Adding geothermal to their toolkit “provides a window for [gas utilities] to expand their business, but in a non-polluting way,” said Mark Dyen, part of the steering team at Gas Transition Allies, a coalition focused on reducing methane emissions in the state. If gas utilities wish to expand their service or build new pipelines, the Department of Public Utilities … Continue reading “Massachusetts passes bill to speed clean energy and slow gas expansion”
Patent enables higher charge rates from lower-voltage DC fast chargers Solution adds a series of relay switches and a capacitor It’s a smart workaround for Tesla V3 Superchargers, which can’t charge at 800 volts Stellantis is working on hardware to boost the output of low-power DC fast-chargers for electric vehicles that can handle that extra … Continue reading “Future Stellantis EVs might flex 800V at 400V Superchargers”
Volvo’s revamped VNL Class 8 tractor. (Volvo Trucks North America) [Stay on top of transportation news: Get TTNews in your inbox.] Volvo Trucks is targeting a 25% North American heavy-duty truck market share by 2030, according to executives at the company. Volvo Trucks North America won a 10% share of Class 8 retail sales in … Continue reading “Volvo Aims to Raise Share of North American Truck Market”
Sign up for daily news updates from CleanTechnica on email. Or follow us on Google News! GM discontinued the Chevy Bolt EV and EUV at the end of the 2023 model year. During an early 2024 conference call with analysts, GM CEO Mary Barra agreed that environmental benefits of EVs continue to be compelling to … Continue reading “Why My Used Chevy Bolt Is Worth So Much More Than Its Trade-In Value”
This week on Electrek’s Wheel-E podcast, we discuss the most popular news stories from the world of electric bikes and other nontraditional electric vehicles. This time, that includes the launch of the Lectric XPedition 2.0, Yamaha e-bikes pulling out of North America, LiveWire unveils an electric scooter concept, PNY readying its cargo e-scooters for pilot testing, Royal … Continue reading “Wheel-E Podcast: Solar moped, XPedition 2.0, LiveWire scooter, more”
In other words, PAO is “assuming the customer is obligated to pay the corporate utility the retail rate” for the power customers generate and use themselves — “and anything they do otherwise is stealing,” McCann said. In terms of assessing who owes whom, that’s little different from saying that a customer who uses less electricity by … Continue reading “California’s rooftop solar is a benefit, not a cost, to the state”
Tesla has announced that it will finally deliver 500 kW charging as it is about to install its long-awaited V4 Supercharger cabinets. The rollout of Supercharger V4 has been a strange one, to say the least. Tesla has been deploying the new charging stations for two years and calling them “Supercharger V4”, but it has … Continue reading “Tesla announces 500 kW charging as it finally delivers V4 Supercharger cabinets”
New clean energy construction should be prioritized in downstate New York, DeRoche adds, a region that houses most of the state’s population yet relies heavily on fossil fuels compared with the largely hydro- and nuclear-powered upstate areas. The state will also need to address transmission and interconnection backlogs that make it harder to connect new power … Continue reading “How New York can get on track to meet its big clean energy goals”
Rate of acceleration for global EV adoption has slowed, firm suggests focus beyond early adopters Study relates EV adoption to Strategist, Individualist, Carer, Conservative, and Frugal psychographic profiles Prior to “reset,” 43% of non-EV drivers are already considering an EV next Automakers stand to substantially grow global EV sales over the next 10 years, but … Continue reading “Study: 57% EV in 10 years requires "strategic reset" from automakers”
All-electric aircraft developer BETA Technologies has shared another important milestone in bringing its first two vessels to market. Most recently, BETA’s founder, CEO, and test pilot Kyle Clark took the production version of its ALIA eCTOL up for its first flight, as seen in the video below. BETA Technologies is a fully integrated electric aircraft … Continue reading “Beta Technologies founder completes first test flight in its production-intent eCTOL [Video]”
