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Tesla’s Elon Musk earns another Person of the Year Award

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Just days after being dubbed as TIME Magazine’s 2021 Person of the Year , Tesla and SpaceX CEO received yet another Person of the Year Award, this time from the Financial Times. These accomplishments have profound implications for governments, investors, and the planet’s climate as a whole. . FT is naming ?

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Big Auto is begging governments to let them go bankrupt as Chinese EVs loom

Baua Electric

This is not in dispute by any serious person – and any alternative scenario, where humans continue to pollute as much as we do today, will result in worse and worse results for humanity the longer we pollute as climate change becomes progressively worse. Chinese EV sales have started taking off overseas , particularly in Europe.

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MITEI releases report on 3-year study of future mobility; technological innovation, policies, and behavioral changes all needed; “car pride” an issue

Green Car Congress

The report is the culmination of MITEI’s three-year Mobility of the Future study, which is part of MIT’s Plan for Action on Climate Change. The report highlights the importance of near-term action to ensure the long-term sustainability of personal mobility. —MITEI Director Robert C.

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Devil in the Details: World Leaders Scramble To Salvage and Shape Copenhagens UNFCCC Climate Summit

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Although most countries have already revealed their opening emissions reduction proposals, UNFCCC Executive Secretary Yvo de Boer pointed out Thursday that “ we still await clarity from industrialized nations on the provision of large-scale finance to developing countries for immediate and long-term climate action. by Jack Rosebro.

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

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The European auto industry is under intense pressure from Chinese rivals and Tesla, which sells more EVs in Europe than any other brand. Your personalized solar quotes are easy to compare online and you’ll get access to unbiased Energy Advisers to help you every step of the way. Get started here.

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Global auto production may hit 80+ million units this year; hybrids below 2% of total output

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An analysis by Deutsche Bank Climate Advisors, however, suggests that production of 1.1 The Chinese are increasingly taking to the roads, with driving distances rising from 262 billion pkm in 1990 to 1.351 trillion pkm in 2009, slightly more than a fivefold expansion. million EVs and a fleet of 3.5 trillion pkm in 2008.

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InDEED, a success

Electric Auto Association

With the pandemic, with climate change issues coming to the forefront, with a change in Administration, there’s just incredible interest in EVs right now.” Programs were conducted in English, Spanish, and Manderin Chinese. We’re clearly at an inflection point,” said April Bolduc, President of the EAA. DEED event on St.