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EVs At 24.3% Share In France — BEVs Grow Volume 45% YoY
The auto market saw plugin EVs at 24.3% share in France in April 2024, growing from 21.1% year on year. Full electric volume was up by a strong 45% YoY, while plugin hybrid volume was flat. Overall auto volume was 146,979 units, up 11% YoY, though remaining below 2017–2019 seasonal ... [continued]
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Ramping Up Distributed Renewables Could Help Solve Perennial Load-Shedding Issues In Southern Africa
The Southern African Power Pool (SAPP) is the most active power pool in Africa. It is made up of 12 countries and home to 360 million people. The total installed generation capacity in the region is 80 GW. The peak demand in the region is 57 GW, however the available ... [continued]
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Long Duration Energy Storage From Thin Air: Just Add Water
New long duration, large scale compressed air energy storage system leverages simple water pressure to cut costs.
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Making More Batteries With Fewer Materials
An Argonne partnership with a Minnesota mining company is taking waste from one battery production process and using it in another. Researchers investigate how to use mining waste in battery production. The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory is developing a new process that could dramatically increase the ... [continued]
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Zero-Emission Zones Are Helping Some Cities Fight Pollution
With growing urban populations and increases in cars, trucks and buses, cities are poised to experience more harmful pollution threatening people’s health and livelihoods. But some cities around the world are turning to an emerging solution called zero-emission zones (ZEZs). These are designated small areas of about 1.5 square miles to 11 square miles ... [continued]
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Electrify America Turns Back To Growth
A few years ago, Electrify America announced a “Boost Plan” that aims to more than double the number of stations and chargers by the end of 2025. Serious hardware problems got in the way of that plan, forcing the company to slow down. But another recent announcement shows us that ... [continued]
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Impervious Surfaces Lose Appeal, Depaving Movement Gains Momentum
Urban pavements, which help to maintain clean and secure streets, generate large amounts of runoff that aggravate flooding and degrade the quality of surface water. In the context of the ecological and climatic crisis, they also contribute to the creation of heat islands in cities, less water infiltration, less CO2 storage ... [continued]
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Is NACS As A Standard In Peril? Probably Not.
A few days ago, Tesla shocked the charging world when Elon decided to fire the whole Supercharger development team. These weren’t the people who maintain existing sites (thank goodness!), but they are the people who found places to put chargers in, designed the plans for the site, dealt with utilities, ... [continued]
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US EV Sales Up 170% in 1st Quarter vs. 1st Quarter of 2021
One of the hottest topics of the year in the auto industry has been hype about EV sales drooping, or at least not living up to expectations. How much substance is actually in that hype? Well, a little bit, but digging deeper, we can see that the EV market is ... [continued]
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Tesla Still Sells More EVs In USA Than Ford, Chevrolet, Hyundai, Kia, Audi, BMW, Chevrolet, & Toyota Combined
Actually, wait, Tesla still sells more electric cars in the USA than every other automaker combined. The company accounted for 55% of US EV sales in the first quarter. First, let’s look through some charts. Then, I’ll get to editorializing on this. The first two charts show the share of ... [continued]
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Hydrostor Plans Two Large Compressed Air Storage Facilities, One In Australia And One In California
Hydristor in Toronto is proposing two long term energy storage facilities that use compressed air ajd stored heat to power turbines.
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I’m Using Just 20% of My Tesla Model 3 SR+ Battery
Many people feel a need for long-range batteries when they buy electric vehicles, and that actually goes for new buyers as well as repeat buyers. I have to admit that I have a hard time understanding it unless you’re an encyclopedia salesman (not sure if those still exist) or go ... [continued]
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EVs Take 91.0% Share In Norway — Volvo EX30 Grabs Top Spot
The auto market saw plugin EVs take 91.0% share in Norway in April, roughly flat from 91.1% year on year. BEVs alone took 89.4% share, up from 83.3% YoY. Overall auto volume was 11,241 units, up 25% YoY, a recovery over recent months. April’s best selling BEV was the Volvo EX30. ... [continued]
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Tyson Foods Is Dumping Millions Of Pounds Of Pollutants Into American Waterways
The Union of Concerned Scientists reports that Tyson Foods has dumped millions of pounds of toxins into America waterways.
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Can A Nudge Help Consumers To Choose Foods That Reduce Environmental Harm?
Everyday we make choices. We know in our hearts what is the best of all possible choices, but we sometimes hesitate due to lack of willpower, long-held habits, or personal preferences. Sometimes a nudge, that oh-so a gentle push, can attract our attention and move us to make better choices. ... [continued]
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