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California announces lawsuit to resist Congress’ illegal attacks on clean air

Electrek

MAY 22, 2025

California will go to court to protect its clean air in the face of illegal attacks by republicans in Congress, said California Governor Gavin Newsom today.

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Congress impotently declares end to CA EV rule it can’t actually end

Electrek

MAY 1, 2025

Republicans in Congress have voted to use its authority under the Congressional Review Act to roll back Californias states right to protect its own residents lungs and pocketbooks with better emissions rules.

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Republicans in Congress Want to Put $1,000 Tax on EVs, & Kill the EV Tax Credit

CleanTechnica EVs

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

continued] The post Republicans in Congress Want to Put $1,000 Tax on EVs, & Kill the EV Tax Credit appeared first on CleanTechnica.

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Major deposits of rare earth elements reported at Ramaco’s Brook Mine in Wyoming

Green Car Congress

MAY 4, 2023

Congress and the Department of Energy have earmarked billions of dollars toward this goal, and a bipartisan bill introduced earlier this year would establish tax credits to support the production of magnetic REEs like those found at the Brook Mine.

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ExxonMobil announces 6th oil discovery offshore Guyana with Ranger-1; Guyana may move from non-producer to regional powerhouse

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Private 5G Network to Boost Hyundai’s EV Production

Cars That Think

MARCH 9, 2025

This past week at the 2025 Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona, Samsung and Hyundai Motor Company unveiled a private 5G network streamlined for low-power devices that connect across large facilities.

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Smoothing the road for electric vehicles

Plug in America

APRIL 23, 2025

California waivers are also under attack in Congress. It makes sense that California would also have more aggressive goals for clean vehicles to address the health and cost damages of vehicle pollution. Both federal and California standards drive innovation and save consumers money at the pump by creating cleaner, more efficient vehicles.

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RWE and Westfalen Group forming JV to supply green hydrogen for vehicles; focus on heavy-duty; up to 70 stations

Green Car Congress

MAY 21, 2023

In Germany, RWE and the Westfalen Group will work together to supply green hydrogen for hydrogen-powered vehicles. Through a joint venture, RWE and Westfalen aim to develop a hydrogen fuel station infrastructure in Germany for heavy commercial vehicles in particular.

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President of Mexico nationalizes lithium

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO) has nationalized lithium, handing responsibility for lithium reserves over to the energy ministry. The President nationalized Mexico’s lithium deposits last April, and created LitioMX (Litio Para Mexico) to mine lithium ( earlier post ).

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Faurecia and Accenture partner on products and services for connected and autonomous vehicles

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BMW Group begins production of small-series hydrogen-powered iX5

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 3, 2022

The BMW Group is commencing production of its BMW iX5 Hydrogen model. Manufacture of the small-series hydrogen-powered vehicle is taking place in the pilot plant at its Munich Research and Innovation Centre (FIZ).

BMW

BMW Hydrogen Production Power

Nikkei: Japan to develop seabed mining of rare earth materials

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 27, 2022

The Nikkei reports that in 2024, Japan will begin to extract rare earth materials for electric vehicles and hybrids from sea bottom mud in an area off Minami-Torishima Island, a coral atoll in the Pacific Ocean about 1,900 kilometers southeast of Tokyo. The government’s aim is to reduce the country’s reliance on China for rare earth metals.

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ProLogium to build €5.2B gigafactory for solid-state batteries in France

Green Car Congress

MAY 14, 2023

Taiwan-based ProLogium has chosen France as the location for its first large-scale solid-state battery manufacturing facility outside of Taiwan. ProLogium will invest a total of €5.2 billion to set up a 48 GWh gigafactory and an R&D center.

France

France Building Taiwan Battery

First China-developed hydrogen fuel cell locomotive starts trial runs

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

The first China-developed hydrogen fuel cell hybrid locomotive—from core power to main components—has started trial runs on a 627 km railway line for coal transport in north China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. Source: Xinhua. and the Hydrogen Energy Co., of SPIC.

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Tecnam halts development of P-Volt all-electric aircraft due to battery concerns

Green Car Congress

JUNE 17, 2023

After three years of intensive studies covering the entire lifecycle of an all-electric aircraft, Tecnam is halting development of the all-electric P-Volt aircraft, mainly due to concerns about current battery technology. The company will continue to explore new emerging technologies.

Volt

Volt All-Electric Battery Batteries

New Emissions Analytics study suggests pollution from tire wear now 1,850 times worse than exhaust emissions

Green Car Congress

MAY 13, 2022

In early 2020, UK-based independent testing firm Emissions Analytics published a study claiming that tire particulate wear emissions were 1,000 times worse than exhaust emissions ( earlier post ).

