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British Columbia Shows Norway How To Decarbonize Ferries

January 3, 2025 admin biofuels, boats, British Columbia, Canada, carbon emissions, clean power, clean transport, climate change, electric ferry, Electric vehicles, Energy, ev batteries, ferry, Fossil Fuels, green economy, green jobs, grid, investment, Manufacturing, mass transit / public transit, natural gas, Oil, renewable energy, Shipping

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Fri, 03 Jan 2025 17:28:05 +0000

Moving people and vehicles across short distances is a no-brainer for batteries and electric motors. The only problem, as with most electrification of transportation, is getting electricity at sufficient power levels to the point of charging. British Columbia has a very obvious and straightforward strategy for its ferries. British Columbia … [continued]

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Ford “Power Promise” Extended into 2025 for US Electric Vehicle Buyers

January 3, 2025 admin clean transport, electric cars, Electric vehicles, ev charging, ev charging stations, ford, ford e-transit, ford f-150 lightning, ford mustang mach e

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Fri, 03 Jan 2025 16:54:43 +0000

Ford had a record year for electric vehicle sales (despite murmuring about an EV sales slowdown from executives at the beginning of the year). One program the company has used to help spur on sales is Power Promise, which provides complimentary home chargers and installation (as long as the installation … [continued]

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Kia EV Sales Increase 74% in USA!

January 3, 2025 admin clean transport, electric cars, Electric vehicles, ev sales, Kia, kia ev6, kia ev9

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Fri, 03 Jan 2025 16:14:18 +0000

All the hype about EV sales not growing, or not growing fast — total rubbish, if you’re Kia. Sure, Tesla had its first decline in sales since the Tesla Model S was released, but several other automakers have done superbly. In the US, we now know that Kia saw a … [continued]

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Avoiding the Uniqueness Bias In Charging Microgrids

January 3, 2025 admin batteries, carbon emissions, clean power, clean transport, clean trucks, cleantechnica, cleantechnica exclusive, climate change, electric trucks, Electric vehicles, Energy, Energy Storage, ev batteries, ev charging, Fossil Fuels, green economy, green jobs, grid, investment, Manufacturing, microgrids, Oil, renewable energy, Solar energy, usa

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Fri, 03 Jan 2025 15:44:26 +0000

Key takeaways: No truck stop or distribution center is unique Establish corporate control and management of the program Optimize the mix of vendors and staff for different phases of the program The uniqueness bias is a finding of Professor Bent Flyvbjerg, global megaprojects expert and author of the 2023 business … [continued]

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Tesla Cybertruck, Hyundai & Kia EVs Now Qualify for US EV Tax Credit — But For How Long?

January 3, 2025 admin clean transport, Donald Trump, electric cars, Electric vehicles, elon musk, genesis, genesis gv70, Hyundai, hyundai ioniq 5, hyundai ioniq 9, Kia, kia ev6, kia ev9, policy & politics, subsidies, tesla, tesla cybertruck, us ev tax credit

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Fri, 03 Jan 2025 04:59:40 +0000

News has broken in the last couple of days that the Tesla Cybertruck is now eligible for the $7,500 US EV tax credit. A very big BREAKING NEWS to now share! The Cybertruck now qualifies for the $7500 IRA credit as of today, January 1st 2025!https://t.co/qW09N2Qxwy pic.twitter.com/LQFpnuFFn2 — Greggertruck (@greggertruck) … [continued]

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Tesla Realism vs. Illogical Hate

January 3, 2025 admin autonomous vehicles, clean transport, electric cars, Electric vehicles, green economy, investment, tesla

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Fri, 03 Jan 2025 04:57:17 +0000

Several times in the past year, I’ve pointed out concerns with Tesla consumer demand and sales. That’s not to say Tesla isn’t an excellent company that produces superb electric cars and sells very large volumes of them. The height Tesla has risen to is amazing. I said for more than … [continued]

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Central Theme for Energy’s Future: Decentralizing Power Generation

January 3, 2025 admin decentralized, ders, distributed energy, distributed energy resources, Distributed Generation, distributed power, Electric vehicles, Energy Storage, engineering, microgrid, news, power, Renewables, Research and Development, Technology, utilities, virtual power plants, vpp

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Thu, 02 Jan 2025 12:13:00 +0000

The use of distributed energy resources (DERs) will continue to grow as utilities, businesses, and residential neighborhoods look for ways to balance the power grid and support more reliable and resilient

The post Central Theme for Energy’s Future: Decentralizing Power Generation appeared first on POWER Magazine.

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The Musk–Trump Effect Weakens As Tough Competition Softens Tesla’s 2024 Annual Sales

January 3, 2025 admin clean transport, electric cars, Electric vehicles, elon musk, ev sales, green economy, investment, tesla

Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Fri, 03 Jan 2025 03:15:09 +0000

As I logged in to write this morning, Tesla stock was down nearly 5%. It seemed at that early hour as if the Musk–Trump honeymoon was over, and the numbers piling in since that dawn hour have reinforced my original speculation. Tesla’s press release today embraced a feel-good focus as … [continued]

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NIO & XPENG Sales Trends Across 5 Years — Charts!

January 3, 2025 admin clean transport, cleantechnica, cleantechnica exclusive, cleantechnica reports, electric cars, Electric vehicles, ev sales, nio, nio sales, xpeng, xpeng sales

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Fri, 03 Jan 2025 02:01:53 +0000

I covered XPENG’s and NIO’s great December, 4th quarter, and overall 2024 sales results yesterday. It was an excellent year for these two pure EV Chinese startups, and especially an excellent end of year for them. Now, I want to dive into their long-term sales trends. Note: I imagine neither … [continued]

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BYD Bus & Commercial Vehicle Sales Explode — Charts

January 3, 2025 admin byd, byd electric buses, byd electric trucks, byd sales, clean transport, electric buses, electric heavy-duty trucks, electric trucks, Electric vehicles, ev sales, mass transit / public transit

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Thu, 02 Jan 2025 23:37:13 +0000

I just wrote about BYD’s 2024 passenger vehicle sales and highlighted trends going back two years via various charts. However, BYD also produces large commercial electric vehicles — electric buses, heavy-duty electric trucks, and more. For two reasons, I decided to split out commercial electric vehicles into this separate article. … [continued]

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