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Tesla’s Elon Musk calls out President Joe Biden for union-loving EV narrative

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Tesla CEO Elon Musk called out President Joe Biden for his union-loving electric vehicle narrative, showing that he might care about the wrong thing completely. government has pushed electric vehicles so hard in the past few years is their environmental benefits. The main reason the U.S.

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Nature Materials editorial urges reconsideration of approach to battery regulation in Europe

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At the same time, the EU has proposed new regulations on battery technologies that aim to also make the industry more sustainable and less polluting. The regulations will constrain not only battery manufacturers within Europe but also electric-vehicle companies, who will need to source their batteries in ways that meet the regulations.

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Tsinghua/Argonne Study Finds That Mass Use of EVs in China Could Result in Higher CO2 and Criteria Pollutant Emissions Than Conventional and Hybrid Gasoline Vehicles Due to Coal-Fired Generation of Electricity

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The researchers found that while EVs do offer a very promising solution to energy issues due to their replacement of petroleum fuels, for now “ the high pollution levels of coal-fired power plants will trade off EVs’ potential energy benefits in China ”. The power of EVs is electricity from the grid. and NO x emissions.

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Tsinghua University provincial-level lifecycle study finds fuel-cycle criteria pollutants of EVs in China could be up to 5x those of natural gas vehicles due to China’s coal-dominant power mix

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In regions where the share of coal-based electricity is relatively low, EVs can achieve substantial GHG reduction, the team reports in a paper in the ACS journal Environmental Science & Technology. China recently launched several EV demonstration programs (e.g., Earlier post.] —Huo et al.

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Georgia Tech study finds MD electric urban delivery trucks have cost advantages over diesel in some conditions; relative benefits depend on numerous factors

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The study found that TCO for electric and diesel medium-duty urban delivery trucks were similar. The electric truck is relatively more cost-effective on the NYCC and when VKT demand is higher. Cost-competitiveness of the electric truck diminishes in drive cycles with higher average speeds. Credit: ACS, Lee et al.

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DLR and Wuppertal publish comprehensive global analysis of e-mobility technologies, outlook and lifecycle assessments

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From the STROMbegleitung report: operating points of a BEV in simulated ride through the CADC highway cycle applied to the efficiency map of an electrical machine. They counted more than 500 electric passenger vehicles of all those types worldwide in the period from 2000 to 2013. Click to enlarge. Trend analysis. Click to enlarge.

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California Air Resources Board To Award Up to $1M for Hybridization of Existing Marine Vessel

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This solicitation is issued under the Assembly Bill 118 (AB 118) Air Quality Improvement Program’s (AQIP), Advanced Technology Demonstration Project and is intended to fund technologies on the cusp of commercialization with the potential for significant reductions in criteria and toxic air pollutants.

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