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It might be summer season, however there are nonetheless tons of cleantech tales rolling by way of. From low cost electrical vehicles making their method into African and South American international locations, to robotaxi firsts and progress, to EV gross sales develop in several corners of the world. Let’s roll by way of every of them for extra.
1. Let’s kick issues off with Jennifer Sensiba’s story highlighting why Motel 6 or another inexpensive lodge chain ought to be first to take a lead on EV charging. She makes some nice factors and arguments as to why this can be a large alternative to leap on proper now.
2. Jennifer additionally highlighted that ChargePoint reached 1 million deployed cost factors. The corporate estimates that 10 billion electrical miles could possibly be pushed from all the electrical energy these chargers have put out.
3. We might have the primary worthwhile robotaxi service on the earth subsequent 12 months. Baidu Apollo is anticipating it would attain profitability in 2025.
4. Talking of robotaxis, Waymo is beginning to take a look at its customized Zeekr robotaxis in San Francisco.
5. Steve Hanley coated the extremely profitable Extremely Low Emission Zone of London and the way a lot it has minimize air air pollution within the metropolis. It’s an incredible success story that ought to be copied all over the world.
6. The US Photo voltaic Vitality Industries Affiliation (SEIA) has an excellent story on the most important state coverage wins for photo voltaic power and battery storage within the first 6 months of 2024. Wins span from West Virginia to Virginia to Maryland to Massachusetts to Colorado.
7. We’ve obtained just a few tales about low cost electrical vehicles making their solution to new markets in Africa and South America. Remeredzai Joseph Kuhudzai explains why it’s seemingly a number of African international locations will undertake electrical vehicles quicker than most of us anticipate. Backing Joey up, Ethiopia goes so far as banning imports of inner combustion engine (ICE) vehicles. Down in South Africa, the Dayun Yuehu S5 Mini SUV has turn out to be South Africa’s lowest priced EV. EV gross sales in these international locations may even result in rather more EV manufacturing in them, and that features the information that the Chery Omoda E5 EV will likely be assembled in Kenya. This cheap-EV development additionally contains the BYD Yuan Up making it to Colombia for simply $25,700. Although, all is probably not roses and cream — in Thailand, the place super-low-cost BYD electrical vehicles have taken the nation by storm, an investigation has been commenced into BYD’s deep, sudden value cuts.
8. Again to batteries, Jennifer explores why it’s that america has largely missed the shortly rising battery period.
9. Combining solar energy and electrical automobiles is at all times enjoyable, and the most recent on that’s Sunrun working with Ford to carry vehicle-to-home expertise, solar energy, and electrical F-150 Lightnings to extra houses.
10. The primary absolutely electrical police fleet in america is now established. It’s the South Pasadena Police Division, which has 20 new Teslas patrolling the streets.
11. BYD and Uber are teaming as much as put 100,000 extra electrical vehicles on the highway. Sadly, and naturally, none of these will likely be in america.
12. Simply yesterday, I reported on a report relating to the vehicles (significantly the electrical vehicles) Tesla homeowners are almost certainly to commerce their Teslas in for at auto dealerships within the US.
13. Reminding us why we do what we do, there’s the unlucky information that the world broke the document for hottest day ever recorded three days in a row in July. Oh, really, it ended up yet another day snuck in after that to interrupt the document 4 days in a row.
14. In the meantime … Republicans wish to dismantle the USA’s Nationwide Climate Service (NWS) in the event that they achieve energy within the subsequent election in November. That’s not a good suggestion.
15. After which we’ve obtained our varied electrical car gross sales reviews for locations all over the world. Listed here are current highlights:
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