14% Of New Car Sales In Germany Fully Electric, & 26% Have A Plug

Credit to Author: José Pontes| Date: Sun, 21 Aug 2022 06:28:10 +0000

With several disruptions affecting it, the overall German automotive market is still in the red. The market dropped 13% last month year over year. It seems all this doom and gloom is affecting plugins differently, however. Sales of full electric vehicles (BEVs) were up in July by 13% year over year (YoY). There were 28,815 […]

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Cummins Calls Dibs On New Long Duration Energy Storage Iron Salt Formula

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Thu, 18 Aug 2022 16:50:52 +0000

energy storage flow battery iron saltjpgA $24 million investment in new long duration energy storage technology gives Cummins yet another reason to support the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022.

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Germany Mulls Postponing Nuclear Exit

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Wed, 17 Aug 2022 22:24:32 +0000

Germany’s government is weighing how the closure of the country’s last three nuclear power plants in December 2022 will affect its grid this upcoming winter as the country scrambles to secure sufficient energy supplies amid a decline in Russian gas deliveries. A formal decision on whether or not to keep  Isar 2, Emsland, and Neckarwestheim […]

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Why I Expect Putin To Lose, & Why That Scares The Hell Out Of Me

Credit to Author: George Harvey| Date: Mon, 15 Aug 2022 14:50:30 +0000

Watch the videos on CNN, YouTube, wherever you like, and you are likely to see the same things I do. A Ukrainian soldier, who might have come into the field as a volunteer with minimal training, aims a shoulder-mounted system. Suddenly, a rocket is pushed out of it. The rocket goes about 50 feet, its […]

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German Court Overrules “Tesla Autopilot” Marketing Ban

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Mon, 15 Aug 2022 02:32:40 +0000

The short news update on a case that extends back to 2019 is that an appeals court has overturned a regional court ruling from 2019 that determined Tesla could not use the term “Autopilot” on its website and in other marketing materials in Germany. In other words, Tesla is indeed allowed to use the term […]

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BEV Demand Increasing, ICEV Demand Decreasing Across Europe

Credit to Author: David Waterworth| Date: Sun, 14 Aug 2022 15:14:14 +0000

Compared to 2021, new passenger car sales have dropped by at least 11% and up to 20% in Germany, France, Spain, Italy, and the UK. Full electric vehicle (BEV) demand is increasing; internal combustion engine vehicle (ICEV), conventional hybrid electric vehicle (HEV), and plugin hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV) demand are decreasing throughout Europe. Put simply, […]

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Russia’s Natural Gas Pipeline Exports To Europe Down To Almost 40-Year Lows

Credit to Author: U.S. Energy Information Administration| Date: Wed, 10 Aug 2022 02:16:57 +0000

Russia’s natural gas exports by pipeline to the European Union (EU) and the United Kingdom (UK) declined by almost 40% during the first seven months of 2022 compared with the same period in 2021 and by almost 50% compared with the previous five-year (2017–21) average, according to data from Refinitiv Eikon. In mid-July 2022, exports […]

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Germany’s EV Share Cold Comfort Against 34% Shortfall In Overall Auto Market

Credit to Author: Dr. Maximilian Holland| Date: Sun, 07 Aug 2022 15:37:38 +0000

Germany, Europe’s largest auto market, saw plugin electric vehicles take 25.5% share in July. This up from 22.6% year on year. Overall auto market volumes were down some 34% from seasonal norms, to 205,911 units, the worst July performance in many years. The Fiat 500e was again Germany’s best selling full electric for the month. […]

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