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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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GM Signs Deal With Vianode For Synthetic Graphite Supply

January 24, 2025 admin batteries, clean transport, Electric vehicles, Energy Storage, ev batteries, gm, graphite, green economy, lithium-ion batteries, synthetic graphite, ultium cells, vianode

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Thu, 23 Jan 2025 03:01:34 +0000

Norwegian company Vianode has signed a multi-year deal with General Motors to supply synthetic graphite for batteries beginning in 2027.

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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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Toyota Whacked With Gigantic Fine For Diesel Emissions Cheating

January 24, 2025 admin diesel emissions cheating scandal, diesel emissions scandal, hino, toyota, Uncategorized, us environmental protection agency (epa)

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Thu, 23 Jan 2025 02:52:00 +0000

Hino Trucks, a division of Toyota, has agreed to massive criminal and civil fines after admitting to years of lying about diesel emissions.

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Energy Efficient Data Centers Are Coming For Your Fossil Fuels

January 24, 2025 admin batteries, clean power, concentrating solar power, data centers, Energy, energy efficiency, energy efficient data centers, Energy Storage, green data centers, heat pump, long-duration energy storage, national renewable energy laboratory (nrel), parabolic trough csp, parabolic trough solar collectors, renewable energy, Solar energy, thermal energy storage, us department of energy (doe), usa, Water, wind energy

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Thu, 23 Jan 2025 00:11:54 +0000

New underground, long duration thermal energy storage systems can help manage skyrocketing energy demand from of data centers in the US.

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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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Is Xiaomi Set to Dethrone Tesla in China?

January 24, 2025 admin China, clean transport, electric cars, Electric vehicles, tesla, tesla model 3, tesla model y, xiaomi, xiaomi su7, xiaomi yu7

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2025 20:24:42 +0000

Looking at the best selling electric cars in China across the first 11 months of 2024, the Tesla Model Y was the top selling full electric car, and the Tesla Model 3 was the 8th best selling pure electric car. BYD has dominated plugin vehicle sales and pure electric vehicle … [continued]

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Trump Tries to Demolish Biden’s “Green New Deal” on Day 1 — EV, Solar, & Wind Policies & Funding Attacked

January 23, 2025 admin bipartisan infrastructure law, clean power, clean transport, Donald Trump, Electric vehicles, inflation reduction act of 2022., investing in america, Joe Biden, policy & politics, Solar energy, subsidies, wind energy

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2025 17:04:25 +0000

Even a con man tells the truth once in a while. Donald Trump, for whatever idiotic reason, hates cleantech. He has long hated wind turbines, thinks solar power is stupid and hates it, and trashes electric cars with misinformation on a regular basis. He also hates his political opponents having … [continued]

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Why Is Europe So Obsessed With Green Hydrogen?

January 23, 2025 admin biomass, clean power, EU, Europe, green economy, green hydrogen, hydrogen, investment, policy & politics, Solar energy, Ukraine, ukraine green hydrogen, ukraine solar, ukraine wind power, wind energy

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2025 16:06:13 +0000

The green hydrogen market has seen plenty of stumbles ever since innovators, investors, and governments began exploring the idea of deploying renewable electricity to push hydrogen gas from water instead of extracting it from natural gas or coal. Nevertheless, interest runs high especially in Europe, where a domestic green hydrogen … [continued]

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Michigan Gets Ford Mustang Mach-E Police Car (Finally) — I Predict There Will Be More To Come

January 23, 2025 admin clean transport, electric cars, Electric vehicles, ford, ford mustang mach e, Michigan, police electric cars, police electric vehicles

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2025 16:02:21 +0000

It seems like we should be well past the point of small pilot orders of electric vehicles for police units, but this is somehow where we still are. While it may be a decade late, the good news is the Michigan State Police (MSP) has just gotten a 2024 Ford … [continued]

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