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How EVs Are Reducing Carbon (CO2) Emissions

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The Environmental Protection Agency notes that in recent years, trends in the vehicle market shifted from smaller sedans and wagons to SUVs and pickup trucks, with SUVs making up 45% and pickups making up 15% of the model year 2021 light-duty vehicle market in the United States. Let’s not forget our carbon footprint.

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131. ELECTRIFYING EVERYTHING IN THE 2020s

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Increasingly, they are making inroads in transportation and grid storage applications. The number of available electric-vehicle (EV) models jumped from about ten in 2015 to over 75 in 2020, including categories of sports cars, sedans, SUVs and light trucks. Automotive companies and their supply chain are inexorably transforming.

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Toyota’s new senior management remains committed to multi-pathway future; becoming a mobility company

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Collectively serving as an energy grid, BEVs can enhance the energy security of society. In the US, Toyota will start the local production of a 3-row SUV in 2025.The The SUV will be equipped with batteries to be produced in North Carolina, and the production capacity will be increased.

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Greenlings: Benefits of charging stations vs. battery swaps vs. home charging

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Also, besides giving you the ability to charge at night when most utility rates are lower, future vehicle-to-grid (V2G) technology may allow you to sell some of your stored energy back to the utilities. The demands on the grid would require a lot of infrastructure work without some sort of "energy reservoir" in place.