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400 New York City EV Taxi Licenses Taken In Under Two Minutes

02 Apr 2023 | Synopsis

"An allotment of 400 for-hire electric vehicle (EV) licenses made available online were filled in under two minutes...A thousand EV licenses were successfully filled this month, and more than 100,000 applied for the wait list...The continuing demand is sending a very clear message that people want more TLC EV licenses.

"Out of the 1,000 licenses, the overwhelming majority – 826 – went to individual drivers."

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We Were Promised Self-Driving Cars By 2017 - What Went Wrong?

02 Apr 2023 | Synopsis

"Love them or hate them, driverless cars will - we hope - eventually become a pervasive day-to-day reality, providing the opportunity for safer, more efficient travel...

"...fully autonomous vehicles are estimated to be 80% developed. However, as is so often the case, its the remaining 20% that proves the most challenging...Mercedes' Chief Technology Officer Markus Schafer said that driverless cars by 2030 are "doable"…'

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Solar-Vehicle Company Aptera Begins Large Fleet Sales

01 Apr 2023 | Synopsis

"..Aptera, recently got a pre-order for the first fleet of 101 of potentially more than 100,000 of its solar-powered vehicles.The price tag for the first batch of the three-wheeled, two-seater aerodynamic vehicles is around $3.35 million and the buyer, SustainabilitySooner.com, aims to expand its Aptera fleet from 101 to 101,000 or more vehicles as it grows.

"SustainabilitySooner develops and manages properties in an eco-conscience way..."

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New Mexican Carrier Aerus To Operate Regional Routes Left By Aeromar

01 Apr 2023 | Synopsis

"Aerus is set to launch operations next month and will have an investment of $98 million over the next three years...earlier this year after announcing the order for 30 Eviation Alice Electric aircraft. It will be the first Mexican carrier to operate flights with an all-electric fleet.

"In the long run, Aerus will receive up to 30 Alice nine-seater fully electric commuter aircraft...will offer a single-charge range of about 250 nautical miles initially but is predicted to increase to 450 nautical miles as battery technology advances."

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These Are the EVs That Need Battery Replacements the Most Often

01 Apr 2023 | Synopsis

"Battery replacements are exceedingly rare, but some models need them more than others

"...battery replacements are exceedingly rare for the majority of EVs... the Nissan Leaf and Tesla Model S had the most significant percentage of battery replacements. The two cars are among the longest-running electric models and were designed early in the EV development process...EVs with 10 or more years on the road tend to need replacements more often."

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Republicans' Brainless Energy Strategy

01 Apr 2023 | Synopsis

Bill would "...repeal of several provisions of President Biden's signature Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), plus some deregulation of environmental protections. It would delete the EPA's $27 billion Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund...and remove new fees on oil and gas drillers...bill is so senseless that many of the backfilled arguments from Republicans in favor of it can be read, verbatim, as criticisms."

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Electric Upcycling Is The Future Of Commercial Vehicles Says Lunaz

01 Apr 2023 | Synopsis

Classic car electrification causes more controversy than any part of the EV revolution...Lunaz had originally started with an idea of electrifying and upcycling iconic classics for hotel fleets...Lunaz can bring vehicles to market much more quickly than ones that were built from scratch...Each commercial vehicle takes 14 days to convert...intends to increase capacity to 5,000 vehicles a year in the future."

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Here's Which Electric Cars Are Cheaper To Own Than Their Gas-Powered Alternatives

31 Mar 2023 | Synopsis

"According to a study...14 out of 27 electric vehicles surveyed can be expected to deliver lower long-term ownership costs than their internal-combustion engine (ICE) counterparts...all 27 models tested handily beat their gas-powered alternatives in terms of their energy costs...Maintenance costs in 25 out of 27 models were found to be less costly...the average EV’s five-year depreciation - which is a vehicle's largest ownership cost..."

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Does Carbon Capture and Storage Hype Delay Emissions Cuts? Here's What Research Shows

31 Mar 2023 | Synopsis

"A recent paper...offers some insight by reviewing decades of research on the topic.

"CCS has been very slow to get off the ground and successive UK governments have botched attempts to demonstrate the technology at scale

"When the political economy in which climate policy making happens is considered, the repeated role of CCS so far is revealed: a handy excuse to delay reform and protect the profitability of powerful sectors of the economy."

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It's Not Where You Charge An EV, It's What You Do While Charging

31 Mar 2023 | Synopsis

"...there's a lot of misunderstanding of what sort of chargers solve the problem and when rather than where they are used...Much of this planning continues 'gasoline thinking,' which is imagining that EVs are similar to gasoline cars...Gasoline drivers are afraid of electric cars because they know they take longer to charge, and they don't easily get away from their gasoline thinking...

"One of the key hallmarks of gasoline thinking is to think of energy as a commodity product, rather than seeing charging as a service."

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