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Bicycles Now Outnumber Cars in London's Rush Hour

20 Feb 2025 | Synopsis

"People on bikes represent 40 percent of non-pedestrian rush hour traffic in the city, and cars are trending down."

"The government says that the creation of 'low emission zones' has contributed to a 50 percent drop in toxic nitrogen dioxide

"Data from 12 sites across the city show that since 1999, automobile traffic has fallen by 64 percent and the bicyclist count has increased by 386 percent."

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Why Lucid's CEO Thinks 180-Mile EVs Are 'The Future'

20 Feb 2025 | Synopsis

"California-based EV startup's CEO and CTO...thinks the future of transportation hinges on EVs with less range...Lucid would "quite possibly" make a car with 180 miles of range...will underpin a line of more affordable vehicles...you're considered an unserious player if you can't offer at least 250 miles..city dwellers...will realize they can get by with a lot less...drivers will get used to juicing up whenever they're parked."

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Europe Reaches 1 Million Public EV Charge Points, Set To Double By 2029

20 Feb 2025 | Synopsis

"...the achievement comes seven years after the 100,000 charge point threshold was reached in 2018. LCP Delta expects the infrastructure rollout to accelerate, reaching 2 million charge points by 2029 and 3 million by 2032

"The Netherlands has the highest number of public charge points at over 175,000...France is ranked second with 165,000 charge points...The UK sold the most fully electric cars of all European countries last year but is only fourth in the ranking list with around 95,000 public charge points."

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These Two EV Startups Joined Forces, And The Result Is Energizing for Both

18 Feb 2025 | Synopsis

"Telo Trucks and Aptera combined their core competencies to put solar panels on small electric pickup trucks."

Telo's practical and small all-electric trucks fill a demand for city-focused utility vehicles, and Aptera's solar technology appeals to those who are looking for an alternative to an underdeveloped charging infrastructure...The bane of EVs, he says, is the 12-volt battery, which powers the vehicle’s electrical systems."

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Climate Impulse: The Hydrogen-Powered Plane That Will Attempt A Non-Stop Flight Around The World

18 Feb 2025 | Synopsis

"Made with lightweight composites, the plane is dependent on several untested innovations and is far from a sure bet.

"Climate Impulse is supposed to take off unassisted, fly some 40,000 km (about 25,000 miles) around Earth along the Equator and return to its starting point with no mid-air refueling...The plane has the wingspan of an Airbus 320...it flies at 180 km/h - that means 100 knots at 10,000 ft...trickiest part is to regulate the flow of liquid hydrogen..."

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Italdesign's Quintessenza Concept Brings Unique Style to CES 2025

18 Feb 2025 | Synopsis

"Like the old saying about El Caminos and mullets, this concept is business up front, party in back...The powertrain is electric, based around a 150.0-kWh battery pack and three electric motors. Total power output is said to be 777 horsepower, with the sprint to 60 mph claimed to take less than three seconds...Longer than a Ford F-150 and infused with the sleek, angular futurism that Italdesign brought to its limited-run GT-R 50 project for Nissan."

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Geothermal Energy vs. Fossil Fuels: Be Careful What You Wish For

18 Feb 2025 | Synopsis

"Geothermal energy is throwing off the shackles of the past and extending its reach across the country, with a particular focus on pushing natural gas out of the power generation industry...The opportunities for geothermal development in the US have skyrocketed...geothermal solutions, including energy storage and baseload power generation...installed capacity of geothermal energy will rise from its lowly state of 16.8 gigawatts globally up to 28 gigawatts within the next few years, and on up to 100 by 2050."

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Why The US Government Built Only 58 EV Charging Stations In Three Years

17 Feb 2025 | Synopsis

"The EV charger story has become fodder for a myth woven deeply into the American psyche...what accounts for such a miserable federal performance?

"...over the course of the next half-century, bureaucracies they deemed too powerful became, in effect, impotent...the Biden administration was left to rely in large part on the system that governs 90 percent of federal transportation spending: distributing the money to the states."

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Clean Energy: A 21st Century ''America First'' Agenda

17 Feb 2025 | Synopsis

"...unlikely synergy is apparent between the former President's ambitious investments in clean energy and the "America First" economic principles...economic vision centers on protecting American industries and reducing reliance on foreign goods; Biden's clean energy investments also enable this, while positioning America to compete in the 21st century...the race to dominate the clean energy sector is on. If it doesn't happen here, it will happen elsewhere."

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Republican Districts Lose Billions As Clean Energy Cancellations Surge

17 Feb 2025 | Synopsis

"Clean energy investments took a serious hit in January, sinking to their lowest point since the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) supercharged the industry...Republican-held congressional districts have been the biggest beneficiaries of clean energy investments...they're also bearing the brunt of the latest wave of cancellations, with more than $2.7 billion in investments and 1,300 jobs lost in January alone..."

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Scientists Troubled After Analyzing Waters Of Catastrophic Off-Shore Oil Spill Decade Later: "There Has Been This Massive Quieting"

17 Feb 2025 | Synopsis

"Scientists at UC San Diego's Scripps Institution of Oceanography submerged microphones 3,000 feet below the surface of the Gulf of Mexico to analyze deep-sea audio recordings and estimate whale populations...the study determined that numerous whale and dolphin species have declined significantly. Sperm whale populations may have declined by as much as 31%, while certain dolphin populations may have dropped by 43%."

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Lucid & BMW Execs Claim Efficiency More Important Than Range For Electric Cars

14 Feb 2025 | Synopsis

"[Lucid] future model with 180 miles of range would only need a 30 kWh battery - about two thirds less than what many manufacturers install in their electric cars today. “Then we can make a battery pack for about $2,500 - maybe $2,000...

"People are fixated on how fast their EVs can charge, but that is old-fashioned thinking left over from the days of gasoline...The idea that their car can charge while they are off doing other things is an alien concept that takes some getting used to."

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