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Ethio Telecom Expands Its EV Charging Network with the Launch of a Third Super-Fast Smart Station in Addis Ababa
The station can accommodate up to 16 vehicles at a time, ensuring efficient service for drivers. This brings the total combined capacity now to 48 vehicles at a time across Ethio Telecom’s Fast Charging Hubs. Last year, Ethiopia made the bold step to become the first country in the world ... [continued]
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E-Bikes Aren’t The Same As The Bikes You Rode When You Were A Kid
I’m sure the New York Times article over the weekend about e-bike injuries has caused a few arguments to erupt. Haven’t we heard of the many benefits of e-bikes — their energy efficiency, their eco-friendliness, the way they get people out of cars and exercising? Yes, those assets are not ... [continued]
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The Strange Time Compression of Sodium-Ion Battery Development
If you are not aware of Chinese battery technical leadership, it is probably time to take notice. As of 2025, CATL and BYD have over 50% of the world’s EV battery market share. From January to September, they accounted for 811.7 GWh. CATL and BYD are not the only battery ... [continued]
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You’d Really Miss Renewables This Winter If They Weren’t Available
Solar and wind power have a lot going for them. They ease global warming stress and its climate consequences. They don’t cost as fossil fuels at utility scale, and they’re a lot less harmful to people’s health than fossil fuels. Of all of these reasons to favor solar and wind ... [continued]
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Bring on the Rebadges! Leapmotor at Auto Guangzhou
When looking at the cars from Leapmotor, I got the impression that they were attractive but a bit like vanilla ice cream. Good, but not the most flavorful. However, in the context of their partnership with Stellantis, the potential to rebrand with localized flavors on top of that “vanilla” is ... [continued]
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Solar Power Benefits Public Schools, And What’s Wrong With That?
Utility scale solar power plants and rooftop solar installations are providing public schools with relief from high electricity costs while bringing new educational and workforce development opportunities into the classroom...who could hate it?
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Another EV Charging Hub Running On Renewable Energy Launches In California
It was just several days ago that I wrote an article about Tesla launching a huge EV charging hub that runs on solar power. Today I found another one. Though, it actually launched a little before the Tesla one. It’s a new hub with 18 fast chargers for fleet vehicles. ... [continued]
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Hydropower, Energy Dominance, And Tribal Rights
FERC is under pressure from the energy secretary to eliminate a policy that gives native people control over energy projects on their land.
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Philippines’ Transportation Agency to Impound E-bikes and E-trikes on Major Roads Starting December 1
The Philippine Land Transportation Office (LTO) is set to enforce a stricter crackdown on electric bikes (e-bikes) and electric tricycles (e-trikes) plying major thoroughfares, with officials confirming that violators will face automatic impoundment starting December 1. The commitment was made by LTO Chief Assistant Secretary Markus Lacanilao during the Senate ... [continued]
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Tesla Business-Branded Superchargers Spotted in Florida
A little while back, Tesla launched a Supercharger for businesses program. Basically, it’s white label Superchargers that you can slap your own branding on. That didn’t make much sense a few years ago. A business could buy Tesla Superchargers, but it didn’t make any sense for them to not be ... [continued]
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Kia Hosts Global PBV Conversion Partners Day to Strengthen PBV Ecosystem Collaboration
Kia hosted the 2025 Global PBV Conversion Partners Day from November 25–27, bringing together global bodybuilders to advance the PBV ecosystem The company introduced its PBV Conversion Partnership program, which enables providing vehicle data and technical support to bodybuilders for ease of conversion Kia aims to strengthen collaboration with bodybuilders ... [continued]
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The Coming Slow Fade of America’s Corn Ethanol Industry
The story of the United States corn ethanol industry is a story about a sector that grew rapidly under a very specific set of policy, technology and market conditions. It filled a gap when gasoline demand was rising, when climate policy focused on incremental change, and when EVs were still ... [continued]
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Recycling Lead-Acid Batteries Has Significant Health Risks
Dealing with the health and environmental risks from recycling lead used in batteries is something most car makers want nothing to do with.
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Over 2,000 New Public EV Chargers Planned Or Installed In California In November?
It was just several weeks ago that the planned installation of 750 to 800 public EV chargers was announced in San Diego. Not long afterwards, an announcement about 850 or more planned public EV chargers was made for Central and Northern California. The joint EV charging venture IONNA also made ... [continued]
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What Falling Sales? BEVs Jump 34% YoY in October in Europe!
BEVs reach 21% market share! EVs are picking up in Europe, with some 346,000 plugin vehicles being registered in Europe in October, 229,000 of them being BEVs. Overall, plugin vehicles were up 36% YoY. Expect December 2025 to establish a new record score, maybe even above the 425,000 unit mark. ... [continued]
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