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1 In 5 New Car Sales Globally Were EVs In 2023, And That's Curbed Oil Demand - IEA

06 Mar 2024 | Synopsis

"Without EVs, solar, wind, and nuclear, the global rise in emissions in the last five years would have been three times larger.

"The bad news is that energy-related emissions rose in 2023. But the good news is that continued expansion of clean energy technologies meant that global energy-related emissions rose less strongly than in 2022

"The growing number of EVs on the roads, accounting for 1 in 5 new car sales globally in 2023, also played a significant role in keeping oil demand...from rising above pre-pandemic levels."

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Electric Fiat 500e Is Returning to a Different America

06 Mar 2024 | Synopsis

Stellantis "...thinks that with its new model, the electric version of its most popular vehicle worldwide, it can change American's minds on small cars...Fiat says it knows the vehicle is desirable on more than just the West Coast..The new Fiat 500e will be available in all 50 states plus Puerto Rico

"It will be the lightest passenger EV in the market and carry an all-electric range of 149 mile...designed from the start as an electric urban city car..."

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Driving Towards A Sustainable Future: How Electric Vehicles Are Paving The Way Towards A Greener Way Of Life

06 Mar 2024 | Synopsis

"...many people overlook the fact that electric driving comes with a raft of benefits besides just knowing you're doing your bit to support the environment.

"As technology progresses, we can expect even more integration between smart features and electric vehicles, with the automotive industry on the edge of transformative changes that will redefine mobility as we know it."

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BYD To Deploy Fleet Of 8 Car Carriers To Underpin Global EV Expansion

06 Mar 2024 | Synopsis

"BYD Explorer No. 1, a roll-on/roll-off (RORO) ship, was manufactured by CIMC Raffles, a shipbuilding affiliate of China International Marine Containers...

"The vessel has a 7,000-vehicle capacity and was ordered by London-based shipping company Zodiac Maritime...BYD also hopes to reduce transportation costs by securing its own vessels.

"SAIC plans to secure 14 carriers, including large vessels that can carry 9,000 cars, within the next three years."

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MIT Scientists Hit A Major Fusion Milestone In The Quest For Limitless Energy

06 Mar 2024 | Synopsis

"Superconducting magnets discovered by MIT scientists in 2021 are finally ready for fusion reactors...The researchers have now published several papers on the discovery, confirming that the magnets can meet the challenging conditions of a fusion power plant....One major difference with these REBCO magnets is that they require less insulation than other superconductor-based magnets...allowing for greater conductivity."

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Olympian Motors Is Making Minimalist EVs for Drivers Sick of Screens

05 Mar 2024 | Synopsis

Two co-founders "connected in 2019 over a shared belief that traditional automakers were trapped in century-old thinking that was increasingly disconnected from intuitive design and customers' actual needs...Olympian leans into old-school controls: numbered dials for the speedometer, tachometer and battery indicator, plus a single knob for climate control."

"Olympian uses a modular approach that it says reduces tooling, machinery and labor costs by 75-80% and production lead time by 60%..."

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There's A Reason Exxon's CEO Says Its Emissions Are Your Fault

05 Mar 2024 | Synopsis

"...the 'dirty secret' behind why the world wasn't on track to zero out carbon emissions was that it was simply too expensive. In doing so, he subtly pinned the blame for the emissions created by burning oil and gas on his company's customers...Exxon would rather focus on the direct emissions that come from oil rigs and power plants...the oil giant used rhetoric to shift the blame for climate change onto average people, their customers..."

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Sikorsky's New Tilt-Wing Hybrid VTOL Aircraft Promises 575-Mile Range

05 Mar 2024 | Synopsis

"The new HEX program by the Lockheed Martin subsidiary features three hybrid, autonomous rotorcraft..The goal is to combine high speed with a range in excess of 500 nm (575 miles, 926 km)...feature a 1.2 MW-class turbogenerator. In the meantime, Sikorsky Innovations and GE Aerospace are completing a hybrid-electric power systems testbed with a 600 KW electric motor for hover performance tests."

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Over Half Of EV Drivers Rely On Public Chargers, ChargeLab Survey Finds

05 Mar 2024 | Synopsis

While 86% of EV drivers in the US now have access to a home charger, 59.6% still use public chargers weekly.

The findings come in a new survey of 500 EV drivers by US EV charging software company ChargeLab, which says this underscores the need for continued investment in public charging infrastructure...

"There's no shortage of news coverage on the problems with public charging - but what makes us excited about this survey is it reframes the issue as an opportunity,"

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West Texas Orphan Wells Are Leaking With Unknown Harms

05 Mar 2024 | Synopsis

The Texas Railroad Commission is tasked with plugging wells. But the state regulators say their scope is limited.

"The massive pool of salt water on Wight's ranch is the latest man-made disaster resulting from abandoned oil and water wells across the state...the three-member elected body has fought with groundwater districts and landowners about who is responsible for plugging certain wells...the urgency has increased in recent years as orphaned wells in the Permian Basin began to leak salt water and, in some cases, hazardous liquids."

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We Tried Charging A Rivian And Chevy Bolt With Ford's Tesla Adapter

04 Mar 2024 | Synopsis

"...can't you use the Ford adapter to charge a Rivian, or a Chevrolet Bolt, or anything else on the Supercharger network now? The answer, unfortunately, is no.

"...this isn't a hardware issue when it comes to charging - it's a software issue. Until Tesla authenticates more vehicles to work on its network, those won't be allowed to charge there.

"After 2025, just about every new EV in the U.S. and Canada will have native access to Tesla

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How Psychology Can Help People Live More Climate-Friendly Lives - Lessons From Around The World

04 Mar 2024 | Synopsis

"New research by an international team of more than 250 scientists studied several environmental interventions and the way people responded to them in 63 countries.

"...team tested the effectiveness of 11 strategies designed to increase climate change awareness and climate action around the globe...Overall, 86% of people surveyed believed that climate change is happening, is a dangerous problem and is largely caused by humans."

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