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EGEB: Tesla models make up 54% of US EV sales in 2021 through May, and other fun EV facts

Electrek

A Michigan utility wants to be one of the first in the US to go coal-free. UnderstandSolar is a free service that links you to top-rated solar installers in your region for personalized solar estimates. In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB): Tesla models make up more than half of US EV sales in 2021.

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US wind generation fell in 2023 for the first time since the 1990s

Baua Electric

Wind generation in the East North Central states – Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, and Wisconsin – declined by 6% compared with 2022. Read more: Nevada put big battery energy storage where a coal plant used to be To limit power outages and make your home more resilient, consider going solar with a battery storage system.

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This utility in the US Midwest is going to add 3.6 GW of wind and solar

Baua Electric

It also says it’s on track to achieve its clean energy goals for all the Upper Midwest states it serves – Minnesota, Wisconsin, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Michigan. However, the utility says it’s still on track to close all its coal plants by 2030. gigawatts (GW) of new wind and solar into the mix in the Midwest.

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Why EVs Aren't a Climate Change Panacea

Cars That Think

There are two major reasons for this: first, EVs are not going to reach the numbers required by 2050 to hit their needed contribution to net zero goals , and even if they did, a host of other personal, social and economic activities must be modified to reach the total net zero mark. For example, researchers at University of Oxford in the U.K.

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U. Mich study: natural-gas-based ICE, BEV and FCV all show promise for environmental benefits relative to conventional ICE

Green Car Congress

Results of a lifecycle analysis by a team at the University of Michigan suggest that multiple types of natural gas-powered vehicles—i.e., Results of a lifecycle analysis by a team at the University of Michigan suggest that multiple types of natural gas-powered vehicles—i.e., —Dai and Lastoskie.

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This Computer Pioneer’s Invention Made Zoom Possible

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His first teaching job was as an assistant professor of computer, information, and control engineering at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. He began contributing groundbreaking research himself while at Michigan. “The results in my thesis were about how randomness can actually enhance the power of computation.”

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The EV Transition Explained: Reshaping Labor Markets

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Michigan Governor’s Gretchen Whitmer, for example, claimed that since she took office in 2019, 25,000 new auto jobs were added to the state through her leadership in leading “the future of mobility and electrification.” The state of Michigan has been the epicenter of the U.S. North Carolina has provided $1.2 billion to Rivian.

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