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Moscow deploys its 1,000th electric bus; targeting 2,200 by end of 2023

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 12, 2022

Moscow has deployed its 1000 th electric bus. This electric bus has become the 400 th vehicle purchased with the funds from the green bonds. The goal of the project is to show how such collaborations can help to make the city eco-friendlier as well as to draw attention to the environmental protection. Electric buses were launched in Moscow in 2018.

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Nissan, Mitsubishi unveil jointly developed new all-electric mini-vehicles in Japan

Green Car Congress

MAY 22, 2022

Nissan Motor and Mitsubishi Motors unveiled their first jointly developed light electric vehicles (EVs)—the Sakura and the eK X EV (pronounced “eK cross EV”), —in Japan. The line-off ceremony took place at the Mitsubishi Motors’ Mizushima Plant in Kurashiki City, Okayama Pref., Japan, where the vehicle is produced.

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Kawasaki’s liquefied hydrogen carrier departs to pick up first cargo

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 27, 2021

Kawasaki Heavy Industries’ Suiso Frontier , the world’s first liquefied hydrogen carrier, has left Japan to pick up its first hydrogen cargo in Australia. A return to Japan is expected around late February.

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Rystad Energy expects strong growth in hydrogen pipelines through 2035

Green Car Congress

APRIL 11, 2023

Independent research and business intelligence company Rystad Energy estimates that there are about 91 planned hydrogen pipeline projects in the world, totaling 30,300 kilometers and due to come online by around 2035.

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Hydrogen Energy Europe Gas

Samsung Heavy and Seaborg to develop floating nuclear power plant combined with hydrogen and ammonia plants

Green Car Congress

APRIL 9, 2022

Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) and Seaborg signed a partnership agreement to develop floating nuclear power plants based on Seaborg’s inherently safe Compact Molten Salt Reactor (CMSR). The floating nuclear power plant comes as a turn-key product, ready to be moored at an industrial harbor.

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Hydrogen Molten Salt Powered Power

Cummins fuel cell technology powers Coradia iLint fleet in Germany

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 27, 2022

Cummins is powering the world’s first fleet of hydrogen trains in Bremervörde, Lower Saxony, Germany. The Alstom Coradia iLint trains ( earlier post ) are outfitted with Cummins fuel cell systems and will run on the world’s first 100%-hydrogen train route in passenger operation.

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Germany Fleet Fuel Powered

Sandia innovation eliminates reliance on rare-earth magnets for large-scale wind turbines

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

Motivated by the need to eliminate expensive rare-earth magnets in utility-scale direct-drive wind turbines, Sandia National Laboratories researchers have developed a fundamentally new type of rotary electrical contact. Sandia is now ready to partner with the renewable energy industry to develop the next generation of direct-drive wind turbines.

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New liquid hydrogen carrier would transport green H2 from Scotland to Germany

Green Car Congress

MAY 4, 2022

C-Job Naval Architects has designed a new class of liquid hydrogen tanker in partnership with LH2 Europe. LH2 Europe will use the abundant renewable electricity in Scotland to produce green hydrogen and market it at a competitive price with diesel.

Hydrogen

Hydrogen Germany Transportation Green

Nyobolt partners with Callum to showcase ultra-fast charging niobium-based battery in Elise-inspired EV

Green Car Congress

JUNE 14, 2023

Nyobolt, the developer of ultra-fast charging niobium-based battery technology ( earlier post ) has partnered with UK designer Callum to showcase its advanced battery technology in an Elise-inspired electric sports car that can charge in six minutes.

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Yongsoo OWC pilot plant in Korea is being prepared to produce green hydrogen

Green Car Congress

JUNE 7, 2023

The Yongsoo wave energy power plant, installed at berth 1 in the Korean Institute KRISO -Wave Energy Test Site (WETS), is preparing to produce green hydrogen from next year, according to a report from Ocean Energy Systems.

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GILLIG and RR.AI to partner on next generation automated vehicle technology for transit buses

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 10, 2022

GILLIG and RR.AI, a developer of autonomous mobility solutions, have entered into a development agreement for next-generation advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) and SAE Level 4 autonomous vehicle (AV) technology for GILLIG transit buses in North America.

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Amprius verifies 500 Wh/kg, 1300 Wh/L battery platform

Green Car Congress

MARCH 24, 2023

Amprius Technologies, developer of the Silicon Anode Platform for batteries, has verified a lithium-ion cell delivering energy density of 500 Wh/kg, 1300 Wh/L, resulting in unparalleled run time.

