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Cybertruck recall, US fast-charger growth, EV factories taxing grid: Today’s Car News

Baua Electric

EV factories in the Southeast may inadvertently be creating more pollution for all ratepayers. Trapped” accelerator pedals are prompting a Tesla Cybertruck recall that, based on recall documents, may have been spurred by a production workaround on the assembly line. This and more, here at Green Car Reports. gas stations.

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CalZEV Coalition supports Innovative Clean Transit measure under consideration at California ARB; 100% zero-emission buses

Green Car Congress

Under the proposal ( earlier post ), California transit agencies would be required to purchase 100% zero-emission buses by 2040 as they gradually phase out their dependence on buses that pollute the atmosphere. People of color in California bear the most burdens from air pollution in the state.

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Debunking the ‘Electric car is a coal car’ argument!

Plug In India

In this article, we will document some important facts that debunk this statement with facts and sources. Being exposed to oil refineries and breathing in air from pollution caused by petrol and diesel cars in our cities results in leukemia, cancers, brain development issues, respiratory issues. They are worse than petrol cars."

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California ARB and NOAA Collaborating in $20M Research on Interaction of Air Pollution and Climate Change; One Atmosphere Approach

Green Car Congress

The California Air Resources Board (ARB) and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) are collaborating in the $20-million CalNex research project to examine the nexus between air pollution and climate change. Is there an optimum grid resolution to capture all of the relevant physical and chemical processes that occur?

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The Complex Calculus of Clean Energy and Zero Emissions

Cars That Think

Jenkins has also helped push Congress to think more seriously about the power grid, releasing a report last year that showed that much of the 43 percent emissions reduction expected by 2030 would be squandered if the United States doesn’t double the pace of transmission upgrades. power-grid transmission. year grid study from the U.S.

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California ARB holding two workshops on developing measure to reduce emissions from TRUs

Green Car Congress

TRUs and TRU gensets emit diesel PM, NO x , greenhouse gases and other pollutants. Carrier Transicold’s Vector 8100) that are plugged into the electric power grid while in use. TRU gensets are typically engine-powered generators designed to provide power to electrically driven refrigeration units.

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CA’s solar tax supporters are trying to run a “wealthy vs disadvantaged” narrative: It doesn’t have to be

Teslarati

In the document, the commission argued that the existing net energy metering tariff “negatively impacts non-participating customers; is not cost-effective; and disproportionately harms low-income ratepayers” since homeowners without solar are being shouldered with the price of maintaining the grid.

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