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The Sierra Club’s Nationwide Study On The EV Shopping Experience

November 25, 2019 admin air quality, bmw i3, cars, chevrolet, chevy volt, clean transport, climate change, co2 emissions, consumer reports, consumer technology, electric cars, Electric vehicles, ev charging, ev charging stations, ev sales, fca, fiat chrysler automobiles, ford, Fossil Fuels, gm, green economy, honda, hybrid electric cars, Hyundai, Kia, market research, Nissan, nissan leaf, phev, policy & politics, polls/surveys, research, rev up electric vehicles report, Sierra Club, sierra club clean transportation for all, subsidies, the sierra club, toyota, union of concerned scientists, volkswagon

Credit to Author: Cynthia Shahan| Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2019 02:55:23 +0000

Back in 2015, when we shopped EVs and then leased a Nissan Leaf, we were the primary EV educators up to the point of sale, not the salespeople. Even during the test drive, we had more knowledge. Our grasp on the function and reality of electric cars seemed to overwhelm the salesperson. We passionately emphasized why we wanted an electric car. Our sales person remained less than enthusiastic

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Electrify America & Lyft Partner On EV Charging For Rental Drivers

November 20, 2019 admin air quality, cars, clean transport, consumer technology, electric cars, Electric vehicles, electrify america, ev charging, ev charging stations, HEALTH, Lyft, lyft express drive, lyft green mode, smartphone apps

Credit to Author: Cynthia Shahan| Date: Thu, 21 Nov 2019 01:27:07 +0000

Electrify America and Lyft are now collaborating on a program to bring electric vehicle charging to more drivers. The new program will provide people using “Express Drive” EV rentals from Lyft with charging access on Electrify America’s broad and growing network of DC fast chargers

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Why Automakers Should Actually Care About The Environment

November 19, 2019 admin air quality, California, cars, chrysler, clean transport, climate change, consumer technology, Donald Trump, electric cars, Electric vehicles, elon musk, emissions standards, energy efficiency, EPA, fiat, ford, fuel economy standards, gm, green economy, HEALTH, policy & politics, tesla, toyota, toyota 4runner

Credit to Author: Johnna Crider| Date: Tue, 19 Nov 2019 21:01:08 +0000

Dear Automakers, You should support the environment. In fact, without it, we would not be able to buy your cars. I mean, we would be dead if we didn’t have clean air to breathe. Same problem if a climate disaster kills us, or ruins our livelihood

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Some Of Vox’s 9 Experts On Billionaire Climate Spending Are Off Base

November 13, 2019 admin Agriculture, air quality, Bill Gates, billionaires, breakthrough institute, buildings, carbon pricing, clean power, clean transport, climate change, electric cars, Electric vehicles, elon musk, grid, HEALTH, hydroelectric, nuclear energy, Peter Thiel, policy & politics, Solar energy, United States, vox, wind energy

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2019 00:20:44 +0000

This article will look at some of the suggested solutions, and look at a few billionaires and how they are actually spending their money, and make some judgments about the experts and their opinions

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Some of Vox’ 9 Experts On Billionaire Climate Spending Are Off Base

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2019 00:20:44 +0000

This article will look at some of the suggested solutions, and look at a few billionaires and how they are actually spending their money, and make some judgments about the experts and their opinions

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Clean, Fresh Air Benefits Us All — EV Etiquette Is For Everyone

November 11, 2019 admin air pollution children, air quality, bmw i3 long-term review, chevy bolt, clean transport, cleantechnica, cleantechnica exclusive, cleantechnica reviews, consumer technology, Electric vehicles, ev charging, ev charging stations, ev etiquette, Fossil Fuels, research, SCIENCE

Credit to Author: Cynthia Shahan| Date: Tue, 12 Nov 2019 01:36:24 +0000

EV etiquette is sometimes a delicate subject, and a serious EV infrastructure issue. EV etiquette needs some attention in some places. Getting the infrastructure in the ground is one thing. Using it politely matters quite the same

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Fuel Economy Standards Are Stupid. Let’s Find A Better Way

November 11, 2019 admin air quality, climate change, EPA, gasoline tax, policy & politics, untaxed externality, us fuel economy standards

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Mon, 11 Nov 2019 22:05:29 +0000

Fuel economy standards are a silly way to address the harm that burning fossil fuels causes. Instead, let’s take away the free taxpayer supported advantage oil companies have enjoyed for the past 100 years.

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Clean Cooking: Let The Data Speak For Itself

November 10, 2019 admin air quality, clean cookstoves, nexleaf analytics, NIGERIA

Credit to Author: The Beam| Date: Sun, 10 Nov 2019 10:00:31 +0000

Large-scale efforts and resources have been directed towards low- and middle-income countries to encourage individual households to adopt more efficient clean cooking solutions including improved cookstoves and cleaner fuels. While households initially express enthusiasm for their new stoves, they eventually abandon them

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UPDATE: Democratic Candidates’ Climate Plans Comparison, Now With Mayor Pete

November 8, 2019 admin Agriculture, air quality, andrew yang, Bernie Sanders, biofuels, buildings, carbon pricing, carbon tax, cars, clean power, clean transport, climate change, Coal, Democratic Party, election2020, electric cars, Electric vehicles, Elizabeth Warren, ev charging, Fossil Fuels, green economy, green jobs, grid, investment, Joe Biden, kamala harris, Manufacturing, mass transit / public transit, natural gas, nuclear energy, Oil, Pete Buttigieg, policy & politics, renewable energy standards, Shipping, Solar energy, subsidies, trains / rail, wind energy

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Fri, 08 Nov 2019 19:37:32 +0000

With Buttigieg surging, and CleanTechnica’s deep dives into the front runners (and Yang’s) plans completed, it’s time for the overview comparison, now with Mayor Pete added

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Utilities & Transit Poorly Positioned For Low-Carbon Transformation – Part 3

November 8, 2019 admin air quality, bc translink, Canada, clean power, clean transport, climate change, duke energy, Electric vehicles, ev charging, green economy, green jobs, Manufacturing, mass transit / public transit, policy & politics, Solar energy, transit, United States, utilities, wind energy

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Fri, 08 Nov 2019 17:00:54 +0000

Utilities and transit are expected to transform at accelerated rates over the next 10 and 20 years to achieve the carbon-emission reduction goals necessary for minimizing global impacts of climate change. They need help to do so