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EV Pickup Trucks: Amazing, Powerful
Lawrence Ulrich of the New York Times gives a raving, Rivian review for the company’s new electric pickup. First paragraph reads: The redoubtable Rivian R1T, the first crusher in a coming wave of electric pickup trucks, can soar unscathed over gnarly … Continue reading
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Tagged batteries, electric vehicles, End of Fossil Fuel, EVs, transportation
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Biden Must Confront Three Sources of Global Warming
New York Times reporter Coral Davenport talking of President Biden’s climate policy challenges on The Daily says: There are three main sources of planet warming greenhouse gases in the U.S. economy…you have to drastically cut each one of these…pollution from … Continue reading
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Tagged Biden, coal plants, energy predictions, EVs, Global Warming, methane gas, New York Times Daily, oil well leaks, transportation, US Congress
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GM to End Petroleum Vehicle Production by 2035
The New York Times reports: General Motors said Thursday that it would phase out petroleum-powered cars and trucks and sell only vehicles that have zero tailpipe emissions by 2035, a seismic shift by one of the world’s largest automakers that … Continue reading
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Tagged electric vehicles, End of Fossil Fuel, EVs, fossil fuels decline, GM, greenhouse gases, Joe Biden, transportation
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Biden: Replace US Government Fleet with EVs
News outlets like Reuters are reporting that: President Joe Biden on Monday vowed to replace the U.S. government’s fleet of roughly 650,000 vehicles with electric models as the new administration shifts its focus toward clean-energy. CleanTechnica reports on some of … Continue reading
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Economist: Electric vehicles to equal price of conventional ones by 2025
Ellen Hughes-Cromwick, senior economist at the University of Michigan Energy Institute, told Yale Climate Connections (YCC) that in three to five years electric cars will likely cost the same as comparable gas-powered ones. Her prediction is made in part on … Continue reading
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