The inevitable is occurring in the dead end space of Jetsons urban air mobility fantasies. Two more origami rotorcraft have left the vertiport for the great airplane graveyard in the sky as Volocopter disappears and Airbus drops its program. Volocopter was founded in 2011 in Bruchsal, Germany. Initially named e-Volo, … [continued]

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“Mystery” Cold Climate Heat Pump To Be Unveiled Soon

January 28, 2025 admin air source heat pumps, buildings, cold climate heat pumps, consumer technology, electric heat pumps, Energy, energy efficiency, energy efficient appliances, energy efficient building, green economy, heat pumps, home energy management, inflation reduction act of 2022., Manufacturing, us department of energy (doe), worksport

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Mon, 27 Jan 2025 15:25:47 +0000

A new generation of high performance, energy efficient cold climate heat pumps is coming to the US home appliance market, Trump or no Trump.

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What Can The US Labor Movement Do To Build On Its 2024 Victories?

January 28, 2025 admin activism, alexandria ocasio-cortez, COLORADO, Donald Trump, elon musk, green economy, green jobs, labor unions, Manufacturing, policy & politics, uaw, unions

Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Sun, 26 Jan 2025 15:50:14 +0000

With the recent election upheaval in the US government, it’s important to remember that the labor movement flourished in 2024. Workers across sectors and interests challenged wage ceilings, sought job safety and security, and looked to unions to represent their collective interests. The ascendance of Donald J. Trump to the … [continued]

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One Step Closer To The Electric Solar Car Of The Future…Er, Solar Autocycle, That Is

January 26, 2025 admin aptera, autocycles, clean transport, electric cars, Electric vehicles, green economy, Manufacturing, solar car, solar cars, startups, three-wheelers, usa

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Fri, 24 Jan 2025 19:55:41 +0000

The new solar car from the US EV startup Aptera is on track for production, with a display screen from the leading flat panel manufacturer Tianma.

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Musk Needs A Wake-Up Call About Reworking The US Economy, Says Senator Elizabeth Warren

January 26, 2025 admin consumer financial protection bureau, Elizabeth Warren, elon musk, investment, Manufacturing, policy & politics

Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Fri, 24 Jan 2025 19:43:35 +0000

If there’s anyone who can offer a prescription to cure the US economy, it’s Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA). It was her idea to create the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau as a way to stop scams and hold financial firms accountable when they cheat people. Now billionaire Elon Musk has bought … [continued]

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End of Green New Deal, Idiocracy, Social Media Opioids, & Tesla Risk — Video Chat

January 24, 2025 admin bipartisan infrastructure law, clean power, clean transport, cleantechnica, cleantechnica videos, Democrats, Donald Trump, electric cars, Electric vehicles, green economy, green jobs, inflation reduction act of 2022., Joe Biden, Manufacturing, policy & politics, Republicans, Solar energy, tesla, wind energy

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Thu, 23 Jan 2025 03:22:30 +0000

Vijay Govindan and I sat down today to discuss Democrats’ “Green New Deal” (the Inflation Reduction Act and Bipartisan Infrastructure Law), Trump trying to destroy it despite all of the economic benefits it brings across the US (especially in red districts and states), the era of “Idiocracy,” social media as … [continued]

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Nickel & the Cleantech Revolution — Plus Alaska Energy Metals’ Role in US Energy Independence

January 24, 2025 admin alaska, batteries, battery metals, battery minerals, clean power, clean transport, cobalt, Copper, Electric vehicles, Energy Storage, ev batteries, ev battery materials, green economy, investment, iron, lithium-ion batteries, Manufacturing, nickel, platinum, Solar energy, Sponsored, wind energy

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Thu, 23 Jan 2025 02:54:09 +0000

The electric vehicle revolution is genuinely in full swing, with almost one out of every 4 new vehicles having a plug in 2024. The core element of that revolution is the batteries, and the essence of those batteries is a handful of metals. So, the most critical conundrum is how … [continued]

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Critical Minerals Global Expert Optimistic About Supply

January 24, 2025 admin Australia, battery materials, battery metals, battery minerals, carbon emissions, China, climate change, Copper, Europe, ev batteries, ev battery materials, green economy, green jobs, investment, lithium, Manufacturing, Mining, policy & politics

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2025 23:52:51 +0000

Late in 2024 I had the privilege of sitting down with one of the world’s leading experts on critical minerals, Gavin Mudd, director of the centre for critical minerals intelligence at the British Geological Survey. The second half of the conversation included a great deal on why we’re both optimistic … [continued]

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Mt. Washington Cog Railway Goes Electric!

January 23, 2025 admin clean transport, Electric vehicles, Manufacturing, trains / rail

Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2025 04:59:29 +0000

“The Second Greatest Show on Earth!” That’s what showman PT Barnum proclaimed in 1869 as he stepped down off the world’s first mountain-climbing railroad and marveled at the view from Mount Washington’s rocky summit. First put into service in 1869, the Mount Washington Cog Railway has offered decades of tourists … [continued]

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