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Desperate coal company CEO slammed Tesla electric cars as 'fraud'

Green Car Reports

energy policy took a dramatic turn last month when Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk squared off against the CEO top privately-owned U.S. coal producer Murray Energy. In an interview for the CNBC show "Squawk Box," Robert Murray called Tesla and its electric cars a "fraud." The debate over U.S.

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Electric-Car Batteries, Rolling Coal, Luring Tesla Gigafactory: Today's Car News

Green Car Reports

Lots of Tesla news today--including hackers, purchase incentives, even environmental rules in California--plus jet fuel from tobacco, and the odious practice of "rolling coal." Tesla Motors recently showed up at a hacker conference, looking to hire software hackers to ensure its present and future cars are.'

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CMU study finds that coal retirement is needed for EVs to reduce air pollution

Green Car Congress

Electric vehicles charged in coal-heavy regions can create more human health and environmental damages from life cycle air emissions than gasoline vehicles, according to a new consequential life cycle analysis by researchers from Carnegie Mellon University. That’s why the shift away from coal is so important for EVs. Jeremy Michalek.

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Tesla is one of the world’s 20 fast-growing companies

Teslarati

Tesla is one of the world’s 20 fastest-growing companie s for 2022, Fortune reported, adding that last year was a record for growth and recovery across its Top Global 500 list. Tesla was the fastest-growing big company in the U.S., Tesla’s true competition is energy companies. trillion in combined revenue.

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GM Has A Plan To Encourage Australians To Switch To Electric Vehicles

CleanTechnica EVs

General Motors may be having a bit of a challenge in Australia as it tries to convince its market there to make the switch to electric vehicles. The Brisbane Times notes that people are refusing to even sit in a Tesla that a coal-miner-turned-activist is using to help break down barriers around electric vehicles.

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Hybrid sales, coal in China, Panasonic loves Tesla: Today's Car News

Green Car Reports

Today, we cover coal plants in China, plug-in hybrid tests in London, and hybrid sales right here in the U.S. Tesla Motors has bought battery cells from Panasonic for 10 years; now the Japanese company wants to tighten the partnership. All this and more on Green Car Reports.

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China’s GAC Debuts Ammonia-Powered Car Engine

The Truth About Cars

Corn-based ethanol was big for a while and the Germans have recently shown a renewed interest in carbon monoxide and hydrogen-based synthetic fuel stemming from the gasification of coal, biomass, and/or methane. and Tesla Inc., after overtaking General Motors Co.’s s joint venture with SAIC Motor Corp.

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