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Tesla Model S Has 430,000 Miles On One Battery

July 10, 2024 admin battery degradation, clean transport, electric cars, Electric vehicles, ev batteries, ev battery degradation, tesla, tesla batteries, tesla battery degradation, tesla model s, tesla model s battery

Credit to Author: Jake Richardson| Date: Sat, 06 Jul 2024 20:03:18 +0000

One of the many false claims EV critics, trolls, and FUD-whackers make is that somehow EV batteries just magically and suddenly stop working after a while. Their falsely claimed “die-off distance” might be when the EV has about 50,000 or 70,000 miles. A second part to their false claim about … [continued]

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Stellantis Seeks New EV Battery, Free From Sketchy Materials

July 9, 2024 admin batteries, battery supply chain, clean transport, Electric vehicles, Energy Storage, ev batteries, factorial energy, green economy, lithium-ion batteries, lithium-sulfur battery, lyten, sodium-ion battery, solid-state batteries, stellantis, sustainable, US military, usa

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Sat, 06 Jul 2024 01:38:05 +0000

Stellantis adds another institution to its list of next-generation energy storage partners searching for the sustainable EV battery of the future.

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Breakthrough Energy Ventures Has Bad Investment Theses Therefore Bad Investments

July 8, 2024 admin Agriculture, air quality, Aviation, batteries, Bill Gates, biofuels, boats, breakthrough energy ventures, buildings, carbon emissions, clean power, clean transport, climate change, Electric vehicles, Energy Storage, ev batteries, Fossil Fuels, geothermal energy, green economy, grid, investment, natural gas, policy & politics, Solar energy, wind energy

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Thu, 04 Jul 2024 23:07:44 +0000

Eight years ago, Bill Gates and group of his closest billionaire acquaintances launched an incredibly well funded venture capital group. Its noble mission was funding and supporting transformative technologies aimed at mitigating climate change. Many of its investments are sound and if commercialized, would assist, at least a bit. However, … [continued]

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New Battery Chemistry From Nyobolt Promises Faster Charging For Electric Cars

July 7, 2024 admin battery minerals, clean transport, Electric vehicles, ev batteries, ev battery materials, ev charging, niobium, nyobolt, University of Cambridge

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Thu, 04 Jul 2024 21:12:58 +0000

UK startup Nyobolt says independent test have shown its niobium battery can charge to 80% in under 5 minutes.

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GM Penalty Due To Failure To Comply With EPA CO2 Emissions Over A 6-Year Span

July 7, 2024 admin electric cars, Electric vehicles, ev batteries, ev sales, gm, Manufacturing

Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Thu, 04 Jul 2024 19:36:25 +0000

On July 3 the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that General Motors (GM) agreed to retire approximately 50 million metric tons of greenhouse gas (GHG) credits to resolve excess CO2 emissions identified through EPA’s light-duty vehicle in-use testing program. This agreement is the result of an EPA investigation that … [continued]

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Union Pressures Abroad Unsettle EV Automakers, But Also Build In More Worker Security

July 5, 2024 admin clean transport, Electric vehicles, ev batteries, ev charging, green economy, green jobs, policy & politics, unions

Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Tue, 02 Jul 2024 15:35:34 +0000

As the automotive industry electrifies its vehicles, it is likely to affect both labor demand and the nature of employment in the automotive and parts sectors. Union pressures further complicate this changing automotive worker landscape. For many scholars, the involvement of unions is both part of the definition of a … [continued]

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“Project Poppy” Brings Diesel-Killing Electric Truck Battery Factory To Mississippi

July 5, 2024 admin batteries, clean transport, cummins, daimler, Electric vehicles, Energy Storage, esg, esg investments, ev batteries, green economy, green jobs, investment, kenworth, lfp, lfp batteries, lfp battery, Manufacturing, Mississippi, paccar, us department of energy (doe), usa

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Tue, 02 Jul 2024 14:55:20 +0000

The US truck maker PACCAR is among the firms pursuing the electric truck field, with support from a new LFP battery factory.

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Massive Trove Of Manganese Discovered In The Sea: Implications For EV Batteries

July 3, 2024 admin batteries, clean transport, critical materials, electric cars, Electric vehicles, Energy Storage, ev batteries, ev battery materials, graphene, Japan, manganese, manganese battery, Mining, Ocean, ocean pollution, organic, rare earths, sustainability

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Sun, 30 Jun 2024 15:35:29 +0000

Manganese nodules from the ocean floor could help feed the supply chain for EV batteries, but does the world need deep-sea mining?

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US Military Dips Another Toe In The Electric Vehicle Revolution

June 29, 2024 admin canoo, clean transport, Electric vehicles, ev batteries, general motors, gm, green economy, Manufacturing, military electric vehicles, oshkosh defense, ultium platform, US Army, US Department of Defense, US military, usa

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Wed, 26 Jun 2024 21:08:54 +0000

GM Defense aims to convince the US Army to electrify its fleet, with an assist from GM’s new Ultium electric vehicle battery platform

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Proven Climate Solutions — A New Book On Accelerating Change

June 27, 2024 admin Agriculture, air quality, Bill McKibben, Books, buildings, carbon emissions, clean power, clean transport, cleantechnica, climate change, climate solutions, Energy, energy efficiency, Energy Storage, ev batteries, Fossil Fuels, green economy, grid, HEALTH, mark z. jacobson, Media, renewable energy, Water

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Mon, 24 Jun 2024 18:20:01 +0000

A couple of years ago, BF Nagy contacted me, asking if I would be interested in contributing to a book he was assembling. He already had Bill McKibben, Mark Z. Jacobson and others signed up, so how could I disagree? Fast forward two years, and the book, Proven Climate Solutions: … [continued]

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