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Safely Descending Hills In EV or ICE Vehicles

January 28, 2025 admin clean transport, electric cars, Electric vehicles

Credit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Sun, 26 Jan 2025 08:25:43 +0000

Have you ever driven down a steep hill and then started smelling something awful? Whether the smell is coming from your car or it’s coming from somebody else’s, the unmistakable smell of brakes being cooked is extremely unpleasant. But, it’s a lot more than just bothersome—it’s a sign that somebody’s … [continued]

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Tesla, Ford, & Chevrolet Lead US EV Sales — Charts

January 27, 2025 admin clean transport, cleantechnica, cleantechnica exclusive, cleantechnica reports, electric cars, Electric vehicles, ev sales, market research, research, tesla, tesla sales, us ev sales

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Sun, 26 Jan 2025 08:15:09 +0000

US electric vehicle sales increased 14% in the 4th quarter of 2024 over the 4th quarter of 2023. It was pretty good growth for the EV market. Let’s dive in a little further to the details of EV sales in the quarter. We’ll start by looking at sales by model. … [continued]

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Reviving Lakebeds Show The Value of Water Conservation

January 27, 2025 admin Water

Credit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Sun, 26 Jan 2025 08:10:44 +0000

Clean technology isn’t just about relatively new technologies like solar panels and lithium ion batteries. Sometimes, reducing the negative impacts we have on the landscape is as simple as doing less of something or growing crops in a different way. When we do things the wrong way and take too … [continued]

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More Bright Green, Clean Energy For Deep Red State

January 27, 2025 admin caiso, California, california independent system operator (caiso), clean power, electricity transmission, Energy, federal energy regulatory commission (ferc), green economy, grid, idaho, ls power, nevada, renewable energy, Solar energy, usa, wind energy

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Sat, 25 Jan 2025 21:26:19 +0000

Trump or no Trump, a new bidirectional clean energy transmission line is on track for construction to commence this year, connecting wind and solar resources in Idaho, Nevada, and California.

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Ordinary Driving Adds More Life To EV Batteries (It’s Official!)

January 27, 2025 admin batteries, battery research, clean transport, electric cars, Electric vehicles, Energy Storage, ev batteries, ev battery life, ev battery research, lithium-ion batteries, london school of economics and political science, uk, university of birmingham

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Sat, 25 Jan 2025 21:14:44 +0000

Another new study shows that EV batteries last longer than previously thought while racking up sustainability points, too.

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US Auto Industry In Turmoil After First Week Of Trump 2

January 27, 2025 admin Donald Trump, Electric vehicles, ev revolution, inflation reduction act of 2022., Michigan, nevi, policy & politics, Uncategorized

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Sat, 25 Jan 2025 20:42:42 +0000

The America auto industry is in the middle of a transition to electric vehicles but new policies may disrupt its plans.

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Car & General Launches Dealership in Kitui for Tuk-Tuks & Motorcycles

January 27, 2025 admin africa, clean transport, electric cars, electric motorcycles, electric taxis, electric tuk-tuks, Electric vehicles, Kenya, nairobi, tuk tuks

Credit to Author: Remeredzai Joseph Kuhudzai| Date: Sat, 25 Jan 2025 19:04:05 +0000

Last week, Car & General launched a brand new dealership in Kitui, Kenya. The dealer, Salaba Holdings, will be retailing the company’s Piaggio three-wheelers and TVS motorcycles as well as offer service and parts in the eastern region town. Kitui is 162 km east of Kenya’s capital city, Nairobi, and … [continued]

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Is The US Government Hiding Clean Technology?

January 27, 2025 admin Uncategorized

Credit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Sat, 25 Jan 2025 16:54:36 +0000

Recently a trailer for a new documentary about aliens dropped. While I always love a good alien story (my grandpa and I were big fans of X Files back in the ’90s) and like the idea of mixing clean technology with aliens even more, I also have to admit that … [continued]

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How Is Rivian Going To Lead On Driver Assist Technology?

January 27, 2025 admin autonomous vehicles, clean transport, electric cars, Electric vehicles, rivian, Volkswagen

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Sat, 25 Jan 2025 04:59:57 +0000

There’s not often news in the EV world that baffles me, or even really surprises me, but I’ve been a little thrown off by some announcements from Rivian this week, including how they’ve come about. Rivian is a cool EV startup that I really like. It could actually be the … [continued]

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The Automotive Industry Has Two Ways Out Of Malaise 2.0

January 27, 2025 admin clean transport, electric cars, Electric vehicles, History

Credit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Sat, 25 Jan 2025 04:59:10 +0000

When people talk about the golden era of automobiles, especially muscle cars, they’re almost always talking about the 1950s and 1960s. Cars got faster and more powerful, even if the American automotive industry was making huge and inefficient vehicles compared to those made in Europe and Asia. Fuel was cheap, … [continued]

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