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Lithium Ion Battery Batteries Energy

China Yuchai launches China’s first operating hydrogen engine for commercial vehicles

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 2, 2022

China Yuchai International, a leading manufacturer and distributor of engines for on- and off-road applications in China through its main operating subsidiary, Guangxi Yuchai Machinery Company Limited (GYMCL), announced that the company’s YCK05 hydrogen-powered engine achieved stable ignition and operation in a recent demonstration at the Beijing Institute (..)

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Nissan unveils prototype production facility for all-solid-state batteries

Green Car Congress

APRIL 8, 2022

Nissan unveiled its prototype production facility for laminated all-solid-state battery (ASSB) cells, which the company aims to bring to market in 2028. This prototype facility, within the Nissan Research Center in Kanagawa Prefecture, is aimed to further promote the development of all-solid-state-batteries.

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Global hydrogen station deployments surpass 1,000; China leads

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 15, 2023

The number of hydrogen stations deployed globally has surpassed the 1,000-mark, according to a study by Information Trends. China represents roughly one-third of global deployments, but the US lags far behind with less than 100 hydrogen stations.

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Hydrogen Global China Slovenia

Expleo develops closed-loop, e-methanol fuel cell solution for global shipping

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 11, 2022

UK-based Expleo, a global engineering, technology and consultancy service provider, has developed a closed-loop fuel solution for global shipping that delivers a 92% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions (GHGe) in the model vessel.

Global

Global Fuel Mariner Wind

EIA expects US petroleum trade to shift toward net imports during 2022

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 20, 2022

In 2021, the United States returned to importing more petroleum (which includes crude oil, refined petroleum products, and other liquids) than it exports following its historic shift to being a net exporter of petroleum in 2020, according to the US Energy Information Administration (EIA).

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Amazon begins deploying its Rivian electric delivery vehicles

Green Car Congress

JULY 24, 2022

Amazon has begun deploying its custom electric delivery vehicles from Rivian for package delivery, with the electric vehicles hitting the road in Baltimore, Chicago, Dallas, Kansas City, Nashville, Phoenix, San Diego, Seattle, and St. Louis, among other cities.

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Autocar begins field-testing battery-electric cabover refuse trucks

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 6, 2022

Autocar, a leading manufacturer of specialized severe-duty vocational trucks, has built its first two alpha units that feature an all-electric powertrain.

Battery

Battery Batteries Electric Electrical

Westinghouse unveils AP300 small modular reactor for mid-sized nuclear technology

Green Car Congress

MAY 6, 2023

Westinghouse Electric Company launched its newest nuclear technology, the AP300 small modular reactor (SMR), a 300-MWe (900MWth) single-loop pressurized water reactor. The AP300 SMR design is scaled from the advanced, proven AP1000 reactor and is the only SMR truly based on an N th -of-a-kind operating plant.

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Idaho Hydrogen Cleaning Clean

Researchers produce green syngas using CO2, water and sunlight

Green Car Congress

JULY 7, 2022

Researchers from the University of Michigan and McGill University in Canada report photochemical syngas synthesis using a core/shell Au@Cr 2 O 3 dual cocatalyst in coordination with multistacked InGaN/GaN nanowires (NWs) with the sole inputs of CO 2 , water, and solar light.

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Water CO2 Green Solar

Fraunhofer leading “MaSSiF” research project on solid-state sulfur-silicon batteries

Green Car Congress

APRIL 26, 2023

The Fraunhofer Institute for Material and Beam Technology IWS in Dresden is leading a research project targeting a new generation of sulfur-based batteries.

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Thomas Built Buses has delivered 200 Proterra-Powered electric school buses

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 17, 2022

Thomas Built Buses (TBB), a leading manufacturer of school buses in North America and subsidiary of Daimler Truck North America (DTNA), announced the delivery of TBB’s 200 th Proterra Powered Saf-T-Liner C2 Jouley battery-electric school bus to Monroe County Public Schools in Indiana.

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Rolls-Royce announces new hydrogen engine program; updates on hybrid-electric research

Green Car Congress

JULY 18, 2022

Rolls-Royce is launching a new leading-edge hydrogen program and also given a further update on its research into hybrid-electric power as it continues to pioneer new forms of aviation sustainability.

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Hydrogen Engine Hybrid Mississippi

Canada releases critical minerals strategy, backed by $3.8B in federal funding

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 11, 2022

The Government of Canada on Friday released its Critical Minerals Strategy , backed by up to $3.8 billion in federal funding allocated in Budget 2022. Earlier post.)

