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New Flyer Low Emission Buses Too Expensive So Winnipeg Buys Diesel

December 20, 2024 admin 0 Comments Canada, carbon emissions, clean transport, climate change, electric bus, electric buses, electric mass transit, electric trucks, Electric vehicles, Energy, Fossil Fuels, green economy, green jobs, hydrogen fuel cell buses, hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicles, investment, Manufacturing, mass transit / public transit, new flyer, Oil, renewable energy

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Wed, 18 Dec 2024 03:15:18 +0000

Into Canada’s ongoing challenges with bus fleet decarbonization comes Winnipeg, which hasn’t featured much so far in the ongoing tale of transit think tank CUTRIC’s incompetence, sole sourcing and hydrogen-centric conflicts of interest. However, it did have a role in a piece assessing Canadian bus manufacture New Flyer’s strategic missteps … [continued]

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iCar Launches $14,000 Small Electric SUV

December 20, 2024 admin 0 Comments chery, clean transport, electric cars, Electric vehicles, icar, icar v23

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Wed, 18 Dec 2024 03:13:40 +0000

China is a different world when it comes to electric cars, as we all know, but it’s still hard to not be somewhat shocked by some of the announcements that come out of there. In this case, iCar, a relatively new sub-brand of Chery, has launched its second vehicle, and … [continued]

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Tata Trying to Pull EVs Forward in India

December 20, 2024 admin 0 Comments clean transport, Electric vehicles, ev charging, ev charging stations, India, tata power, tata power renewable energy, tivolt

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Wed, 18 Dec 2024 01:47:08 +0000

In addition to some big renewable energy news, Tata Power, part of Tata Group, the largest business conglomerate in India, has been working to advance electrification of the transport sector in India. It’s provided one announcement on this topic this month and one last month. Clearly, renewable energy is still … [continued]

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Big Tata Power Clean Energy Projects in Bhutan & India

December 20, 2024 admin 0 Comments Bhutan, clean power, green economy, hydroelectric, India, investment, Solar energy, tata power, wind energy

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Tue, 17 Dec 2024 23:42:03 +0000

India has been a major market for clean energy deployment — solar energy and wind energy deployment. It’s been much less successful stimulating the electric vehicle market. Tata Group is India’s largest business conglomerate. It’s enormous, selling various products and services in more than 160 countries. One of its companies … [continued]

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Trump Transition Team Plans To Take A Sledgehammer To Biden Era EV Policies

December 20, 2024 admin 0 Comments clean transport, Donald Trump, Electric vehicles, EPA, epa fuel economy regulations, fuel economy standards, inflation reduction act of 2022., Joe Biden, policy & politics, us environmental protection agency (epa), us fuel economy standards

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Tue, 17 Dec 2024 20:10:11 +0000

The transition team for the incoming administration proposes tearing up the carefully crafted EV incentives to please oil companies.

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Accelerating Electrification: Freight Trucks Will Dominate In The US

December 20, 2024 admin 0 Comments batteries, carbon emissions, clean power, clean transport, clean trucks, climate change, Coal, electric trucks, Electric vehicles, Energy, Energy Storage, ev batteries, ev charging, Fossil Fuels, green economy, green jobs, grid, investment, Manufacturing, microgrids, natural gas, Oil, renewable energy, Shipping, Solar energy, trains / rail, usa

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Tue, 17 Dec 2024 20:02:33 +0000

Key Takeaways: Transportation is the highest emissions segment in United States Of rail, water, and road, only freight trucking can readily decarbonize Electric trucks are cost-effective and rapidly advancing The United States has unintentionally made itself into the country with the hardest to decarbonize transportation sector, and it matters. Transportation … [continued]

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A 6 MW/48 MWh Energy Storage Project Is Coming To Camp Pendleton, & Will Be Expanded Later

December 20, 2024 admin 0 Comments batteries, camp pendleton, Energy Storage, INTERVIEWS, US Marine Corps

Credit to Author: Jake Richardson| Date: Tue, 17 Dec 2024 19:21:56 +0000

Here at CleanTechnica, we have written previously about Camp Pendleton several times, and of particular note was the large solar power installation. Now comes another big story, although it’s about energy storage, not photovoltaics. Typically in the US, energy storage projects that use batteries provide backup and pulses of electricity … [continued]

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Stellantis & CATL’s New JV Will Invest Up To €4B To Build Large-Scale LFP Battery Plant In Spain

December 20, 2024 admin 0 Comments batteries, battery factories, catl, clean transport, Electric vehicles, Energy Storage, Europe, green economy, lithium ferrous phosphate (lfp), Manufacturing, Spain, stellantis

Credit to Author: Derek Markham| Date: Tue, 17 Dec 2024 18:10:39 +0000

Stellantis and CATL recently announced a strategic agreement for a joint venture that could see up to €4.1 billion invested in the construction of a large-scale European lithium iron phosphate battery plant. The facility, which they say will be constructed in multiple phases in Zaragoza, Spain, is intended to eventually … [continued]

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40 New Electric Trucks from Volvo Hit the Road with DB Schenker

December 19, 2024 admin 0 Comments clean transport, db schenker, electric trucks, Electric vehicles, GERMANY, Shipping, volvo, volvo trucks

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Tue, 17 Dec 2024 17:49:14 +0000

DB Schenker, one of the largest logistics service providers in the world, has just added 40 electric trucks from Volvo to its fleet in Germany. These are 20-ton trucks and can be used for urban or regional services. The model is the Volvo FM Electric, and it provides 490 kW … [continued]

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Ford Mustang Mach-E Wins TOP SAFETY PICK+ Award

December 19, 2024 admin 0 Comments clean transport, electric cars, Electric vehicles, ford, ford mustang mach e, iihs, iihs ratings, research

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Tue, 17 Dec 2024 16:25:27 +0000

The Ford Mustang Mach-E is the third best selling electric vehicle in the US this year, only trailing the Tesla Model Y and Tesla Model 3. It’s still one of the best looking electric vehicles on the market, and it’s highly capable and the form factor many buyers want. Now … [continued]

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