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Here's Why EPA's $400M In Electric School Bus Grants Matter And How They’ll Be Allocated

26 Apr 2023 | Synopsis

"The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law of 2021 authorized the EPA to offer rebates in 2022 to replace diesel school buses..."clean and zero-emission (ZE) models..." Electric buses are being prioritized over alternative fuels in the 2023 grant program as well...over 2,000 applications in the 2022 Rebate Program, more than 90% of buses requested in the first round were for zero-emission electric buses..Replacing just one diesel school bus with an electric school bus can reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 54,000 pounds each year.."

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GM Announces Chevy Bolt Is Over, Long Live the Electric Equinox

25 Apr 2023 | Synopsis

"This marks the end of the Bolt EV as the most affordable/capable EV in the US market and a pioneering electrification milestone.

"The Bolt was the best US selling non-Tesla EV in the first quarter with almost 20,000 sold. 75% of Bolt owners were new to GM, the highest conquest rate for any of its vehicles. At the same time, Bolt owners are among the happiest with 80% saying they would buy another Chevy."

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OPINION: Climate Isn't A Distraction From Australia Military's Job of War Fighting. It's Front And Centre

25 Apr 2023 | Synopsis

"...the strategic review of Australia's military released yesterday...devotes just over one of its 100 pages to what climate change means for defence...the Australian review focused more on climate change as a potential distraction from the military's core business of war fighting...This focus is too narrow.

"Climate change could make armed conflict more likely by acting as a "threat multiplier."

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Tesla Gives Update On Battery Degradation: Only 12% After 200,000 Miles

25 Apr 2023 | Synopsis

"...Tesla released its 2022 Impact Report, and the automaker updated its battery degradation data - now reporting 12% battery degradation after 200,000 miles...The results are similar, although slightly worse than in its previous Impact Report

"...Early data from newer Model 3 and Model Y vehicles also show strong capacity retention of less than 10% after 100,000 miles and less than 15% after 200,000 miles..."

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California Might Require Bidirectional Charging Capability In EVs

25 Apr 2023 | Synopsis

"...SB 233 has passed the California Senate Energy Committee and now heads to the Senate Transportation Committee...for further consideration...the bill would ensure all new EVs sold in California after 2027 would have the ability to discharge power from their battery packs to assist the power grid, or provide a backup power source for homes...[at present] only a subset of EVs offer bidirectional charging."

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Stockholm To Soon Sail Into Green Future With First Autonomous Fully-Electric Ferry

25 Apr 2023 | Synopsis

"Zeam is an autonomous, fully electric passenger ferry that will soon be speeding through the canals of Stockholm...a sleek 39-foot-long catamaran designed to carry up to 25 passengers at a time. The ferry will have 15 hours of continuous electric power each day.

"...goal is to control the vessel solely from the control room, allowing for greater efficiency and safety...it will be operating between the islands of Kungsholmen and Soder Mellarstrand in Stockholm."

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South Florida Faces Fuel Crisis From Flooding - Electric Cars Fine

24 Apr 2023 | Synopsis

"A staggering 59% of all gas stations in the Miami and Fort Lauderdale area were out of fuel at one point Tuesday, along with another 21% of gas stations in West Palm Beach...The deluge closed Port Everglades for 36 hours. The port is the hub for 40% of the state's gasoline distribution

"While millions of South Floridians were searching for, fighting for, waiting in long lines for, and probably paying an arm and a leg for gasoline, electric car drivers in South Florida were conveniently charging up their EVs at their homes..."

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Can Electric Vehicles Be Hacked?

24 Apr 2023 | Synopsis

"Sandia National Laboratories investigated multiple attack vectors and vulnerabilities on these [charging] stations and found many areas where existing systems can be compromised. Common impacts could include disabling and intercepting vehicle-to-charger communication, system reconfiguration through compromised Wi-Fi or USB ports..."

Hackers can intercept wireless fob signals to trick the car's perception of the location of the fob."

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The Great Electrician Shortage

24 Apr 2023 | Synopsis

"Going green will depend on blue-collar workers. Can we train enough of them before time runs out?

"...the annual mean wage for plumbers and electricians is about sixty-three thousand dollars, or roughly the same as that for high-school teachers... According to a recent report published by Associated Builders and Contractors, job openings in the construction industry averaged three hundred and ninety thousand a month in 2022."

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Electric Cars: Charging In 10 Minutes Has Become A Reality

24 Apr 2023 | Synopsis

"...feat is made possible due to the Qilin CTP 3.0 battery developed by Chinese giant CATL, which offers a range of up to 1,000 kilometers and can recover 400 kilometers of autonomy in about ten minutes...The new electric car from Li Auto is predicted to have an 800-volt architecture. It will also have a 480 kW terminal that can be used by all electric car owners, regardless of the brand..developing its own terminal that will compete directly with Xpeng?s terminal and surpass Tesla Superchargers with their 250 kW."

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