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HYVIA introduces its first electrolyzer in its plant in Flins, France

Green Car Congress

APRIL 15, 2023

HYVIA, the joint venture between Renault Group and Plug dedicated to hydrogen mobility ( earlier post ), has just installed its first electrolyzer in its Flins plant, in the Île-de-France region. This 1 MW electrolyzer has a capacity of 400 kg/day of green hydrogen production—the equivalent of 20,000 km of commercial hydrogen mobility.

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DB Schenker to acquire 100 Mercedes-Benz eActros LongHaul trucks for its fleet

Green Car Congress

APRIL 4, 2023

DB Schenker plans to acquire 100 Mercedes-Benz eActros LongHaul for European long-distance haulage operations. DB Schenker and Mercedes-Benz Trucks have signed a joint letter of intent for this purpose. The use of the battery-electric eActros LongHaul is intended to contribute to achieving CO 2 neutrality on DB Schenker's balance sheet by 2040.

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BMW Group to lead €19.5M HyCET project consortium on hydrogen combustion engine trucks

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

The German Federal Ministry for Digital and Transport (BMDV) approved the funding application for the consortium research project HyCET (Hydrogen Combustion Engine Trucks) led by the BMW Group. The other HyCET project partners are DEUTZ AG, DHL Freight GmbH, KEYOU GmbH, TotalEnergies Marketing Deutschland GmbH and Volvo Group.

Hydrogen

Hydrogen BMW Engine Volvo

California announces lawsuit to resist Congress’ illegal attacks on clean air

Congress impotently declares end to CA EV rule it can’t actually end

Republicans in Congress Want to Put $1,000 Tax on EVs, & Kill the EV Tax Credit

Major deposits of rare earth elements reported at Ramaco’s Brook Mine in Wyoming

ExxonMobil announces 6th oil discovery offshore Guyana with Ranger-1; Guyana may move from non-producer to regional powerhouse

Private 5G Network to Boost Hyundai’s EV Production

Smoothing the road for electric vehicles

RWE and Westfalen Group forming JV to supply green hydrogen for vehicles; focus on heavy-duty; up to 70 stations

President of Mexico nationalizes lithium

Faurecia and Accenture partner on products and services for connected and autonomous vehicles

BMW Group begins production of small-series hydrogen-powered iX5

Nikkei: Japan to develop seabed mining of rare earth materials

ProLogium to build €5.2B gigafactory for solid-state batteries in France

First China-developed hydrogen fuel cell locomotive starts trial runs

Tecnam halts development of P-Volt all-electric aircraft due to battery concerns

New Emissions Analytics study suggests pollution from tire wear now 1,850 times worse than exhaust emissions

Moscow deploys its 1,000th electric bus; targeting 2,200 by end of 2023

Nissan, Mitsubishi unveil jointly developed new all-electric mini-vehicles in Japan

Kawasaki’s liquefied hydrogen carrier departs to pick up first cargo

Rystad Energy expects strong growth in hydrogen pipelines through 2035

Samsung Heavy and Seaborg to develop floating nuclear power plant combined with hydrogen and ammonia plants

Cummins fuel cell technology powers Coradia iLint fleet in Germany

Sandia innovation eliminates reliance on rare-earth magnets for large-scale wind turbines

New liquid hydrogen carrier would transport green H2 from Scotland to Germany

Nyobolt partners with Callum to showcase ultra-fast charging niobium-based battery in Elise-inspired EV

Yongsoo OWC pilot plant in Korea is being prepared to produce green hydrogen

GILLIG and RR.AI to partner on next generation automated vehicle technology for transit buses

Amprius verifies 500 Wh/kg, 1300 Wh/L battery platform

China Yuchai launches China’s first operating hydrogen engine for commercial vehicles

Nissan unveils prototype production facility for all-solid-state batteries

Global hydrogen station deployments surpass 1,000; China leads

Expleo develops closed-loop, e-methanol fuel cell solution for global shipping

EIA expects US petroleum trade to shift toward net imports during 2022

Amazon begins deploying its Rivian electric delivery vehicles

Autocar begins field-testing battery-electric cabover refuse trucks

Westinghouse unveils AP300 small modular reactor for mid-sized nuclear technology

Researchers produce green syngas using CO2, water and sunlight

Fraunhofer leading “MaSSiF” research project on solid-state sulfur-silicon batteries

Thomas Built Buses has delivered 200 Proterra-Powered electric school buses

Rolls-Royce announces new hydrogen engine program; updates on hybrid-electric research

Canada releases critical minerals strategy, backed by $3.8B in federal funding

HYVIA introduces its first electrolyzer in its plant in Flins, France

DB Schenker to acquire 100 Mercedes-Benz eActros LongHaul trucks for its fleet

BMW Group to lead €19.5M HyCET project consortium on hydrogen combustion engine trucks

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