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It might be summer time, however there are nonetheless tons of cleantech tales rolling by. From low-cost electrical vehicles making their approach into African and South American nations, to robotaxi firsts and progress, to EV gross sales develop in numerous corners of the world. Let’s roll by every of them for extra.
1. Let’s kick issues off with Jennifer Sensiba’s story highlighting why Motel 6 or another reasonably priced lodge chain must 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 the entire electrical energy these chargers have put out.
3. We might have the primary worthwhile robotaxi service on this planet subsequent yr. Baidu Apollo is anticipating it can 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 lower air air pollution within the metropolis. It’s an amazing success story that must be copied around the globe.
6. The US Photo voltaic Power Industries Affiliation (SEIA) has a very good story on the most important state coverage wins for photo voltaic vitality 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 bought a number of tales about low-cost electrical vehicles making their strategy to new markets in Africa and South America. Remeredzai Joseph Kuhudzai explains why it’s probably a number of African nations will undertake electrical vehicles sooner than most of us count on. Backing Joey up, Ethiopia goes so far as banning imports of inside combustion engine (ICE) vehicles. Down in South Africa, the Dayun Yuehu S5 Mini SUV has change into South Africa’s lowest priced EV. EV gross sales in these nations may even result in way 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 pattern additionally contains the BYD Yuan Up making it to Colombia for simply $25,700. Although, all might not be 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 worth cuts.
8. Again to batteries, Jennifer explores why it’s that the US has largely missed the rapidly 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 convey vehicle-to-home expertise, solar energy, and electrical F-150 Lightnings to extra properties.
10. The primary absolutely electrical police fleet in the US 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 the US.
12. Simply yesterday, I reported on a report concerning the vehicles (notably the electrical vehicles) Tesla house owners are more than likely 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 file for hottest day ever recorded three days in a row in July. Oh, really, it ended up yet one more day snuck in after that to interrupt the file 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 acquire energy within the subsequent election in November. That’s not a good suggestion.
15. After which we’ve bought our numerous electrical car gross sales studies for locations around the globe. Listed here are latest highlights:
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