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California Legislative Update

CleanTechnica EVs

Originally published on NRDC Expert Blog. By Victoria Rome Many bills are working their way through the California Legislature having survived votes in their house of origin and are now moving to policy committee hearings in the opposite house.

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Proposed California Bill SB-233 Mandates Bidirectional Charging for EVs to Advance Grid and Climate Protection

Driivz

California, the EV adoption and clean energy leader in the U.S., Obstacles to rolling out V2G Creators of the proposed California legislation understand that interoperability is essential to realizing this vision. All eyes on California With what is currently the largest EV marketplace in the U.S.,

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PHEVLERs are the Zero CO2 Clean Green Machines of the Future

Green Car Congress

Frank (email: afrank@efficientdrivetrains.com) Dr. Frank is Professor Emeritus, Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering at the University of California, Davis, where he established the Institute for Transportation Studies (ITS-Davis), and was director of the US Department of Energy’s National Center of Hybrid Excellence at UC Davis.

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Mercedes-AMG Brings Entry-Trim SL 43 to America

The Truth About Cars

Fun fact: the turbo can spin at speeds up to 170,000 rpm which seems to be the approximate speed of the blades on your author’s Lasko 3300 Wind Machine box fan on setting number three. inch central touchscreen which may be electrically adjusted from 12 to 32 degrees during times when the California sun is being annoying.

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Why Do Japanese Automakers Like Hydrogen Power?

The Truth About Cars

Germany even had to pivot back toward coal for energy production after realizing there was no way to build enough wind and solar farms. Europe, which dove into renewables harder than anybody, is suffering from a legitimate energy crisis right now with prices surpassing historic levels. But Japan is much smaller than the whole of the U.S.

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Is NRDC drinking the hydrogen kool-aid?

Plugs and Cars

The following guest blog post is by Earl Killian who often blogs at Joe Romm's ClimateProgress.org. Imagine for a moment that the world had rejected wind and solar energy, and instead decided to wait for a hydrogen fusion research program to reach fruition. Biographical information below the post. Where would we be today?

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Four Major Trends in the eMobility Industry in 2021

Driivz

The US federal government offers up to $7,500 in tax credits for qualifying plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs), and California announced a $3.9 In the US, California intends to end the sale of ICE passenger cars in 2035. That sounds good, but the chargers are distributed very unevenly across the country, with most in California.