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A First Ride In The Navier N30 Electric “Flying” Boat

October 27, 2024 admin AUSTIN, boats, clean transport, electric boats, navier, texas

Credit to Author: Kyle Field| Date: Thu, 24 Oct 2024 22:08:47 +0000

Electrifying boats is no small challenge, but thanks to years of consistent advancements in electric motors, onboard control systems paired with hydrofoil technology stemming from the America’s Cup racing series and more, the dream is coming closer to reality. One company pushing the envelope in that space is Navier Boats. … [continued]

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$28 Million More For US Clean Energy Workforce Development

October 27, 2024 admin clean power, green economy, green jobs, policy & politics, Solar energy, subsidies, wind energy

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Thu, 24 Oct 2024 21:57:31 +0000

The Biden–Harris administration’s work getting major clean energy legislation passed continues to deliver. Aspects of that legislation continue to roll out. The announcement today is that $27.98 million in Investing in America agenda funding for clean energy workforce development is being distributed. This is happening under the Energy Auditor Training … [continued]

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Softcar Aims For Full Circularity With Its 4-Seater Electric Microcar

October 27, 2024 admin clean transport, Electric vehicles, microcar

Credit to Author: Derek Markham| Date: Thu, 24 Oct 2024 19:42:37 +0000

Softcar’s newly revealed 4-seater electric microcar, which is a small urban electric vehicle classified as a L7e (heavy quadricycle) in the EU, aims to lead the auto industry “fully into the circular economy” with its net-zero cars that will be built locally in net-zero micro-factories. The Softcar’s 4-seater configuration sets … [continued]

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New & Used EV Sales Were Up In September In USA

October 27, 2024 admin clean transport, cox automotive, electric cars, Electric vehicles, ev sales, market research, research, us ev sales

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Thu, 24 Oct 2024 18:34:46 +0000

EV sales were 9 percent of total new car sales in the US in September. Cox Automotive expects the to crack the 10 percent barrier soon.

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What Did Your Heat Pump Water Heater Installation Cost? We Want to Know

October 27, 2024 admin energy efficiency, heat pumps

Credit to Author: Joe Wachunas| Date: Thu, 24 Oct 2024 18:21:03 +0000

Heat pump water heaters (HPWH) are a game changing decarbonization technology that are unfortunately still too expensive in many regions. Our nonprofit-led Advanced Water Heating Initiative is looking to track prices that households are paying for HPWH installations to see what folks are spending by region and also to observe … [continued]

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Armstrong International’s New Industrial Heat Pump Manufacturing Facility to Help Light Industry Manufacturers in the U.S. Meet Net-Zero Goals and Cut Primary Energy Demand by up to 80%

October 27, 2024 admin energy efficiency, heat pumps, policy & politics, press releases

Credit to Author: Press Release| Date: Thu, 24 Oct 2024 16:54:25 +0000

The 29,000-square-foot project was assisted by a grant from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Defense Production Act Program Major efforts are underway to advance America’s energy transition and move away from fossil fuels. This is especially true in the industrial sector, which accounts for more than one-third of all energy … [continued]

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Kia Plans Expansion Into Light Commercial Vehicles In Europe & UK

October 27, 2024 admin clean transport, electric trucks, Electric vehicles, Europe, Kia, kia europe, uk

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Thu, 24 Oct 2024 15:35:40 +0000

Kia says it will bring its light duty electric vans to Europe and the UK soon to help meet stricter emissions standards in cities.

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Holiday Fun! Taking A 32kWh MINI Cooper SE On A 962km Road Trip From Johannesburg To Afriski Resort In Lesotho And Back

October 27, 2024 admin africa, clean transport, cleantechnica, cleantechnica exclusive, cleantechnica reviews, Electric vehicles, ev charging, ev charging stations, ev road trips, lesotho, mini, mini cooper se, mini electric, South Africa

Credit to Author: Remeredzai Joseph Kuhudzai| Date: Thu, 24 Oct 2024 15:12:01 +0000

South Africa’s charging network is growing all the time. EV drivers can now comfortably do road trips along most of the country’s major highways. Drivers can now also do road tips to resorts in neighbouring countries such as Lesotho. To showcase this, Ryan Jarret recently took a trip from Johannesburg, … [continued]

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No Bird Collisions At Offshore Wind Site, Study Determines

October 27, 2024 admin carbon emissions, Norway, offshore wind energy, offshore wind farms, research, siemens, siemens gamesa, siemens gamesa renewable energy, wind energy, wind farms birds, wind turbines birds

Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Thu, 24 Oct 2024 13:37:32 +0000

For more than two years, the floating offshore wind turbine TetraSpar at METCentre off the coast of Norway has been monitored by a bird camera. No bird collisions have been recorded. The Norwegian company Spoor that is responsible for the bird monitoring. Since January 2022, they have mapped bird activity … [continued]

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Cheaper Tesla Models Coming Next Year!

October 27, 2024 admin clean transport, electric cars, Electric vehicles, green economy, investment, tesla, tesla cybercab, tesla model 2, tesla model 3, tesla model c, tesla model y

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Thu, 24 Oct 2024 03:58:28 +0000

Update: Also see “Correction, and Confusion: What Are Tesla’s Next, Cheaper Models?” for more discussion on this topic. Despite a lot of confusion on this matter in the past year or so, Tesla reaffirmed in its 3rd quarter shareholder letter and on its shareholder conference call today that the company … [continued]

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