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Sat, 01/16/2021 - 5:52pm
The US auto market took a whipping in 2020. No one knows why. (Oh ... yeah ... never mind.) Overall, US auto sales were down by 2,592,185, or 15%, last year. Only three automakers saw their year-over-year sales increase from 2019 to
Sat, 01/16/2021 - 3:01am
CNN reported that Tesla's stock surge isn't just making Elon Musk and Tesla investors rich — it's affecting other industries as well. Investors who are focusing on other industries, such as lithium and batteries, are also benefitting from Tesla's success
Sat, 01/16/2021 - 1:44am
SpaceX’s upgraded Dragon cargo spacecraft splashed down at 8:26 p.m. EST on Wednesday west of Tampa off the Florida coast, marking the return of the company’s 21st contracted cargo resupply mission to the International Space Station for
Sat, 01/16/2021 - 1:24am
Fleet electrification at pilot scale is relatively simple: buy a vehicle, buy an inexpensive Level 2 charger, and you’re done. But as fleet managers start electrifying a large share of their fleet vehicles, a more difficult set of challenges awaits and they will need to begin planning now
Sat, 01/16/2021 - 12:47am
Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced up to $14.5 million for environmental research to support U.S. offshore wind development
Fri, 01/15/2021 - 11:52pm
In Pittsburgh, the Port Authority of Allegheny County (PAAC) just chose to add six more of New Flyer's Xcelsior CHARGE electric buses to its fleet. These new buses are 40 feet long and are zero-emissions heavy-duty transit buses that will help the community to lower its collective carbon footprint
Fri, 01/15/2021 - 10:29pm
Reduce your carbon production by improving the efficiency of your heating/cooling appliances and (hot) water
Fri, 01/15/2021 - 9:47pm
As long as there have been EVs, there have been anti-EV hit pieces in the media. No, they aren’t all financed by fossil fuel interests
Fri, 01/15/2021 - 9:14pm
Genius is a difficult thing to understand. To those of us who, like me, are on the outside of it, genius can sometimes seem like madness, and it’s the sort of blurry area where an idea is actually so stupid that it loops back around into genius that we’re going to be looking into today. [&hellip
Fri, 01/15/2021 - 9:09pm
With a pricetag that could just as easily apply to a high-end electric bicycle instead of a full-on electric motorcycle, the new Sondors Metacycle just might be the affordable electric commuter vehicle that many of us have been waiting for
Fri, 01/15/2021 - 8:40pm
Summit Ridge Energy put new 25 community solar farms online in Illinois in the 4th quarter of 2020, bringing the company's community solar farm total in Illinois to
Fri, 01/15/2021 - 7:50pm
Michael Mann explains that the view that it would take tens or hundreds of years for the climate to stabilize after emissions were cut was the prevailing view until about a decade ago, and that emerging data and research indicates that it's simply not the case. The temperature rise would stop pretty fast, and then stabilize, and start going back to normal
Fri, 01/15/2021 - 7:29pm
GM made a big splash at CES 2021 with news about the upcoming Hummer, Cadillac Lyriq, and Cadillac Celestiq. Is it time to buy GM stock
Fri, 01/15/2021 - 7:25pm
A major new energy efficiency project in Japan gives the US Air Force a jump on President-elect Joe Biden's climate action plan
Fri, 01/15/2021 - 6:53pm
Don't assume that oil is some Goliath that can't be beat. All it took was a rock in just the right place (COVID-19) to bring him down
Fri, 01/15/2021 - 6:26pm
Swindon Borough Councillor Dale Heenan has invited Elon Musk via Twitter to build a Tesla factory at a soon-to-be-vacant Honda site in South Marston, England
Fri, 01/15/2021 - 5:07pm
Denmark leads the way when it comes to putting zero-emission urban buses on the streets in Europe, with 78% of new vehicles being electric, according to the latest data from green NGO Transport & Environment
Fri, 01/15/2021 - 4:40pm
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has just announced that state's 2021 infrastructure plan. It's a $306 billion plan, making it the largest in the nation. The plan includes a lot of support for climate-friendly transportation solutions. Let's take a quick look
Fri, 01/15/2021 - 5:47am
The European Commission's Horizon 2020 Program is funding a swappable container waterborne transport battery. Called Current Direct, this program plans to revolutionize the way goods are moved by water
Fri, 01/15/2021 - 5:43am
2021 is shaping up to be a pivotal year for the electric vehicle. While this is true across weight classes and duty cycles, perhaps none are better positioned for growth than trucks
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