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Waffle House is getting NEVI DC fast chargers in Tennessee

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Photo: Waffle House EV charging company EnviroSpark is installing National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (NEVI) program DC fast chargers at Waffle House in Lakeland, Tennessee. Tennessee has $88 million in federal grant money for TDOT and TDEC to dole out over five years to expand its EV charging network. Get started here. –ad*

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TN will triple its dumb EV tax for inflation, but its gas tax lags inflation by ~5x

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Tennessee has started the process of hiking its EV registration fee from $100 to $274 per year and beyond, aiming to continue hiking the fees in perpetuity, further increasing the disproportionately high taxes paid by EVs in the state as compared to gas cars.

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TN will triple its dumb EV tax for inflation, but its gas tax lags inflation by ~5x

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Photo by Ron Cogswell on Flickr Tennessee has started the process of hiking its EV registration fee from $100 to $274 per year and beyond, aiming to continue hiking the fees in perpetuity, further increasing the disproportionately high taxes paid by EVs in the state as compared to gas cars. Tennesee State Capitol.

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The US now has 1 DC fast charging station for every 15 gas stations

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That’s one DC fast charging station for every 15 gas stations, and Tesla Superchargers make up more than a quarter of them. Missouri and Tennessee each cut the ribbon on 13 new stations, while Alabama got 11 new places to plug in. Get started here. – ad* FTC: We use income earning auto affiliate links.

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Dow Seadrift location selected for X-energy advanced SMR nuclear project

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X-energy’s nuclear reactor designs are based on High-Temperature Gas-cooled Reactor (HTGR) technology—a Generation-IV reactor technology. —Clay Sell, X-energy CEO X-energy Xe-100 SMR is an 80 MWe, 200 MWth reactor that can be scaled into a ‘four-pack’ 320 MWe power plant.

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ARPA-E awarding $9M to six projects modeling optimal deployment for low-carbon intermodal freight transportation system

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PNNL’s innovative approach could reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the intermodal transit system by 60% by 2050. Award amount: $1,500,000) University of Tennessee, Knoxville will develop a cognitive digital twin for the US intermodal freight transportation system.

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EGEB: Watch the TVA blow up its oldest coal-fired plant (and they want to replace it with natural gas)

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In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB): The Tennessee Valley Authority implodes its oldest coal-fired power plant. more… The post EGEB: Watch the TVA blow up its oldest coal-fired plant (and they want to replace it with natural gas) appeared first on Electrek. The UK’s Ministry of Justice installs £1.1

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