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10 Cleantech Stories Not to Miss — Electric Truck Towing, Chinese EV Takeover, Support Solar & Get An EV

CleanTechnica EVs

It’s been spring break here in Florida, and the past week has included some interesting stories that stand out a bit from the norm. continued] The post 10 Cleantech Stories Not to Miss — Electric Truck Towing, Chinese EV Takeover, Support Solar & Get An EV appeared first on CleanTechnica.

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Sandy Munro: The Coming Wave of Chinese EVs

CleanTechnica EVs

In this final piece in a series on Sandy Munro’s Q&A at TeslaCon Florida, I’m highlighting a section of the Q&A where he talked about the coming wave of Chinese electric vehicles (EVs). He was asked, “You mentioned by 2030, one-third of the cars in the market will probably be Chinese.

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This $680 4-seater electric swan boat makes my own Chinese e-boat look luxurious

Baua Electric

But after buying an ultra-cheap Chinese electric boat last year , this new one makes my own lazy lake cruiser look like a luxury yacht. The post This $680 4-seater electric swan boat makes my own Chinese e-boat look luxurious appeared first on Bauaelectric Auto News. And that’s after my boat cost nearly twice as much!

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New hybrid sweetgum trees could boost paper, bioenergy production

Green Car Congress

Researchers at the University of Georgia (UGA) have crossed American sweetgums with their Chinese cousins, creating hybrid sweetgum trees that have a better growth rate and denser wood than natives, and can produce fiber year-round.

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Remembering Data Compression Pioneer K. R. Rao

Cars That Think

He then moved to the United States and earned two master’s degrees from the University of Florida , in Gainesville: one in EE in 1959 and the other in nuclear engineering in 1960. Rao co-authored 22 books, some of which have been translated from English to Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Russian, and Spanish. He received a Ph.D.

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GE in framework agreement with Chinas CSR to form US JV targeting high-speed rail and other rail technology in US

Green Car Congress

GE has entered a cooperative framework agreement with Chinese transportation equipment major CSR Corporation Limited (CSR) to establish a US-based joint venture to advance high-speed and other rail technology in the US. The MOR will also promote GE’s ITCS signaling technology in the Western part of China.

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Ford receives Federal backlash following Chinese battery agreement

Teslarati

Florida Senator Marco Rubio is calling for an investigation into Ford’s recent announcement of a new battery production facility built in conjunction with Chinese battery supplier CATL. However, now the automaker is receiving backlash for partnering with Chinese battery maker CATL at the facility. Specifically, Sen.

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