The POWER Interview: Solving Issues in the Solar Sector

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Mon, 06 Jun 2022 14:16:32 +0000

The U.S. Dept. of Energy (DOE) for the past few years has talked about the importance of “building a strong solar manufacturing sector and supply chain in America” to support the nation’s economy, and to help “keep pace with rising domestic and global demand for affordable solar energy.” Recent events, including further disruption of global […]

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Road to Zero Emissions Now Clear for Road Traffic

Credit to Author: Maarten Vinkhuyzen| Date: Mon, 06 Jun 2022 07:10:19 +0000

The road to zero emissions from road traffic is becoming very clear now. That the solution is battery electric vehicles (BEV) is now accepted even at most legacy carmakers. Only Toyota and friends still believe in a main role for hydrogen fuel cell (HFC) technology. A few others, like Renault, are looking for corner cases […]

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How China’s Lithium Leverage Affects Tesla & Other EV Makers

Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Sat, 04 Jun 2022 04:10:03 +0000

lithiumTesla and other electric vehicle manufacturers rely heavily on a few different minerals. One of them, lithium, is largely mined, refined, and processed by China, though lithium deposits can be found worldwide. Still, China’s jump on the raw materials game for EV minerals will make it hard for other countries to compete at such a […]

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Speed, Bow Shape, & Ultrasonics, Electrification & More Will Reduce Marine Shipping Fuel Requirements

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Tue, 31 May 2022 16:35:25 +0000

Marine shipping megatonnes fossil fuels before refuelingWith higher fuel prices for shipping comes an every increasing economic driver for efficiency that will force most of these techniques to be applied.

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The Wild World Of Chinese Mini EVs

Credit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Fri, 27 May 2022 14:55:15 +0000

I love electric vehicles, but they’re sure not cheap. For many people, a clean used EV is all that they can afford, and that usually costs almost as much as the cheapest new gas-powered cars. Understandably, this keeps many people with low incomes out of the EV game, and it keeps many people globally (who […]

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China Electric Car Market — 29% Market Share In April!

Credit to Author: José Pontes| Date: Thu, 26 May 2022 06:29:13 +0000

BYD achieves record month in Covid-disrupted market Plugin vehicles continue to be all the rage in the Chinese auto market. Despite the overall market being completely disrupted by Covid lockdowns (-43% year over year), plugins scored over 260,000 registrations in April, up 61% year over year (YoY). Share-wise, with April showing another great performance, plugin […]

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Tesla China Exported 2 Batches Of 4,000+ EVs In One Week

Credit to Author: Johnna Crider| Date: Thu, 19 May 2022 05:35:33 +0000

Tesla China exported over 4,000 EVs to Belgium over the weekend according to a video of this past Sunday’s shipment leaving the port of Shanghai. The video was shared by 42How, which cited Kankanews as the source. According to Kankanews, there were two separate batches. The first one had 4,767 EVs. And then this second […]

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China Pats Tesla’s Back, Elon Musk Pats China’s Back

Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Wed, 18 May 2022 02:00:54 +0000

Tesla ChinaCOVID-19 forced many automakers and suppliers to shut down in China last month, and many of them are just beginning to ramp up production after the long break. That said, another production pause has taken place again. Nevertheless, amidst the surge in cases, Tesla was actually one of a handful of companies the city of Shanghai worked hard to help reopen — […]

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Top 3 Countries in the Global EV Revolution in 2021 — Part 2

Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Sat, 07 May 2022 01:22:57 +0000

Wuling Hong Guang MINI EVThis piece continues my annual rundown of the top 10 EV countries in the world! See part 1 if you missed it. By Assaf Oron 3rd Place, 62 Points: South Korea (8th In 2020) Years ago, the Korean industry — both automakers and battery makers — saw the EV writing on the wall, and did what Koreans do: […]

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2021’s Top 3 Countries in the Global EV Revolution — Part 2

Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Sat, 07 May 2022 01:22:57 +0000

Wuling Hong Guang MINI EVThis piece continues my annual rundown of the top 10 EV countries in the world! See part 1 if you missed it. By Assaf Oron 3rd Place, 62 Points: South Korea (8th In 2020) Years ago, the Korean industry — both automakers and battery makers — saw the EV writing on the wall, and did what Koreans do: […]

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