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Tesla Insurance looks to expand to Oregon and Virginia as its next markets

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Fortunately, it appears that Tesla has been busy in its efforts to grow its insurance service to more states, with recent insurance filings revealing that the company is looking to start selling vehicle insurance in Oregon and Virginia. So far, Tesla Insurance has been expanded to California, Arizona, Ohio, Illinois, and Texas.

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DOE announces 15 Phase 1 semifinalists of Geothermal Lithium Extraction Prize

Green Car Congress

Lithium, a critical material used in high-charge-density batteries for electric vehicles and grid-scale electricity storage, is a crucial element in the clean energy supply chain. Nearly all of the US lithium stock is imported. Oregon State University – Espiku. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign – SelectPureLi.

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Tesla Insurance expands to Nevada, now covers nine U.S. states

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state to be covered by the electric automaker’s competitively priced insurance product. Nevada joins Arizona, California, Colorado, Illinois, Ohio, Oregon, Texas, and Virginia as states that utilize Tesla Insurance, which bases rates on real-time driving behavior in all regions except for California due to Statewide restrictions.

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Converting Coal Power Plants to Nuclear Gains Steam

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In the United States, coal’s share of electricity generation has plummeted since its early 2000s peak; 28 percent of U.S. Not all of these remaining coal plants are perfect fits, however. But in the future, not all reactors might be so large. Are all of these sites going to get nuclear power plants?

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New EV Models Extinguish Range Anxiety

Electric Auto Association

The average driving distance per journey for electric vehicles is getting longer. For years, the media and automakers have thrown around the phrase EV range anxiety and how drivers could be disusaded from buy electric vehicles due to the small battery packs and limited range. were all-electric vehicles in January 2023.

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President Obama announces two new public-private manufacturing innovation institutes; new manufacturing innovation institute competition

Green Car Congress

The winning consortium, led by UI Labs and headquartered in Chicago, Illinois includes the following members: 41 Companies: 3D Systems; ANSYS; Autodesk; Big Kaiser Precision Tooling Inc.; .; UTRC; Wolf Robotics. Digital Manufacturing And Design Innovation. Boeing; Caron Engineering Inc.; Caterpillar; CG Tech; Cincinnati Inc.; New competition.

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Tesla Model Y becomes a hotel amenity thanks to ride-sharing platform Envoy

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“We are thrilled with the launch of our first electric car share at a luxury hotel, the Mondrian South Beach,” Aric Ohana, President and Co-Founder of Envoy, said. “Mondrian South Beach is delighted to be the first hotel to offer Envoy, electric car sharing. Credit: Envoy. Envoy is available across the U.S.

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