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Striking Hollow Motor Prompts New Era Of Genre-Warping Vehicles

23 Dec 2024 | Synopsis

"Spinoff company Donut Lab is pursuing new applications for the motor and an entire modular ecosystem of supporting electric components. The results so far – from stacked-rotor VTOLs to dominating multi-terrain single-track e-machine...

"The company's catalog will include battery modules, computers and vehicle control hardware, along with the inspirational seed of the whole shebang: that freaky-looking donut motor..."

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OUT OF GAS: Gas-Powered Cars To Disappear As 'Landmark' Ban Gets Green Light And 11 Other States Follow Suit

21 Dec 2024 | Synopsis

Environmental Protection Agency approved California's unprecedented plan to end the sale of gasoline-only vehicles...sale of gasoline-only vehicles will be banned in the Golden State by 2035...The rules have been adopted by 11 other states including Massachusetts, New York, and Oregon... a second waiver for California's "Omnibus" low-nitrogen oxide regulation for heavy-duty highway and off-road vehicles and engines."

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More Bad News For Fossil Fuels: The Rise Of The Drop-In EV Charging Station

21 Dec 2024 | Synopsis

"...the idea is to use an energy storage system to soak up and store enough kilowatts to provide DC fast charging for EVs, without the expensive new electrical infrastructure typically required of a grid-connected DCFC station.

"DC Grid is offering onsite solar power with battery storage as one option...a 1-megawatt, DC solar-plus-storage system can be installed in one day...system can save up to 20% of energy normally lost in converting to DC current from an AC system, along with a 33% savings at the transmission and distribution end."

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Which U.S. Companies Receive The Most Government Subsidies?

21 Dec 2024 | Synopsis

Government subsidies take a variety of forms: tax credits, abatements, training reimbursements and direct grants...Data is sourced from D.C.-based non-profit Good Jobs First’s subsidy tracking database...Boeing has received nearly $16 billion in government subsidies, putting it at the top of this list."

Ford and GM ranked 3rd and 4th at $7+ billion each. Tesla and Stellantis each received $2.8 billion."

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In 2024, The U.S. Added 1,000 New Public EV Chargers A Week - But That's Not Nearly Enough

21 Dec 2024 | Synopsis

"The country’s EV charging network has more than doubled since 2021, but we still need more chargers to keep up with EV adoption...

"Currently, there are more than 204,000 publicly available EV charging ports...In 2024 alone, more than 37,700 EV charger ports were turned on. That includes nearly 12,500 DC fast chargers...by 2030, there will be 33 million EVs on the road. In order to support them, the U.S. needs 28 million EV charging ports..."

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Quebec To Ban Sale Of Most New Gas-Powered Vehicles By 2035

19 Dec 2024 | Synopsis

"Mopeds, motorcycles, and emergency vehicles are exempt from the rules, along with vehicles used by rental companies

"The rules...apply to all "light-duty" vehicles, which the province describes as cars, light trucks, pickup trucks, and most SUVs...starting Dec. 31, 2035, it will be illegal to sell or lease new gas-powered vehicles, covered by the regulation...new rules will help it reach its goal of electrifying its transportation network."

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Why Big Oil Is Urging Trump Not to Pull Out of the Paris Accord

19 Dec 2024 | Synopsis

"...major fossil fuel corporations, including ExxonMobil, are clearly stating they would prefer the U.S. remain in the Paris Agreement.

"...big oil in general would kind of like to see us stay in is that they’d like to see some consistency in the U.S. position on climate change...The IRA is the law of the land and has a lot of encouragement for continuing green actions.

"The curve is bending. It's just not bending fast enough..."

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Ban On Off-Brand E-Bike Battery Sales Lands In Congress Budget Deal, Spurred By New York Tragedies

19 Dec 2024 | Synopsis

"A measure prohibiting retailers - including Amazon and other online sellers - from selling untested, unsafe lithium-ion batteries...is in the U.S. Senate budget package, paving the way for the law to go into effect by year's end.

"Since 2019, fires caused by highly explosive e-bike batteries have resulted in 929 fires, causing 507 injuries and 33 death as of early September."

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Enthusiasm Grows for Curbside EV Charging

19 Dec 2024 | Synopsis

"Voltpost...can retrofit an existing lamppost into a Level 2 charger in one to two hours, at a fraction of the cost of installing direct-current units. Those chargers can send 7.6 kilowatts to EVs, perfect for overnight fill-ups or other longer stints at the curb...sleek silver units feature a pair of 20-foot-long (6.1 meter) cables, enough to reach two vehicles parked along a curb...the chargers offer low upfront costs for cities or private host: Roughly $25,000."

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Research Indicates Electric Vehicles Create More Jobs than Fossil Fuel Vehicles

17 Dec 2024 | Synopsis

"Researchers at the University of Michigan have shown that plants in the ramp-up stages of transitioning to full-scale EV production saw assembly jobs increase as much as 10x. And at one plant studied, now with over a decade of EV production, the number of workers needed to make each vehicle has remained 3x higher.

"What we're seeing, with the data that's available, is that the loss of employment predicted for EVs is not happening."

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Astronaut Who Observed Earth From Space For 178 Days Says He Realized Humanity Is 'Living A Lie'

17 Dec 2024 | Synopsis

"When we see our planet from the perspective of space, certain things become undeniably clear...issues such as global warming, deforestation and biodiversity loss, as standalone issues, when in reality, they're just symptoms...we don't see ourselves as planetary...

"Garan realized that a 'paper-thin" atmosphere is protecting a myriad of species in our planet...it's obvious from the vantage point of space that we're living a lie..."

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Tesla Fights To Avoid The Steep Cost 0f Scrapping Elon Musk's Pay Package

17 Dec 2024 | Synopsis

"Over $100bn in accounting and tax charges may await electric-car maker and CEO if they are forced to abandon 2018 deal...

"...a new package could trigger a $50bn-plus corporate accounting charge and separately impose a punitive tax rate of up to 57 per cent on Musk's shares, triggering a massive tax bill...If Tesla prevails in its appeal, which must be filed within 30 days of the December 2 ruling, Musk would pay the standard federal rate of 37 per cent tax for stock compensation when he exercises his 2018 options, which he is under no obligation to do until 2028."

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