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Tighter EPA emissions rules for big trucks don’t mandate EVs

Baua Electric

Like the new emissions standards for passenger cars recently confirmed, these rules do not mandate EVs, but do set much tougher emissions targets that will likely lead to more EV sales. ” And the federal government is once again a step behind California, which aims to mandate electric-truck sales by 2045.

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Hot Tub Time Machine WayBack Wednesday – Reposted Word-for-Word from June 25 of 2008

Creative Greenius

If that’s too Al a Gore-ical for you then understand this – we have already reached the emergency landing point of our flight. So far GM, Toyota, Nissan, VW, Mitsubishi, have all announced plug in vehicles they will have for sale in 2010. Concluding that climate change will have wide-ranging impacts on U.S.

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Environmentalists fight for green domain

Green Cars News

Former US vice president Al Gore backed a by Californian group Dot Eco to operate the domain. He said the group had already entered into contracts with its supporters which include the Sierra Club and the Alliance for Climate Protection with plans to give away 57 per cent of its profits from sales. web address.

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Driving on sunshine

Plug in America

Finally, I was doing something that could really make a dent in climate change. Though he’d previously been too busy to focus on environmental concerns, he went solar in 2013 after seeing Al Gore’s global warming red-alert, “An Inconvenient Truth,” then bought a used Nissan Leaf two years later. Goodbye guilt.

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The Cat Is Still On The Roof – And The Roof! The Roof! The Roof Is On Fire!

Creative Greenius

In the 15 months that have passed since I wrote the following, ALL the climate change news has gone from bad, to worse, to much worse than that. For the past three months I’ve been working night and day as the Chairman of the South Bay Los Angeles 350 Climate Action Group. The truth is George W. How’s mom doing?&#. “Mom?&#

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Polestar hits 2021 sales target of 29,000 vehicles, up 185% y-o-y

Green Car Congress

Polestar, the Swedish premium electric car company founded by Volvo Cars and Geely Holding, delivered on its global sales target of 29,000 vehicles in 2021, representing year-on-year growth exceeding 185%. As the company seeks to reduce its climate impact with every new model, Polestar aims to produce a truly climate-neutral car by 2030.

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Inflation Reduction Act – How It Supercharges the Electric Vehicle Industry

EV Match

The recently passed Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) is arguably the most significant piece of climate legislation the United States has ever seen, including significant investments in clean energy and consumer incentives to accelerate electric vehicle (EV) adoption. How the IRA will help tackle climate change.