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Soft Cost Analysis of EV Charging Infrastructure

August 9, 2024 admin clean transport, electric cars, Electric vehicles, ev charging, green economy, green jobs, investment, Manufacturing, national renewable energy laboratory (nrel), research, SCIENCE, us department of energy (doe)

Credit to Author: US Department of Energy| Date: Tue, 06 Aug 2024 21:19:52 +0000

Private and public electric vehicle supply equipment (EVSE)—the charging infrastructure necessary to support the rapid rise in electric vehicles (EVs)—are essential to the transformation of the transportation sector, yet associated expenses outside of the actual hardware, software, and construction called “soft costs” are not well understood. A new multilaboratory initiative … [continued]

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First & Second Waymo Experience Across the City

August 9, 2024 admin autonomous vehicles, clean transport, cleantechnica, cleantechnica exclusive, cleantechnica reviews, Electric vehicles, ev reviews, robotaxis, san francisco, waymo

Credit to Author: Cynthia Shahan| Date: Tue, 06 Aug 2024 16:32:38 +0000

We decided to take a Waymo to get to the museum across the city from us in San Francisco. My daughter opened the Waymo app, and, poof — 1, 2, 3, and a Waymo robotaxi arrived in 5 minutes outside the house, calmly waiting for us to unlock and open … [continued]

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Grocery Chain in Canada Getting EV Chargers at 130+ Stores

August 9, 2024 admin banks, Canada, clean transport, Electric vehicles, ev charging, ev charging stations, flo, Metro, Ontario, Quebec

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Tue, 06 Aug 2024 13:30:42 +0000

There’s a ton of incremental progress in the electric vehicle and EV charging arena. One more EV charger here, two more there, another over there, three in the corner there. It all adds up. But then there are big announcements, and it’s hard to not get excited about those. One … [continued]

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EV Battery Pack Costs 90% Lower in 2023 Than in 2008

August 8, 2024 admin batteries, clean transport, Electric vehicles, Energy Storage, ev batteries, ev battery costs, ev battery prices, lithium-ion batteries, research

Credit to Author: US Department of Energy| Date: Tue, 06 Aug 2024 05:00:51 +0000

Electric vehicle battery pack costs for a light-duty vehicle in 2023 were 90% lower than in 2008, according to DOE estimates. The Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Vehicle Technologies Office estimates the cost of a electric vehicle lithium-ion battery pack for a light-duty vehicle declined 90% between 2008 and 2023 (using … [continued]

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First Student’s Biggest School Year Ever: Safety Enhancements, More Electric School Buses, & 1 Billion Planned Bus Rides in 2024–2025

August 8, 2024 admin clean transport, electric buses, electric school buses, Electric vehicles, HEALTH, mass transit / public transit

Credit to Author: Press Release| Date: Tue, 06 Aug 2024 04:30:33 +0000

First Student, the trusted school transportation provider to millions of families, is gearing up for its biggest school year ever. The company will advance student safety, expand its fleet of clean electric school buses, and make the most student transportation trips in North America. This school year, First Student expects … [continued]

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States to Receive $190 Million to Improve Health, Safety, & Lower Energy Costs in K-12 Public Schools Across America

August 8, 2024 admin buildings, clean power, clean transport, Electric vehicles, HEALTH, investing in america, jennifer granholm, Joe Biden, justice40 initiative, policy & politics, Solar energy, us department of energy (doe)

Credit to Author: US Department of Energy| Date: Tue, 06 Aug 2024 03:04:21 +0000

Biden-Harris Administration Announces States to Receive $190 Million to Improve Health, Safety, and Lower Energy Costs in K-12 Public Schools Across America WASHINGTON, D.C. — In support of the Biden-Harris administration’s Investing in America agenda, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced selections for the 2024 Renew America’s Schools Prize and … [continued]

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XPeng On A Roll — 5 Months In A Row Of Sales Growth

August 8, 2024 admin China, clean transport, electric cars, Electric vehicles, ev sales, xpeng, xpeng sales

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Tue, 06 Aug 2024 01:31:05 +0000

Some may be claiming EV sales aren’t growing, but to that, XPeng can say: “Ha!” That’s because the Chinese “smart electric vehicle” company has seen 5 months in a row of both year-over-year sales growth and month-over-month sales growth. With 63,173 vehicles delivered in the first 7 months of the … [continued]

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ChargerHelp Annual Report Puts A Spotlight On EV Charger Challenges

August 8, 2024 admin chargerhelp, clean transport, Electric vehicles, ev charger reliability, ev charging, ev charging stations

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Mon, 05 Aug 2024 21:09:03 +0000

It should come as no surprise to CleanTechnica readers that tales of faulty EV charging equipment in America are one of the primary factors holding back the EV revolution. We have all heard lurid tales of people who have arrived at an EV charger ready to plug in their electric … [continued]

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Breakthrough Energy Venture’s Wilted Garden Of Climate Investments

August 8, 2024 admin Agriculture, batteries, Bill Gates, biofuels, breakthrough energy ventures, buildings, carbon capture (ccs), carbon emissions, clean power, clean transport, climate change, Energy, Energy Storage, fusion, geothermal energy, green economy, heat storage, investment, Nuclear, nuclear energy, renewable energy, Shipping, sir richard branson, Solar energy, thermal storage, venture capital, vinod khosla, wind energy

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Mon, 05 Aug 2024 16:34:43 +0000

Recently I sat down with Laurent Segalen and Gerard Reid, European cleantech investors, on their podcast Redefining Energy to talk about Breakthrough Energy Venture’s big misses. This followed our conversation about the cognitive biases of the billionaires such as Bill Gates which have persisted due to a bubble of confirmation … [continued]

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EVs Take 27.4% Share Of The UK — Spring Arrives In Summer

August 7, 2024 admin Audi, audi q6 e-tron, BMW, clean transport, cleantechnica exclusive, cleantechnica reports, consumer technology, dacia spring, electric cars, Electric vehicles, end of oil, Europe, europe ev sales, ev market share, ev sales, ev transition, hybrid electric cars, market research, mg motor, mini, new automotive, phev, research, smmt, tesla, uk, uk ev market share, uk ev sales, uk ev transition

Credit to Author: Dr. Maximilian Holland| Date: Mon, 05 Aug 2024 14:33:40 +0000

July saw plugin EVs take 27.4% share of the UK auto market, up from 24.1% year on year. Both BEVs and PHEVs grew volume YoY, outperforming the broader market. Overall auto volume was 147,517 units, up 2.5% YoY, still below pre-2020 seasonal norms (~160,000). The UK’s leading BEV brand in … [continued]

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