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Two Readers Explain Elon Musk’s Changed Role At Tesla Better Than I Did

September 25, 2024 admin clean transport, Electric vehicles, elon musk, green economy, investment, Joe Biden, tesla

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Sun, 22 Sep 2024 03:57:20 +0000

Yesterday, when I wrote an article explaining what I think has happened with Elon Musk and Tesla in recent years that has led to the conundrum Tesla is in right now, or at least its latest “bet the company” move, I knew the reader comments would be great. As some … [continued]

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Nigeria’s Ambitious Goal of a Clean Transportation Sector

September 25, 2024 admin africa, bicycles, clean transport, electric bikes, electric cars, Electric vehicles, green economy, NIGERIA, policy & politics, rmi

Credit to Author: RMI| Date: Sun, 22 Sep 2024 03:29:42 +0000

Although the challenges seem immense, a new RMI report lays out a path forward for electric mobility in Nigeria. Nigeria is on a mission to decarbonize its transportation sector. The African continent’s most populous nation has pledged to have all new sales of cars and vans be zero emissions by … [continued]

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Level 3 Charging In The UK Is Expensive, Which Can Raise The Cost Of Driving An Electric Car

September 25, 2024 admin clean transport, electric car efficiency, electric cars, Electric vehicles, erev, ev charging, ev charging stations, ev charging uk, phev

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Sun, 22 Sep 2024 00:48:10 +0000

If you charge an electric car in the UK using only Level 3 DC fast chargers, it will cost you quite a bit of money. But who does that?

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Trump’s Tirades To Michigan: Tariffs, Tragedy, And Teamsters

September 24, 2024 admin clean transport, Donald Trump, Electric vehicles, gm, green economy, labor unions, Manufacturing, Michigan, policy & politics, unions

Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Sat, 21 Sep 2024 17:41:57 +0000

When former President Donald J. Trump appeared before Michigan workers earlier this week for a campaign town hall, he responded in typical meandering fashion to questions about the future of the US auto industry. He offered tangential thoughts about tariffs boosting the labor force. “We’re going to charge them – … [continued]

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Ampersand & CrossBoundary Energy Look To Supercharge Kenya’s E-Mobility Transition With Solar Charging & E-Motorcycle Batteries

September 24, 2024 admin africa, ampersand, clean power, clean transport, Electric vehicles, Kenya, nairobi, Solar energy

Credit to Author: Remeredzai Joseph Kuhudzai| Date: Sat, 21 Sep 2024 15:33:03 +0000

The solar PV market in a lot of African countries has grown thanks to project developers and financiers offering attractive power purchase and lease agreements to clients in the C&I sector. Uptake was driven without any government incentives in most of these countries. Uptake was simply influenced by savings customers … [continued]

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How To “Grow” New Supply Of Nickel For EV Batteries

September 24, 2024 admin Agriculture, arpa-e, batteries, battery supply chain, bioeconomy, clean transport, Electric vehicles, Energy Storage, ev batteries, ev supply chain, gmo, green economy, nmc batteries, phytomining, supply chains, us department of energy (doe), usa

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Sat, 21 Sep 2024 14:43:33 +0000

A plant-based domestic supply chain for nickel-based EV batteries is emerging in the US, and the Department of Energy is here for it.

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Who Will Benefit More From Open Supercharger Access — Tesla or Other Automakers?

September 24, 2024 admin clean transport, electric cars, Electric vehicles, ev charging, ev charging stations, ford gm, tesla, tesla superchargers, tesla supercharging

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Sat, 21 Sep 2024 03:59:11 +0000

It’s really happening. A mere 7 years after we published an open letter to the Renault-Nissan Alliance pushing it to join the Tesla Supercharging network, and I think a couple of years after we had started recommending other automakers join the Supercharger network, the first non-Teslas can use many of … [continued]

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EV & CleanTech Round Up — More Battery Recycling, MAN Accelerates Charging, Wind Advances, & Millions for Volvo Renewable Renovation

September 24, 2024 admin autonomous vehicles, batteries, clean power, clean transport, cupra, Electric vehicles, Energy Storage, ev charging, ev charging stations, Fossil Fuels, green economy, green jobs, investment, lithium-ion batteries, man, Manufacturing, policy & politics, research, shell, Solar energy, vinfast, volvo, volvo trucks, wind energy

Credit to Author: Cynthia Shahan| Date: Sat, 21 Sep 2024 02:42:16 +0000

These days, batteries are frequently recycled and repurposed, and companies that tackle this environmental issue make weekly news. We’ve got more battery recycling news below. MAN will build the biggest public charging network for heavy commercial vehicles in the nation to date, with 400 charging stations across 170 locations spanning … [continued]

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I Think This Is What’s Gone On Behind The Scenes At Tesla In Past Year

September 24, 2024 admin autonomous vehicles, clean transport, electric cars, Electric vehicles, elon musk, tesla, Twitter

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Fri, 20 Sep 2024 23:15:54 +0000

Some of this article is stuff that’s been widely discussed for months, but I think it goes a little deeper into how I think we got here. Maybe I’m wrong, but after covering Tesla and Elon Musk very closely for 12 years and having my assumptions and analysis affirmed by … [continued]

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BMW To Get Battery Recycling Support From JB Straubel’s Redwood Materials

September 24, 2024 admin batteries, battery recycling, BMW, bmw group, clean transport, electric cars, Electric vehicles, Energy Storage, ev battery recycling, jb straubel, lithium-ion batteries, mini, redwood materials, Rolls-Royce

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Fri, 20 Sep 2024 21:23:32 +0000

Maybe once upon a time, concern about what happened to EV batteries at end of life was legit. However, it was quickly apparent that the vast majority of an old battery could still be useful if recycled, and that those materials are highly valuable. About 95% (or even more) of … [continued]

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