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Hydrogen for Energy Serves Fossil Fuel Interests, Not Climate Change or Economy

October 5, 2024 admin batteries, blue hydrogen, carbon emissions, clean power, clean transport, climate change, electric trucks, Electric vehicles, Energy, Energy Storage, ev batteries, green economy, green hydrogen, green jobs, grid, grid storage, heat pumps, hydrogen, India, investment, Manufacturing, marine energy, mass transit / public transit, pumped hydro storage, renewable energy, Shipping, trains / rail

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Wed, 02 Oct 2024 17:13:29 +0000

The long-running seminar series for India’s utility professionals through the India Smart Grid Forum closed with hydrogen. The hype glitter is starting to tarnish, but there is still a lot of substance-less shiny noise around the molecule. To that end, I stepped through the challenges and why hydrogen is virtually … [continued]

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Volvo Trucks Pushes For Price On Carbon Emissions

October 4, 2024 admin carbon pricing, clean transport, electric trucks, Electric vehicles, policy & politics, volvo, volvo trucks

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Wed, 02 Oct 2024 13:01:32 +0000

Volvo Trucks is a leader in battery electric trucks in Europe and the US and making plans to continue leading the field.

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Is The USA Becoming A Free Rider On Other Countries’ Climate Action?

October 2, 2024 admin air quality, carbon emissions, carbon pricing, China, clean power, clean transport, climate change, Coal, crude oil, Diesel, electric trucks, Energy, Europe, Fossil Fuels, gasoline, green economy, grid, India, natural gas, Oil, policy & politics, renewable energy, subsidies, usa

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Sun, 29 Sep 2024 00:41:50 +0000

The free rider problem in climate action arises when some countries or actors benefit from the efforts of others to mitigate climate change without contributing their fair share. Since the atmosphere is a global common good, actions taken by one country to reduce greenhouse gas emissions benefit the entire world, … [continued]

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Volvo Trucks Delivers 70 Volvo VNR Electric Trucks in California

September 28, 2024 admin batteries, California, class 8 trucks, clean transport, electric class 8 truck, electric trucks, Electric vehicles, green economy, green jobs, investment, lithium-ion batteries, press releases, Shipping, southern california, us environmental protection agency (epa), volvo, volvo trucks

Credit to Author: Press Release| Date: Wed, 25 Sep 2024 16:29:36 +0000

Volvo Trucks North America has successfully delivered 70 Volvo VNR Electric trucks as part of a $21.5M funding initiative supported by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the South Coast Air Quality Management District (South Coast AQMD). The project, named “SWITCH-ON,” has deployed these zero-tailpipe emission trucks to several … [continued]

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Hong Kong’s Climate & Hydrogen Plans Were Captured By Its TownGas Utility

September 27, 2024 admin air quality, buildings, carbon emissions, China, clean power, clean transport, climate change, Coal, electric trucks, Energy, Fossil Fuels, government policy, green economy, Hong Kong, hydrogen, investment, natural gas, Oil, policy & politics, waste reduction, waste to energy

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Tue, 24 Sep 2024 23:15:41 +0000

Recently John Haffner, responsible for sustainability at Hong Kong’s US$1.4 billion annual revenue Hang Lung Property Group, reached out to me. ReThink HK, which bills itself as Hong Kong’s best-attended and most ambitious business event for sustainable development, was hosting a debate he would be part of in front of … [continued]

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Tesla Cybertruck’s Manual Has Bad News About Hitch Capacity

September 26, 2024 admin clean transport, electric cars, electric trucks, Electric vehicles, tesla, tesla cybertruck, tesla towing

Credit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Mon, 23 Sep 2024 11:09:26 +0000

A few weeks ago, WhistlinDiesel’s Cybertruck torture testing was the talk of EV social media. When the vehicle’s hitch basically snapped off under extreme circumstances, EV haters used it to lampoon all EVs. EV fans were split between Tesla fanatics, who blamed the unusually rough hits it took, and others … [continued]

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Smart Freight Centre Launches New Shipper-Carrier Coalition to Pilot Heavy-Duty EV Charging with Terawatt Along the First Ever US Over the Road Electrified Corridor

September 21, 2024 admin clean transport, electric trucks, Electric vehicles, ev charging, ev charging stations, green economy, policy & politics, Shipping

Credit to Author: Press Release| Date: Thu, 19 Sep 2024 03:10:49 +0000

AIT Worldwide, DB Schenker, Maersk, Microsoft, PepsiCo, and Others Join Forces to Refine EV Charging Operations Along Corridor Between Los Angeles and El Paso and Advance Sustainable Transport Ecosystem Smart Freight Centre, a global non-profit organization focused on climate action in the freight sector, yesterday announced the launch of a … [continued]

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Hyundai & IVECO Featuring “Revolutionary Electric Commercial Vehicle” at Coming IAA Show

September 16, 2024 admin clean transport, electric heavy-duty trucks, electric trucks, Electric vehicles, hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicles, Hyundai, iaa, iveco, Shipping

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Fri, 13 Sep 2024 13:53:38 +0000

In a bit of a leak, we’ve caught word that Hyundai and IVECO Group are aiming to feature a “revolutionary electric commercial vehicle” at the coming IAA 2024 show in Hannover, Germany. We don’t have details yet, but we’ve got these summary points: Hyundai Motor Company leverages its global eLCV platform … [continued]

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Battery-Electric Terminal Trucks Deployed in Western Australia

September 15, 2024 admin arena, Australia, australian renewable energy agency (arena), clean transport, electric trucks, Electric vehicles

Credit to Author: David Waterworth| Date: Thu, 12 Sep 2024 23:47:39 +0000

In an Australian first, Patrick Terminals has deployed nine battery-electric terminal trucks (BEV-TTs) at the Port of Fremantle, Western Australia. This is described as the initial phase of their electrification project. It appears that there is more to come! Patrick was supported in its decarbonisation project by AU$2.5 million in … [continued]

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Lessons from China’s Growing Adoption of Zero-Emission Trucks

September 14, 2024 admin batteries, China, clean transport, electric trucks, Electric vehicles, Energy Storage, ev charging, green economy, green hydrogen, lithium-ion batteries, Shipping

Credit to Author: World Resources Institute| Date: Thu, 12 Sep 2024 02:07:21 +0000

Getting more zero-emission trucks on the road is an important transportation shift that is needed to reduce air pollution, protect public health and curb climate-harming emissions. But transforming the entire trucking industry is a challenging feat that will require the establishment of government policies with ambitious targets. Some jurisdictions have … [continued]

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