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Despite Backlash, More States Are Considering Laws To Make Big Oil Pay For Climate Change

19 May 2025 | Synopsis

"This year, 11 states, from California to Maine, have introduced their own climate Superfund bills. Momentum is growing even as Vermont and New York’s laws face legal challenges by fossil fuel companies...big fossil fuel companies were...not paying their fair share for the climate crisis that they've caused

"...New York's law...sets a funding target ahead of time by requiring certain fossil fuel companies to pay a total of $75 billion, or $3 billion per year over 25 years."

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A New Flow Battery Takes On The Data Center Energy 'Crisis'

19 May 2025 | Synopsis

"A flow battery can discharge electricity for days or even weeks at a time, depending on the formula and the architecture. At that level of performance, flow batteries could store enough renewable energy to provide large energy consumers...Texas startup Quino Energy has developed an organic formula tailored for use in repurposed oil storage tanks, helping to reduce the expense of new infrastructure."

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Renewable Energy-On-Rails Scheme To Cure Transmission Line Blues

19 May 2025 | Synopsis

"Running on almost 140,000 route miles, the U.S. freight rail network is widely considered the largest, safest, and most cost-efficient freight system in the world...SunTrain proposes deploying freight trains as high-capacity, rolling energy storage systems...While the transmission grid is already close to capacity, the railroad grid is not. SunTrain can move gigawatt-hours of renewable energy...The next step is a 20-car, grid-connected train..."

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How To End Your City's Fight Over Scooter Parking Once and For All

18 May 2025 | Synopsis

"University of Oregon's Urbanism Next Center released a new guide to the nuts and bolts of how to do scooter parking right...Even cities that embrace the car-replacing power of scooters often grow frustrated by cluttered sidewalks...In Washington, D.C., for instance, an estimated 5.9 percent of micromobility vehicles blocked a pedestrian walkway..in Portland, Ore., a whopping 8.1 did.

"City leaders need to do more to set micromobility users up to succeed - by rolling out clear, easy-to-follow parking rules and great infrastructure to match."

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Game Changer: Harbinger Launches A Medium-Duty EREV With 500 Mile Range

18 May 2025 | Synopsis

The American truck brand is putting its latest $100 million raise to good use, developing a cost-competitive EREV chassis that marries a low-emissions 1.4L inline four-cylinder gas engine with a close coupled 800V generator sending power to a 140 or 175 kW battery for up to 500 miles of fully loaded range...Charging performance is also quick, with the ability to get the big battery from 10-80% charge in just under an hour on a 150 kW port."

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Rogue Hardware In Chinese Inverters Could Trigger Worst Blackout Threat To Date

18 May 2025 | Synopsis

"... analysts reportedly found communication modules, such as cellular radios, not listed in official documentation. These could create backdoors capable of bypassing security layers...Huawei, Sungrow, and Ginlong Solis - three Chinese firms - lead the global inverter market.

"SolarPower Europe... warned that compromising just 3 GW of inverter-linked capacity could disrupt Europe’s power grid."

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The Best Solar Power Countries in the World Will Shock You

18 May 2025 | Synopsis

"In terms of cumulatively installed solar power capacity in 2024, the best solar PV market in the world was the Netherlands, with Australia and Germany

"Looking at the share of countries' electricity generation, Greece leads the world, with nearly 28% of its electricity now coming from solar power...Australia and Germany also get into the top 10, but then there are less well known solar leaders like Hungary, Chile, Estonia, Cyprus, and Israel"

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More Than 1 In 4 Cars Sold Worldwide This Year Is Set To Be Electric As EV Sales Continue To Grow

16 May 2025 | Synopsis

New IEA report shows "Despite significant uncertainties, electric cars' market share is on course to exceed 40% by 2030."

IEA's annual Global EV Outlook...shows that despite recent economic headwinds that have put pressure on the auto sector, global sales of electric cars have continued to break records...Sales exceeded 17 million globally in 2024, putting EVs' share of the global car market above 20% for the first time...

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Purpose-Driven Design And The Great Evolution Of Electric Cars

16 May 2025 | Synopsis

"Vehicles developed specifically for electric drive open up entirely new dimensions of what is possible. With purpose-driven design, they deliver a personalised driving experience that offers so much more than just getting you from A to B

"Volkswagen is leading the way with... the modular MEB platform...Renault is also following this path with the Megane E-Tech and the forthcoming R5 on the CMF-EV platform.

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Eye Candy: Xpeng's New P7 EV Sedan Wouldn't Look Out Of Place In A Supercar Lineup

16 May 2025 | Synopsis

"Sneak peeks of the new Xpeng P7 EV sedan are finally out, and it looks like it's pure fire...Drawing inspiration from the Lamborghini Revuelto and the local Honda S7...Although technical details are yet to be specified, the Xpeng P7 will exclusively launch as an EV, potentially offering a driving range of up to 466hp with dual motors and a CTLC range surpassing 435 miles...Chinese media suggest the company has locked in the “P7 Ultra” name."

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Rumored BYD Mircro Car Just Spotted With Aim of Shaking Up Japan's Kei Car Market

16 May 2025 | Synopsis

Kei cars...are a class of ultra-compact vehicles that cannot be longer than 3.4 meters (134″)...are ideal in Japan because they are so small, making it easy to get around tight city streets. They are also more affordable and efficient than larger vehicles.

Reportedly "BYD is developing a new platform for the model. It will reportedly include a 20 kWh battery, good for 180 km (112 miles) WLTC range...using its in-house Blade LFP batteries..."

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Toyota C-HR Returns To U.S. With AWD And 338-HP Electric Powertrain

15 May 2025 | Synopsis

"The 2026 C-HR is the second EV Toyota will sell on our shores, boasting a NACS charge port and an estimated 290-mile range...With a peak charging speed of 150 kW, Toyota claims, you can charge the C-HR from 10 to 80 percent in about 30 minutes..the Toyota designers who worked on the bZ pulled double duty with the C-HR...we think the SE trim will start at around $35K, while the XSE will likely start at around $38K."

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