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What the Sale of Narragansett Electric Means for RI's Clean Energy Future

Green Energy Consumers

One of the biggest questions in Rhode Island’s clean energy future is on the verge of conclusion: will Pennsylvania-based utility PPL succeed in buying National Grid’s Rhode Island electric and gas utilities? If the sale goes through, PPL will become the new utility company for almost all Rhode Islanders.

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UC Davis buys 6 NFI electric Xcelsior CHARGE buses using California state contract

Green Car Congress

Unitrans, the University of California, Davis transit system, has purchased six Xcelsior CHARGE battery-electric, forty-foot heavy-duty transit buses from NFI subsidiary New Flyer of America Inc. NFI’s New Flyer was selected by DGS as an approved supplier of electric vehicles in 2019.

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Joe Manchin continues to ponder the advantages of an all-EV future

Teslarati

This week, the Senator, who effectively kept the Build Back Better plan from passing, said he still has reservations about an all-EV future. “I have grave concerns about moving too quickly towards an EV-only future,” Manchin said at a panel hearing earlier this week. I remember those days.

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U-M researchers challenge USPS EV environmental study

Green Car Congress

A new University of Michigan study finds that making the switch to all-electric mail-delivery vehicles would lead to far greater reductions in greenhouse gas emissions than previously estimated by the US Postal Service (USPS). The Postal Service said in February that at least 10% of the new mail trucks would be electric.

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Michelin doesn’t want you to buy as many EV tires

Baua Electric

And yet it acknowledges that EV drivers shouldn’t be buying as many tires as they are. Michelin sees a future in which its tires might be more expensive but last much longer and be much less impactful on the environment. During pyrolysis, gas is captured, which can in turn be used to help heat the pyrolysis oven.

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Test drive: 2024 Lexus RX 450h+ half-steps into future

Baua Electric

The 2024 Lexus RX 450h+ plug-in hybrid arrives on the scene with 37 miles of electric range from the Toyota RAV4 Prime’s powertrain, in a more eye-catching and softer-to-the-touch package. It features two motor-generators as part of a planetary drive system, plus a separate electric motor on the rear axle. When the gas 2.5-liter

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Con Edison, Lion and Posi-Plus developing all-electric bucket truck

Green Car Congress

Con Edison and its partners Lion Electric and Posi-Plus are developing the country’s first all-electric bucket truck capable of performing the full range of work that electric utilities require of such vehicles. As of last year, every new light-duty vehicle that Con Edison buys is a plug-in hybrid or all-electric.