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Ford unveils F-150 Lightning electric pickup; starting at $39,974; arriving in 2022

Green Car Congress

F-150 Lightning offers a standard-range battery targeting 230 miles of EPA-estimated range and an extended-range battery targeting 300 miles of EPA-estimated range. Standard on base trims is 2.4 kilowatts of power with the option for more, while Lariat and Platinum series come standard with 9.6 America’s No.

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Leveraging Parking Lot Solar Panels for EV Charging

Clean Fleet Report

Can Solar Panels Produce Enough Juice? Connecting to the grid allows businesses to sell back unused capacity, saving money and preventing wasting energy when surpluses occur. Wiring to the grid requires a licensed contractor certified in local electrical codes, which must be standardized. Retrofitting Woes.

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Wireless Heater Made From a Leaf Skeleton Is Fully Biodegradable

Cars That Think

Among them: Our society generates massive amounts of waste that is going to remain in landfills for a long time. We’ve gotten very, very good at making things that are cheap and durable. Unfortunately, there are some deleterious side effects.

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California ARB considering four new low-carbon fuel pathways; Neste renewable diesel and sugarcane molasses ethanol

Green Car Congress

California Air Resources Board (ARB) staff has posted four new Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) pathways to the LCFS web site. After the sugarcane has been crushed, all of the cane juice is sent to sugar production. Earlier post.) Pantaleon Sugar Holdings (Bio-Etanol S.A) ARB staff agreed with that methodology.

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ARB posts six new LCFS pathway applications for comment; new PFAD biodiesel approach

Green Car Congress

The California Air Resources Board (ARB) staff has posted six new Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) pathway applications to the LCFS public comment web site: corn ethanol; molasses ethanol (from Brazil); palm fatty acid distillates (PFAD) to biodiesel; and landfill gas to LNG, L-CNG, and CNG. Earlier post.)

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The trials of public charging, part 2 (of many to come)

Plugs and Cars

Unfortunately there are still damn few J-plugs (the new standard for plug-in cars) publicly deployed, despite the expectations created by the federal grants to the EVProject (Ecotality) and ChargePoint America (Coulomb) and ex-Mayor Newsom here in San Francisco. Juice flows. Take that every way it can be taken. A small crowd gathers.

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Lessons from a year with solar power

EV Info

According to the Department for Business, the average cost for standard electricity in the UK in 2020 was 17.2p/kWh. The standard unit of electrical power is the watt, which is defined as a current of one ampere, at a voltage of one volt. In the UK, the standard wall socket delivers 240 volts. Or around 4p pe rmile.

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