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EV Battery News From CATL, Toyocolor, & Toyo Ink

If there’s EV battery production news, there’s a good chance it’s about CATL, the largest EV battery producer in the world. In today’s case, the CATL news is not actually from CATL, but rather a CATL supplier namedropping the Chinese battery giant to brag a bit. The news is that CATL will be using Toyocolor’s […]
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Voltari Electric Performance Boat Travels 91 Miles On A Single Charge

Canada-based Voltari announced in January that its VOLTARI 260 traveled 91 miles from Florida to the Bahamas on a single charge. The trip was the longest overseas journey completed by an all-electric performance boat. If you don’t know anything about the VOLTARI 260, here are the technical specifications: Length: 26 feet Weight: 7000 lb Draft: […]
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E-Moto Morocco Ready To Supercharge The Growth Of The Country’s Electric Scooter Market

When Brahim Lazrak was appointed as the General Manager of Moroccan import and distribution company Multitrade in 2017, he was tasked with coming up with a new strategic direction to help grow the firm even further. Looking to leverage the company’s experience and networks in the importation and distribution of various products around Morocco, Brahim […]
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Do We Have The Mechanics Needed For The Electric Boat Revolution?

Electric cars have grown by leaps and bounds in the past decade, and a large network of mechanics who can service those electric cars has grown up around this new electric car market. We often write about other, much more nascent electric vehicle markets — electric airplanes, electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft, and electric […]
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Super Bowl Ads For EVs

This year's Super Bowl commercials helped automakers to move their existing customer base toward new and important brand connections with EVs. Jeep, GM, and Stellantis used the fascination with Super Bowl commercials to reimagine their brands and reinvigorate their consumer base.
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Hyundai Evolve + EV Subscription Plan Unveiled

The Hyundai Evolve + subscription program allows people to try an EV one month at a time to see how they like driving an electric car.
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Microgrid In A Box Is Opening New Possibilities In Utilities, Disaster Relief, Defense

In a back lot behind a building at Idaho National Laboratory in Idaho Falls, energy systems engineer Kurt Myers leads me outside to look at a nondescript shipping container and an enclosed trailer. While at first glance, these generic-looking boxes might be used to transport anything, a closer look reveals panels of sophisticated hookups, gauges […]
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Carbon Removal Trends & Policy: Interview With Carbon180’s Exec Director Erin Burns

Since we last spoke to your President (Noah Deich), what has happened in policy and general sentiment in Carbon Removal? Erin Burns, Carbon180’s executive director: There’ve been several milestone movements for the carbon removal field in the last 10 months. For one, the Department of Energy recently released the funding opportunity announcement for the Regional […]
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Why Aren’t Energy Flows Diagrams Used More To Inform Decarbonization?

The primary energy fallacy is the assumption that all of the energy in all of the oil, gas and coal we burn today must be replaced. We don't need to replace it, we need to replace the unwasted energy services.
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Drones, UFOs, & Chinese Spy Balloons: What Else Is Up There?

Solar powered drones may muddy the UFO waters, but the US Department of Defense is now tasked with letting the public in on its investigations.