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Pompano Beach add Mack electric garbage truck to fleet

Baua Electric

The streets of Pompano Beach, Florida will be cleaner and quieter than ever starting this week, thanks to a new, all-electric Mack LR waste truck that was delivered last week! The city revealed the new truck in Coastal Waste & Recycling colors at a local e-mobility event last week.

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A wood-burning EV charger? – Charged EVs

Baua Electric

Florida-based Air Burners, a manufacturer of air curtain burner systems, collaborated with Rolls-Royce and Volvo Construction Equipment to develop a portable machine that turns biomass waste into energy. The three companies will host a demonstration event for the BioCharger in early 2024.

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An inside look at how utilities view EVs: expanding electricity sales without adding new customers

Charged EVs

He also serves on the Board of Drive Electric Florida, and chairs the Florida Electric Power Coordinating Group, which represents most of the utilities in the state of Florida, and leads the Group’s subcommittee for electrification. Is that an issue in Florida? Peter Westlake is OUC’s Manager of New Products and Services.

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Summer Update

Plug In Partners

Local In Austin , Mayor Will Wynn and the City Council, along with Austin Energy , are holding a press conference and speaking event with James Woolsey and Chelsea Sexton , formerly with GM and featured in the feature film, Who Killed the Electric Car ? The event is Thursday, June 29th at 7:00pm at Town Lake Center , 721 Barton Springs Road.

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Why the Next Microgrids Will Be Well Connected

Cars That Think

Maria was not an isolated event—since it struck, eight major storms have either hit the island directly or passed close enough to have caused flooding or power losses. The pharmacy, hardware store, bakery, and barbershop are connected to the Adjuntas microgrids, and in extreme events, they will continue to serve the community.

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Meet Surfside's Disaster-Data Forensic Sleuths

Cars That Think

Since 2018, the National Science Foundation's Natural Hazards Reconnaissance Facility (known as the RAPID ) has provided instrumentation, software, training, and support for research before, during, and after about 75 natural hazard and disaster events. At least 98 people are now thought to have died in the Surfside disaster.

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Car Companies Standardize Plug for Electric Vehicles : Gas 2.0

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

“A car must be able to be recharged in Italy in exactly the same way as in Denmark, Germany or France,&# she was quoted saying in an edition of Die Welt to appear Monday. » See also: 9 Electric Cars 100 Years Old or More » Get Gas 2.0 by RSS or sign up by email. About Gas 2.0 on It’s On!