Recently, in my personal email I received a message about various businesses that signed a letter addressed to New York lawmakers to support the Advanced Clean Trucks (ACT) rule. Two proposed bills in New York would delay it. The letter was signed by the following businesses: Bollinger Motors ChargePoint Current … [continued]
ChatGPT generated panoramic image of an Ikea branded step van labeled "H2" in whirlpool in the ocean
A year ago, while assessing various organizations that had reached the terminus of the Odyssey of the Hydrogen Fleet six act tragicomedy, I pointed out the awful, horrible, very bad, no-good decision the Austrian branch of IKEA had made to buy Quantron hydrogen step van delivery trucks. Since then, I’ve … [continued]
Solar saves in many different kinds of ways. Over 63,000 customers were powered by Sunnova SunSafe solar + storage systems during storms in July and August. The present-day grid requires urgent restoration, but at least Sunnova is there to save the day. California continues its efforts in bringing 400kW chargers … [continued]
From the “We’ve been telling you this!” department and the “Yes, please!” division, Consumer Reports has a results of a new study out that brings light to the fact that we need a lot more charging stations at retailers across the US. The fact is, there are three core places … [continued]
A massive offshore wind farm in the Baltic Sea will help Europe unwind its ties with Russia’s fossil energy industry, LNG sanctions or not.
IKEA will figure it out, just as everyone who goes down this pathway does. It’s remarkable that people keep making the mistake when it’s so obviously a mistake with tiny amounts of number crunching and the slightest awareness of battery energy density improvements.
There are always a large number of stories we put on our story sheet for writers that don’t get covered. And some of those are big stories that I wish we had covered. New UK DriveElectric Hub to Give Real-Time EV Cost and Carbon Data As electric vehicles (EVs) get … [continued]
IKEA says keeping last-mile services sustainable and cost-effective while meeting customers’ expectations is challenging. But IKEA is making a lot of progress on this front. For the last couple of years, IKEA retailers have been introducing electric trucks for home delivery services. A lot of these developments have been covered … [continued]
For years IKEA has been promoting sustainability in energy and production. The company states its own goals as follows: Designing all IKEA products with new circular principles, with the goal to only use renewable and recycled materials in our products by 2030. Offering services that make it easier for people … [continued]
A few weeks ago, I covered the story of IKEA expanding EV charging in Sweden. At that time, the company announced plans to put 1,000 charging stations in its Sweden stores (in the company’s home country). The quick EV chargers were the product of working together between Recharge and IKEA, and … [continued]
