Courtesy of the US Dept of the Interior. Las Vegas, Nevada — Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland visited Nevada [yesterday], where she announced significant policy and organizational updates to advance clean energy production on public lands and meet the Biden–Harris administration’s goal of a net-zero economy by 2050. In Las … [continued]
Round Three! Michael Blaustein recently enjoyed some exciting electric motorcycle racing and is here to share the fun with us in text form. Enjoy his Round Three writeup of the Enel MotoE World Cup.
How much CO2 can electric cars really save compared to diesel and petrol cars? To answer this question, we have developed a tool (see below) that compiles all the most up-to-date data on CO2 emissions linked to the use of an electric, diesel or petrol car. Originally published on Transport & … [continued]
Here’s what the EV scene looked like a few years ago, pre-COVID: the legacy automakers were slow-walking the transition to EVs, producing just enough “compliance cars” to satisfy government regulators, doing nothing to market them, and insisting that customers didn’t want them. Of course, even then everyone knew this wasn’t … [continued]
Ordinary objects alongside the road can cause a car or truck to halt abruptly Republished from UCI News When a driverless car is in motion, one faulty decision by its collision-avoidance system can lead to disaster, but researchers at the University of California, Irvine have identified another possible risk: Autonomous vehicles … [continued]
Flash Joule heating process recycles plastic from end-of-life F-150 trucks into high-value graphene for new vehicles Originally published by Rice News, courtesy of Rice University. By Mike Williams The part of an old car that gets turned into graphene could come back as a better part for a new car. … [continued]
Yesterday marked one year since the precedent-setting court ruling in the Netherlands, which ordered Shell to cut its activities’ carbon emissions by 45 percent compared to 2019 levels to align with the Paris climate agreement. The ruling was a landmark for climate litigation, demonstrating the potential power of the courts to help … [continued]
Climate change is putting grid resilience in the US to the test, with outages occurring almost everywhere- what’s to be done?
Ongoing La Niña & above-average Atlantic temperatures set the stage for busy season ahead. Forecasters at NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center, a division of the National Weather Service, are predicting above-average hurricane activity this year — which would make it the seventh consecutive above-average hurricane season. NOAA’s outlook for the 2022 Atlantic … [continued]
Wall Street has faced major selloffs over the past few weeks, causing a continued downturn in the market. While the auto industry simultaneously faces major disruptions with the onslaught of new electric vehicles, even EV giant Tesla has been susceptible to the bear market — though, low share prices usually … [continued]
