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Automakers say they won’t try to push back EU’s 2035 ICE ban

Baua Electric

President of the ACEA and CEO of Renault, Luca de Meo told the press this week at the Geneva Motor Show that the auto industry wants no part in arguing “against the regulation,” reports Automotive New Europe. “We Photo: Courtesy of Renault If you’re an electric vehicle owner, charge up your car at home with rooftop solar panels.

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What is Decarbonization?

Driivz

Decarbonization efforts focus on replacing fossil fuels with low-carbon or no-carbon energy sources for the transportation, electricity generation, industry, agriculture, commercial (buildings and cooling/heating), and residential sectors. degrees Celsius, compared to pre-industrial levels, by mid-century.

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President Obama Asks Congress for Carbon Cap Legislation; to Spend $15B per Year on Energy Technologies

Green Car Congress

We invented solar technology, but we’ve fallen behind countries like Germany and Japan in producing it. But to truly transform our economy, protect our security, and save our planet from the ravages of climate change, we need to ultimately make clean, renewable energy the profitable kind of energy. Millions of jobs depend on it.

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False Starts: The Story of Vehicle-to-Grid Power

Cars That Think

in civil engineering in 1981, Brooks had joined AeroVironment, where he managed the development of Sunraycer , an advanced solar-powered demonstration EV built for GM, and the Impact. Before cofounding AC Propulsion, Alan Cocconi worked on Sunraycer, a solar-powered car for GM. And the auto industry had just canceled the battery EV.

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Debunking the Lithium "Mining" FUD

Plug In India

The interesting thing is before electric cars were popular, no one in the auto industry or mainstream media even questioned where petrol or the metals used in engines are coming from. But the impact is way lesser than what it takes to drill, extract, transport, refine and burn oil. References Diamond Mine shown as Lithium Mines!

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GM: Let's Hash Out Open Plug-In Car Standards

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

The auto industry is now gearing up to hash out those standards at the SAE conference in Detroit next week — and GM has a major stake in getting them out swiftly. He called for steppe… Will Solar Save Chip Companies? Artificial Moore’s Law for Cleantech: Renewable Standards, by Steps : [.]

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The Staggering Scale of the EV Transition

Cars That Think

Throughout his research and reporting, Bob focused on the EV transition “at scale”: What needs to happen in order for electric vehicles to displace internal-combustion-engine vehicles and have a measurable impact on climate change by midcentury? Quite a lot, it turns out.