Category: Electric

Rīgas Satiksme, a Latvian carrier, has made another advancement toward e-mobility. Soon, Riga’s bus fleet will welcome its first Solaris electric buses. The contract is for the delivery of 35 “Urbino 12” electric buses, with an option to add an additional 17 buses. The basic contract has a total value of more than €19 million […]

Sandy Munro recently gave an extended Q&A at TeslaCon Florida 2022. I was there as well, to give a presentation on the state of the EV market and market trends. I recorded Sandy’s Q&A and was happy I did, as it was full of gems and other minerals. Below are a few video snippets of […]

Electric hearses are becoming increasingly popular.

Oregon Environmental Quality Commission adopts Advanced Clean Car II Rule All new vehicle sales in the state to be electric battery or plug-in hybrid by 2035 model year Statewide, OR—The Environmental Quality Commission adopted rules Monday (3-1) to require all new passenger cars, trucks and SUVs sold in Oregon to be zero emissions by 2035. The commission […]

Tanzania has started filling the Julius Nyerere Dam for the new 2,115 MW hydropower plant. The project cost is said to be about $3 billion. Tanzania currently has an installed capacity of around 1,600 MW. 48% of this capacity is from natural gas, 31% from hydropower, with the rest mostly from other fossil fuels. The […]

The NCM battery chemistry remains the most popular.

What kinds of global food systems transformations took place this year that will help to achieve the UN Sustainable Development Goals by 2030?

Lexus’ plug-in hybrid crossover is great for people not yet ready for a full EV. But its high price may make it hard to justify.

It's compatible with both electric and non-electric bicycles.

Part of NRDC’s Year-End Series Reviewing 2022 Climate & Clean Energy Developments With the passage of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), the United States has an unprecedented opportunity to dramatically cut our greenhouse gas emissions. To deliver on the promise of the IRA, by 2030, we need to increase renewable energy deployment four-fold over today’s […]