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The Chevrolet Silverado EV Will Apparently Not Have a $40K Base Price

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Our corporate colleagues at AutoGuide have scanned the Chevrolet Silverado EV first drives and noticed something -- the truck is almost certainly not going to have the previously promised price of $39,900 before destination fees. Cheap EV trucks will likely be on the market someday. Today, it appears, is not that day.

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BNEF: steel industry set to pivot to hydrogen in green push; additional $278B for clean capacity and retrofits

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Government and corporate net-zero commitments are pushing the steel industry to cancel out its emissions by 2050. Most of the costs to make green steel come from operations, rather than capital costs. Green recycling is also a cost-effective and immediate solution.

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KPMG study identifies 10 sustainability “megaforces” with accelerating impacts on business; imperative of sustainability changing the automotive business radically

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In a new study, KPMG International has identified 10 “megaforces” that will significantly affect corporate growth globally over the next two decades. Total environmental cost 2010 vs growth in environmental cost since 2002 vs environmental intensity improvement. Source: KPMG. Click to enlarge. Source: KPMG. Click to enlarge.

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The Business of Plugging In: Building the Full Ecosystem for a Successful Plug-in Vehicle Industry in the US

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As one example in the opening plenary panel session, Peter Darbee, Chairman and CEO of Pacific Gas & Electric Corporation described the opportunity and challenges from his utility’s point of view. Electricity is a cheap entity—not a commodity, but is its fundamentally very cheap. John Patten, Ph.D.,

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CalSEED awards $4.2M to early-stage clean energy innovations

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EH Group Technologies Inc will develop an electrolyzer system based on a radical new design and with a transformative manufacturing technique that dramatically reduces costs. Their goal is to test an innovative electrolyzer concept for the cheap production of green (CO 2 -free) hydrogen for a decarbonized future. is developing a?rechargeable

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Citroen C1 ev’ie road test

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Because that’s what ev’ie is – a C1 that just happens to have had its internal combustion engine removed and replaced with an electric powertrain by The Electric Car Corporation (ECC). However, once you’ve shelled out to buy one, you’ll find that running it is cheap. Citroen C1 lease prices Citroen C1 new and nearly new prices.

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Europe/US team: transitioning to a low-carbon world will create new rivalries, winners and losers

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Green-technology corporations dominate the Fortune 500 by 2030. Petro-states are compensated to transition smoothly to a sustainable economy, avoiding a last-ditch attempt to flood the world with cheap oil and gas. Financial markets divest fossil-fuel assets and reallocate capital to low-carbon firms. Technology leaders hold the power.

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