EDITOR'S PICK

Battery Electric Cars Are Winning Out Because of Consumers, Not Politicians

06 Sep 2023 | Synopsis

"...car executives are criticizing governments on the grounds that they've picked the winning horse...Fuel cell vehicles are failing because they're not proving compelling enough

"Despite largely technology-neutral support, automakers sold 15,400 fuel cell passenger vehicles in 2022, down slightly from the year before. That's a rounding error relative to the 7.5 million battery EVs and 2.9 million plug-in hybrids sold...it wasn't bureaucrats in Brussels, Washington or Sacramento that crowned them as winners. It was consumers."

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Amazon Rolls Out New Fleet Of Electric Cargo Bikes In Glasgow As It Ditches Diesel Trucks

06 Sep 2023 | Synopsis

"The electric cargo bikes and on-foot deliveries are now operational from hubs in more than 20 cities across the UK and Europe.

"The new hub in Glasgow will not only bring our Scottish customers more electric-powered deliveries, but also support the local authority in looking for ways to reduce congestion and find alternative transportation methods

"The company aims to have 100,000 electric delivery vehicles from Rivian on the road globally."

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NRDC Report Recommends New Pathway for Clean Energy Permitting Reform

06 Sep 2023 | Synopsis

"The report...lays out a strategy for achieving this clean energy deployment that manages opposition without gutting foundational environmental protections...

"...the report outlines four key solutions to filling this gap and more quickly advancing clean energy projects nationwide...To achieve the Inflation Reduction Act’s full potential, by 2035 the United States needs to build approximately 564 gigawatts of renewable electricity and storage."

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12 Energy Dilemmas the World Needs to Address

06 Sep 2023 | Synopsis

"...overwhelming scientific research shows that heat-trapping pollutants like CO2 and methane play the lead role...disputes about how much different energy technologies cost, how quickly we can transition to cleaner ones, who bears (and who should bear) the burden for these transitions, and whether (or to what extent) we may need to compromise...Twelve thorny dilemmas emerged from our conversations...

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Fact-Checking The Misinformation Attacks On The EPA's Clean Car Standards

06 Sep 2023 | Synopsis

"New clean car standards proposed by the [EPA]...are readily achievable...the exact opposite of what is alleged by attacks from the oil industry, conservatives and car manufacturers.

"Under the Biden administration, the U.S. is finally following a smart, domestic economic growth government policy that revs our economy's engine and puts the country's climate commitments within reach."

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Juxta Launches Micro-Retail Stores To Support EV Charging

05 Sep 2023 | Synopsis

"Juxta Nomads are fully equipped and assembled, portable and unstaffed micro-retail stores...They are designed primarily to support operators of EV charging stations with a turn-key supplementary retail offering to drive top-line growth...customers can select from a range of snacks, sandwiches, hot drinks, and fresh fruit, or select larger items for dinner at home later...One employee can maintain and restock up to 12 Juxta Nomads per day."

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China's #1 Oil Company Says Peak Gasoline Demand Has Already Passed

05 Sep 2023 | Synopsis

"China's extremely rapid adoption of EVs has forced oil giant Sinopec to adjust its forecasts, saying peak domestic gasoline demand has already passed and it's all downhill from here

"Chinese new car buyers are now choosing "new energy vehicles"...at a rate of 37.8%, a percentage which has rocketed up from 30.0% in 2022, 15.5% in 2021 and just 5.4% in 2020...EVs were already displacing some 15 million tons of Chinese oil product sales in 2023."

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Investors Flock to Battery Recyclers in Hunt for Climate Law Winners

05 Sep 2023 | Synopsis

"Investors are racing to find the clean-energy startups best positioned to capitalize on last year’s landmark climate law...Major investors including BlackRock and Goldman Sachs Asset Management are pouring money into battery recycling...The latest wager is on Ascend Elements, a battery-recycling startup that said it raised $460 million in a financing round...gigantic wave of battery factories coming soon...There needs to be processing capacity on line available to receive that material."

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Electric Cars Could Go Further With Toothpaste Ingredients

05 Sep 2023 | Synopsis

"A novel fluoride electrolyte has been found by the [DoE's] Argonne National Laboratory, and it may help enhance batteries in the future.

"In comparison to lithium-ion batteries, these non-lithium-ion batteries have an energy storage capacity that is twice as great or even higher per unit of weight or volume...An economical, safe, and non-flammable electrolyte called fluorinated cation electrolyte can provide the electric car sector a considerable boost."

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90% Reduction By 2040: Corporates Press EU For More Aggressive Decarbonisation Targets

05 Sep 2023 | Synopsis

"Corporate Leaders Group Europe (CLG Europe) are pushing for the target to be aggressive and ambitious...has released a new position paper calling for the target to be a 90% reduction in net emissions by 2040, against a 1990 baseline.

"...send a clear signal to businesses that climate action will remain at the heart of the EU’s political agenda...Unilever, the Coca-Cola Company, Velux, Signify and GSK are among the CLG member businesses support

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McLaren Chief: Making Electric Supercars 'Doesn't Make Sense Today'

04 Sep 2023 | Synopsis

'If I build today an electric car, I put, to build it, more emissions in it than in an ICE [internal combustion engine] car...my customers don’t have enough mileage to recover, driving electric, these additional emissions. It doesn’t make sense today to have that for a supercar...Supercar producers have lagged behind in the automotive sector’s transition to electric vehicles"

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Wild 1,360hp Lanzador Concept Previews Lamborghini's First EV

04 Sep 2023 | Synopsis

"Behind the Lanzador's genre-bending design is an incredibly flexible and customizable network of performance systems...CEO Stephan Winkelmann hinted that we should expect more than a megawatt (over 1,341 horsepower) output through wheels via a full-electric all-wheel drive system.

"Can an electric car possibly recapture the visceral, emotional appeal of a voracious V10 or operatic V12? We’ll have to wait five years to find out"

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