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 16 Sep 2024 19:50:29 UTC |
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EDITOR'S CHOICE
29 Jan 2024 | Synopsis
"A new study from GBK Collective...found that half of the more than 2,000 US car consumers they interviewed were considering either an electric or a hybrid car for their next vehicle purchase."GBK's study found that EV considerers are willing to pay $7,650 more on average for an EV than a gas-powered car with similar features. Plug-in hybrid considerers are also willing to pay more – $6,905 on average."
29 Jan 2024 | Synopsis
"Public opinions on global warming, including perceived risk and support for climate policies, have shifted considerably over more than a decade"That trend was true even in many Republican strongholds. In Texas and North Carolina, for instance, the percentage of adults who said they think global warming is happening rose to 72% in 2023...from 60% in 2010. And in Indiana, that figure rose to 65% in 2023, from 55% in 2010.
29 Jan 2024 | Synopsis
"One study found that many popular models kept an average of about 70% of their range in freezing conditions...Have a Plan B. Complaints about charger reliability, or the lack of charger reliability, are all too common...car buyers purchased more than a million electric cars in 2023, which leads to a higher likelihood that you might need to wait for an available charger."Taking a winter road trip in an EV is similar to a trip in a gas-powered vehicle ? drive carefully, plan your route, and make adjustments when necessary."
29 Jan 2024 | Synopsis
"New Vision Aviation at Fresno Chandler Executive Airport has become the first flight school in the nation to receive clearance from the FAA to use electric planes for training."One of the Cessnas they have at the school burns about eight gallons an hour. And, at roughly $6.50 a gallon currently, those costs add up...The cost to charge the e-aircraft is about $5, the plane requires far less maintenance."
29 Jan 2024 | Synopsis
"Liquid hydrogen is so hard to use that the space industry is moving to methane and away from liquid hydrogen."...to sum up, hydrogen refueling stations in the biggest public data set, covering 55 stations over six years with millions of kilograms of hydrogen having been delivered, show that hydrogen stations are out of service 20% more time than they are pumping hydrogen and that annual maintenance costs are 15% of capex, not 4%.
27 Jan 2024 | Synopsis
"Paris-based journalist Simon Kuper [believes]...It is not EVs, but e-bikes, e-mopeds and e-scooters that are the vehicles of the future – at least for those travelling in cities."Kuper says that bikes are also becoming a cultural urban norm: 'I see this in Paris, where only one in three households now owns a car, and cycle paths are full even in January...Bikes move faster in Paris than cars, city hall'S statistics show."
..in a nutshell, it's saying that in European urban environments, e-bikes will replace cars.."
27 Jan 2024 | Synopsis
"The world’s 1,300 largest methane-polluting sites have been identified from space...Thanks to Kayrros' satellite surveillance, the exact sources of potent planet-warming pollution are finally exposed"Pursuing the where, what, and why of these polluting leaks has led Kayrros to gas wells, pipelines, coal mines, and waste sites in countries like Turkmenistan...India, Russia, Australia, and the United States."
27 Jan 2024 | Synopsis
"The rapidly maturing Chinese car industry makes competitive EVs across the full spectrum, from tiny city cars to envelope-pushing supercars. Left unchecked, Chinese cars could pose an existential threat to western automakers...'The Chinese car companies are the most competitive car companies in the world...Chinese-made cars are making inroads to the U.S. under brands such as Buick, Lincoln, and Polestar."
27 Jan 2024 | Synopsis
Edwards & Sanborn...sits on 4,660 acres in the Mojave desert..and is owned and operated by Terra-Gen. It comprises 875 megawatts (MW) of solar and 3,320 megawatt-hours (MWh) of energy storage...The project sits on both private land and land belonging to Edwards Air Force Base. It features a massive 1.9 million First Solar PV panels and 120,720 LG Chem, Samsung, and BYD long-duration energy storage batteries connected by 400 miles of cable. "27 Jan 2024 | Synopsis
"The country added 216.9 gigawatts of solar last year, blowing away its previous record of 87.4 gigawatts from 2022, the National Energy Administration said in a statement. That's more than the entire fleet of 175.2 gigawatts in the US...A surge in clean energy in China...helped to drive the world's adoption of renewables to a record 510 gigawatts last year...China is continuing to add to its huge network of coal-fired power stations..."
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