California is following suit with various parts of the EU in phasing out gasoline and diesel. A reader notes: I’m fully supportive of this, but it has to come with a massive upgrade of the U.S. energy grid.
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California: Automakers Have 15 More Years To Sell Gas-Powered Vehicles
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Tesla Sites EV SuperCharger In Weird Place
The good news: Tesla’s largest charging station depot (aka “supercharger”) is currently being installed, with 56 stalls and a restaurant. The bad news: It’s in Firebaugh, California.
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High-Tech Sails for Cargo Ships?
I took some serious guff for surmising that the story here is a joke; the article covers a new cargo ship with rigid, material-heavy sales, and I can’t imagine that this is really happening. Check out this exchange: Me: This …
The 2020s Will Be the ‘Decade Of Hydrogen’ — Really?
I’m very suspicious of the claim made above. Before I get into my reasoning, here’s an excerpt from an article by GreenTech Media: Falling costs and growing project pipelines will ensure the 2020s are the “decade of hydrogen,” according to …
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Take a Cool Guess—The Fun Quiz on Renewable Energy and Environmental Sustainability. Today’s Topic: Auto Emissions Rollback
Question: When’s the best time to roll back auto emission standards that protect public health and save people money? Answer: Can be found at Clean Energy Answers.
Your EV Can Power Your Home, But Is It Worth the Cost?
Electric vehicle drivers who own their own homes and are plagued with frequent blackouts may want to look into this. The equipment and installation is in the $5000 range, so this better be a pretty significant “plague.”
Transportation Going Green
As an advocate organization for green vehicles, we applaud the intent behind the parking restrictions here. Apparently, it wasn’t completely understood by the guy with the truck here, but yet it would be hard to give him a ticket.
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Trump’s Biggest Climate Rollback Under Scrutiny of the Environmental Protection Agency’s Inspector General
One of President Obama’s signature accomplishments was forcing automakers to boost the CAFE (corporate average fuel emission) standards to 54.5 MPG by model year 2025. Not surprisingly, the Trump administration took immediate aim on this triumph and successfully rolled it …
Norway’s Rapid Transition to Electric Transportation
From this article on Norway’s amazing progress in electric vehicle sales: Electric car market share hit a record high in Norway for the first half of the year as overall car sales have been hit by the pandemic but less …
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Tagged with: aggressive electrification goal, Electric car market share, environmental responsibility, Norway has long been the world’s leading market when it comes to electric vehicles, Norway's amazing progress in electric vehicle sales, phasing out of fossil fuels, Transition to Electric Transportation
Solar “e-Yacht” — Environmental Boating?
I would call the photo here deceptive. The manufacturer of the “Greenline 48 Fly,” as it’s called, represent their product as “environmental boating. Yet it has two diesel engines that deliver a combined 440 horsepower. In full sun, that solar …
