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US senators want even higher tariffs on Chinese EVs

Baua Electric

Just as the EU is considering tariffs on Chinese EVs imported into Europe, three US Democratic senators are urging that the Biden administration hike import tariffs on Chinese EVs to address national security risks. Allowing heavily subsidized Chinese vehicles to enter the U.S. automotive industry as a whole.” Biden’s $7.5

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MAN propane-fueled ME-LGIP to power Chinese VLGC

Green Car Congress

Jiangnan Shipyard, owned by China State Shipbuilding Corp (CSSC), has ordered an LPG (liquefied propane gas)-burning MAN B&W 6G60ME-LGIP engine in connection with the building of an 86,000-m 3 VLGC (Very Large Gas Carrier) for Tianjin Southwest Maritime (TSM), the Chinese shipping company.

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Elon Musk corrects presidential candidate who misunderstood Tesla’s Master Plan Part 3

Teslarati

That’s exactly what the climate cult accomplishes, and electric vehicle subsidies are one of many small pawns in that game,” Ramaswamy wrote. Among these was noted investor David Sacks , who joked that he didn’t know Chinese President Xi Jinping had taken over Tesla’s Gigafactory Texas facility.

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Three Questions From Chinese Business Executives About Climate Action & Europe

CleanTechnica EVs

The takeaway for me was that at least this group of executives cared about the planet and were looking to do their part.

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New study on Holocene conundrum suggests need for reexamination of both proxy data and climate models

Green Car Congress

In an open access paper in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences , researchers from the US, China and Europe re-examine the “Holocene conundrum”—a contradiction between the results of reconstructed data records and model-based climate simulations. Liu says climate scientists plan to meet this fall to discuss the conundrum.

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Big Auto is begging governments to let them go bankrupt as Chinese EVs loom

Baua Electric

This is not in dispute by any serious person – and any alternative scenario, where humans continue to pollute as much as we do today, will result in worse and worse results for humanity the longer we pollute as climate change becomes progressively worse. Chinese EV sales have started taking off overseas , particularly in Europe.

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Chinese rocket mistaken for a SpaceX upper stage on a collision course with the Moon

Teslarati

Rocket debris that is expected to crash into Earth’s Moon next month appears to have been incorrectly identified as part of a SpaceX Falcon 9 after a minor media blitz that saw a range of outlets criticize the company for the nonissue. There’s always some separation, but this was suspiciously large.”,

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