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Gore's group on board with plug-ins

Plugs and Cars

The Alliance for Climate Protection, Al Gore's group, has taken another step toward promoting plug-in cars (all electric cars and plug-in hybrids) with its RePower America campaign. Let's hope Al Gore's been saying as much to President Obama (doesn't that sound great!).

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Polestar announces Single Motor Polestar 2 is coming to the U.S.

Teslarati

It packs an identical battery pack as the Dual Motor trim, a 78-kWh battery pack with 231 horsepower and 243 pound-feet of torque. RELATED: Polestar aims for $20B valuation in planned merger with Gores Guggenheim. The EPA rates the Polestar 2 Single Motor vehicle with 270 miles of range.

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Driving on sunshine

Plug in America

Finally, I was doing something that could really make a dent in climate change. I charge at night, when rates are lowest, so there’s a speck of non-renewable energy in my battery. “I was absolutely floored by Gore’s presentation and said, ‘I’ve got to try thinking of what to do.’ Hello hope.

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Letter from Copenhagen

Revenge of the Electric Car

Contrary to some reports, the Copenhagen Climate Conference was a great success. And their COO, Patrick Pelata, sounded like he’d been in the post-gasoline car business for years – (preparing batteries and business models alike) with Nissan/Renault CEO Carlos Ghosn. Patrick Pelata, Renault COO. Change is happening.

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

Green Car Congress

The Polestar 2 model range includes three variants with a combination of long- and standard-range batteries as large as 78 kWh, and dual- and single-motor powertrains with as much as 300 kW / 408 hp and 660 N·m. The Polestar 2 electric performance fastback is the company’s first fully electric, high-volume car. Polestar 2 Single Motor.

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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.

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Cleantech Blog: Smart Grids and Electric Vehicles

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Cleantech Blog Cleantechblog.com, the premier cleantech site for commentary on news and technology relating to clean tech, greentech, energy, climate change and carbon, and the environment. Blog Archive ▼ 2009 (52) ▼ April (6) Waxman-Markey and REDD BlogRoll Review: Space Beams, Leaded Batteries, an. Here we go again.or

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