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Electrify America to more than double its current EV charging network by end of 2025

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Both initiatives are part of a global announcement today by the parent company Volkswagen Group to substantially increase public charging infrastructure in North America, Asia and Europe. Electrify America is the largest, open DC (Direct Current) Fast Charging network in the US.

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Are EVs Charged Mostly By Coal Power in the US?

EV Adoption

Last year I wrote an article — Electric Vehicles Have Lower Well-to-Wheel Emissions in All 50 States and DC Than Gas-Powered Vehicles — looking at “well to wheel” from the US Department of Energy and my own analysis of EV sales and source of electricity by state. times the number of EVs than households in West Virginia.

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Maxwell supplying ultracaps to ABB for hybrid version of Philadelphia rail energy recuperation system

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When decelerating or braking, a traction vehicle (train, tram or trolleybus) is feeding the regenerated braking energy back into the DC power network. ERS is a modular, IGBT-based inverter system installed at the DC substation and connected in parallel with the existing diode rectifiers that can be scaled according to the customer’s needs.

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EPA Awards $16.8M in Recovery Act Funds to Clean Up Underground Petroleum Leaks

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This money is part of $197 million appropriated under the Recovery Act to address shovel-ready sites nationwide contaminated by petroleum from leaking underground storage tanks. 4,674,000 to Virginia. 1,643,000 to West Virginia. $ 607,000 to Washington, DC. The latest awards are: $6,163,000 to Pennsylvania.

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EV Readiness Index Study shows which U.S. States are most prepared for an electrified future

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Perhaps one of the most crucial parts of the transition to electric vehicles as a nation is each state’s ability to commit to an electrified future. All fifty states, including Washington DC, were assessed. Mississippi, North Dakota, and West Virginia were the states with the worst EV penetration, scoring 0.09

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Frankly, I’d Rather Be Getting Arrested with Bill McKibben Today

Creative Greenius

org He’s in Washington DC with thousands, protesting the coal-fired Capitol Power plant–a dirty symbol of our dirty energy history. Please stand behind the thousands gathering today in DC, and show the world that people everywhere are uniting behind a future free of coal–a future safe from the ravages of climate change.

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