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VinFast Announces VF 5 Official Pricing & Opens Reservations in the Philippines

October 23, 2024 admin clean transport, electric cars, Electric vehicles, Philippines, vinfast, vinfast vf 5

Credit to Author: Raymond Tribdino| Date: Sun, 20 Oct 2024 04:00:15 +0000

Almost a month after the launch of its compact electric SUV, the VF 3, VinFast Philippines recently announced the final pricing for the VF 5, which is the brand’s debut model in the country. The VF 5 was the show model vehicle for VinFast when it launched in the Philippines … [continued]

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Tesla Reaches 60,000 Superchargers

October 23, 2024 admin clean transport, Electric vehicles, ev charging, ev charging stations, Japan, tesla, tesla supercharger network, tesla superchargers

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Sun, 20 Oct 2024 03:50:05 +0000

Sometimes it’s nice to just get some simple, old-fashioned, positive stories from Tesla. At its core, Tesla — more than 100,000 Tesla employees — are producing great electric cars, rolling our Tesla Superchargers, and spreading clean technologies around the world. I know, the Supercharger team was supposed to be kaput. … [continued]

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It’s Time To Accept That There Is No Such Thing As Climate Smart Beef

October 23, 2024 admin Agriculture, beef, carbon emissions, climate change, co2 emissions, global weirding, HEALTH, meat, waste reduction

Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Sat, 19 Oct 2024 22:28:55 +0000

Tyson Foods — that enormous industrial beef consortium — has found itself the object of a consumer-protection lawsuit that alleges the company was disingenuous in its communication to consumers about its efforts and progress to curb greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. What’s at issue are claims in marketing materials like suggesting … [continued]

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Desperate Trouble In The US May Force Volkswagen To Rethink Scout Brand

October 23, 2024 admin clean transport, electric cars, Electric vehicles, scout, Volkswagen, volkswagen group

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Sat, 19 Oct 2024 22:10:36 +0000

Volkswagen North America is in desperate trouble, with sales of the ID.4 falling fast. What to do? Fire the manager, of course.

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The Best Day of the Year — Heat Pump Water Heater Day — Is October 23

October 23, 2024 admin heat pump water heaters, heat pumps

Credit to Author: Joe Wachunas| Date: Sat, 19 Oct 2024 21:01:44 +0000

The holiday that puts all other holidays to shame is almost upon us! Heat Pump Water Heater Day is rolling out for its third annual awesomeness to elevate and celebrate the most amazing appliance in the home that we never think about (the water heater). The Advanced Water Heating Initiative is … [continued]

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Ampersand Scales Nairobi Electric Motorcycle Manufacturing Capacity To Meet Kenya’s Growing Demand For Electric Motorcycles

October 22, 2024 admin africa, ampersand, battery swapping, clean transport, electric motorcycles, Electric vehicles, ev battery swapping, Kenya, motorcycles + scooters, nairobi

Credit to Author: Remeredzai Joseph Kuhudzai| Date: Sat, 19 Oct 2024 15:29:33 +0000

New Nairobi factory triples production capacity in Kenya, fueling the county’s transition to electric motorcycles. Ampersand now has 1150 bikes on the roads of Nairobi. There are over 2 million internal combustion engine motorcycles in Kenya. Motorcycles are mainly used as public transport vehicles in Kenya. These motorcycle taxis are … [continued]

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It Ain’t Easy Being A Hybrid Engine

October 22, 2024 admin clean transport, electric cars, Electric vehicles, engineering explained, hybrid electric cars

Credit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Sat, 19 Oct 2024 13:46:47 +0000

A recent video over at the Engineering Explained YouTube channel shares a fact that may surprise many readers: the engines in hybrids have a rougher life than those in normal non-hybrid ICE vehicles. While it’s true that they’re spared some of the worst punishment an ICE typically suffers, there are … [continued]

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Adventurer Circles Lake Superior In An F-150 Lightning

October 22, 2024 admin clean transport, electric trucks, Electric vehicles, ev charging, ev road trips, ev towing, ford f-150 lightning

Credit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Sat, 19 Oct 2024 13:33:27 +0000

The North Light Photographic Workshops channel on YouTube recently shared a pretty cool story: a journey circling Lake Superior not only with an electric pickup truck, but pulling a small travel trailer along for the ride. Let’s first look at the video, and then I’ll summarize it for people who’d … [continued]

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Tesla Cybertruck Options & Geography Opening Up

October 22, 2024 admin clean transport, Electric vehicles, tesla, tesla cybertruck

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Sat, 19 Oct 2024 03:53:45 +0000

Once upon a time, there was enormous hype around the Tesla Cybertruck reservation list. Supposedly, it went beyond 1 million reservations. I said repeatedly that you couldn’t trust those numbers, for a couple of big reasons. For one, reservations only required a $100 refundable deposit. That just wasn’t much money … [continued]

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Unpopular Opinion: EVs Will Take Over Even Without Bans

October 22, 2024 admin clean transport, electric cars, Electric vehicles

Credit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Sat, 19 Oct 2024 03:40:02 +0000

It seems like these days, popular ideas always come in two flavors. There’s the left flavor and the right flavor, or whatever you want to call it. Allegiance to one’s political tribe demands that we toe every line or risk becoming politically homeless. On EVs, the two prevailing opinions I … [continued]