Tracking Progress: Climate Action Under the Biden Administration

Credit to Author: World Resources Institute| Date: Thu, 01 Aug 2024 18:26:14 +0000

In 2020, Joe Biden ran for president on the most ambitious climate action platform of any major presidential candidate in U.S. history. As President Biden finishes his term, it’s time to take stock of what his administration accomplished, what is still a work in progress, and what is off track. … [continued]

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USA’s 1st All-Electric Police Fleet

Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Tue, 30 Jul 2024 19:16:34 +0000

The South Pasadena Police Department, yesterday, became the nation’s first law enforcement agency to completely replace its gasoline-powered vehicles with nonpolluting electric vehicles. The city’s zero-emission police fleet of 20 new Teslas will rely on a bank of new electric vehicle chargers installed at South Pasadena City Hall. Additionally, upon … [continued]

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It’s Time For Motel 6 & Other Budget Motels To Offer EV Charging

Credit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Tue, 30 Jul 2024 11:44:00 +0000

It’s hard to really explain the value of being able to charge while you sleep and fully do it justice. At home, it means never having to go to a gas station or an EV charging station. The “I’ll fill up in the morning” thing where you forget about it … [continued]

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Zero Carbon Logistics & SANY Global in Proposed Partnership for South Africa’s First Electric Truck Charging Highway Network

Credit to Author: Remeredzai Joseph Kuhudzai| Date: Mon, 29 Jul 2024 18:45:02 +0000

South African electric car drivers can now comfortably charge across the country’s major highways, such as the N3 from Johannesburg to Durban. One can comfortably do this even in an EV with a relatively small battery pack by today’s standards, as illustrated in this recent road trip from Johannesburg to … [continued]

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Applying Photovoltaic Charging and Storage Systems: Challenging the Limits of PV Technology

Credit to Author: Chi-Chia Liu| Date: Thu, 01 Aug 2024 11:42:07 +0000

To achieve net-zero goals and accelerate the global energy transition, the International Energy Agency (IEA) stated that countries need to triple renewable energy capacity from that of 2022 by 2030, […]

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ChargePoint Announces 1 Million Charging Ports

Credit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Mon, 29 Jul 2024 11:21:14 +0000

In a recent press release, ChargePoint announced that the company had reached a big milestone: 1 million plugs. Yep, that’s 1 with six zeroes after it. With all of those locations, the company also announced that approximately 10 billion electric miles were able to be driven. “With more EVs on … [continued]

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Ford F-150 Lightning Is A Rolling Energy Storage Beast, & Sunrun Is Here For It

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Fri, 26 Jul 2024 16:35:12 +0000

Sunrun and Ford are running a potentially game-changing first of its kind vehicle-to-home energy storage experiment this summer, leveraging the F-150 Lightning electric pickup truck.

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Drive A Rivian On 100% Clean Electricity In Texas With Octopus Energy

Credit to Author: Jake Richardson| Date: Thu, 25 Jul 2024 20:33:59 +0000

Octopus Energy and Rivian recently announced a joint program for Rivian owners in Texas that allows them to sign up for Octopus 100% clean electricity to charge their electric vehicles at home. Rivian owners in Texas do not need to get their own home solar power systems to charge their electric … [continued]

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Mega Chargers, Micro EVs, & Electric Transport Recalls the Glamorous 50s & 60s (Videos) — Cleantech News

Credit to Author: Cynthia Shahan| Date: Thu, 25 Jul 2024 18:45:21 +0000

Below is a roundup of more cleantech news, stories that didn’t grab enough attention for their own standalone article but seem important to highlight nonetheless. This week, Cadillac’s new design strikes a balance between luxury and sustainability, appealing to a certain segment of the automotive culture while also evoking a … [continued]

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Electrify America Shows Rapid Growth in the US Electric Car Market

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Thu, 25 Jul 2024 15:45:22 +0000

There are different ways to show or simply notice that the US electric vehicle market is growing fast. Rapid EV sales growth, counting the EVs we see on the street as we drive to work or the store, how full EV charging stations are. Going further, Electrify America has shared … [continued]

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