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Polestar, Rivian report concludes automotive industry tracking to overshoot IPCC emissions target by 75%

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So far, the primary focus for the industry has rightly been on electrification of the fleet, targeting the significant portion (60 to 65 percent for internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles) of emissions that come from the tailpipe. . … the automotive industry has taken steps over the past decade to decarbonize.

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SDG&E seeks approval to build charging infrastructure to support ~3,000 medium/heavy electric vehicles

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Under a proposal submitted to the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) this week, San Diego-based SDG&E is seeking approval to build charging infrastructure to enable about 3,000 medium/heavy-duty vehicles to go electric.

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How to Build a Power Grid on the Moon

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The company is best known for its fleet of lunar landers, which includes Peregrine, whose first mission is scheduled for 2023, and Griffin, which is scheduled to transport NASA’s Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover ( VIPER ) to the lunar south pole in 2024. The fixed power stations will be connected by electrical cables.

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Demand Response Management for EVs

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While electric vehicles are celebrated for their eco-friendly and efficient design, they present a challenge to the power grid during peak hours or certain energy events. Recognizing this, grid regulators and utility companies are actively considering demand response strategies for electric vehicles. What is Demand Response?

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The Complex Calculus of Clean Energy and Zero Emissions

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These investments are one reason why the International Energy Agency (IEA) in September insisted that there’s still hope to hold global temperature rise to 1.5 °C So there’s been quite a flurry of activity from the 2010s on to build a new generation of modeling tools, fit for the energy challenges that we face now. C in this century.

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Canada, US and Mexico commit to align light- and heavy-duty fuel efficiency and GHG standards out to 2025 and 2027, respectively

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The leaders supported the adoption by all countries in 2016 of the market-based measure proposed through the International Civil Aviation Organization to allow for carbon-neutral growth from international civil aviation from 2020 onwards and committed o join the first phase of the measure adopted. 50% clean power target.

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

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To that end, ARB staff is holding two more workshops on the development of a regulation to limit the amount of time that internal combustion engine-driven TRUs and TRU gensets operate while stationary, as well as requiring an overall zero-emission mode operating time. A Board adoption hearing might be held on the TRU measure in mid-2019.