Italian Government Welcomes New FIAT 500 As It Makes Its Debut In Rome

New 500 makes institutional debut in Rome John Elkann, Pietro Gorlier and Olivier Francois present the zero-emission model to the President of the Italian Republic and the Italian Prime Minister Today in Rome, the New 500 […]

DOE Awards $100 Million for Energy Frontier Research Centers

Originally published on ENERGY.GOV WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Secretary of Energy Dan Brouillette announced $100 million in funding for 10 Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRCs) to accelerate the scientific breakthroughs needed to build a twenty-first-century energy […]

How to Retire Early: Making Accelerated Coal Phaseout Feasible & Just

Appalachian River Originally published on the Rocky Mountain Institute’s website. By Paul Bodnar,Tamara Grbusic, Sam Mardell. Caroline Ott. Uday Varadarajan For over a century, growing presence of coal smokestacks worldwide signified economic development and progress. Coal supplied […]

UNSW, Ebusco to accelerate development of zero emissions transport

Deurne – Netherlands / Sydney – Australia, 22 June 2020 – UNSW’s agreement with Dutch electric bus manufacturer Ebusco will bolster research and development of electric vehicles in Australia.   UNSW Sydney has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with pioneering Dutch […]

German Net Electricity Generation in First Half of 2020: Renewables Reach Record Share of 55.8 Percent

The Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE just presented the data on the net electricity generation for the public power supply for the first half of 2020, which is based on data available on the […]

Electric Vehicles Are Driving (Electric) Rates Down

Originally published on the NRDC, Expert Blog By Max Baumhefner, Senior Attorney, Climate & Clean Energy Program Can the addition of more electric vehicles (EVs) to the grid actually lower utility bills for all customers? A […]

Agreement Proposed to Reform San Diego Commercial EV Rates

Originally published on the NRDC, Expert Blog by Miles Muller One of California’s largest utilities, San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E), would establish new commercial electric vehicle (EV) charging rates that improve the economics of charging electric […]

New Map Shows KXL Pipeline Route, Highlights Risk to Indigenous & Farming Communities

Originally published on the The Indigenous Environmental Network Map can be found here: https://climatealliancemap.org/kxl-map June 25, 2020 (Bemidji, MN) – The Indigenous Environmental Network, in collaboration with the Climate Alliance Mapping Project and the Keystone XL Mapping […]

Zero-Emissions Trucks Are the Future: Let’s Do This

Originally published on the Rocky Mountain Institute’s website. By Mike Roeth and Christian Roselund Last Thursday, California made history by becoming the first state to mandate that truck makers move to zero-emission drivetrains. California Air Resources Board’s […]

Updated 2020 Low or No-Emission (Low-No) Bus Program Projects

The U.S. Department of Transportation’s (US DOT) Federal Transit Administration (FTA) is supporting more efficient bus fleets. The DOT announced approximately $130 million in grant selections through the Low- or No-Emission (Low-No) Grant program. The funds support […]

FOTW #1139: U.S. Electric Vehicle Fast Charging Stations & Outlets: CCS or CHAdeMO

DC fast charging is important for reducing the charging times of electric vehicles (EV) and is critical to making long-distance EV travel practical. Although Tesla has a well-developed, proprietary supercharging network, two types of non-proprietary DC […]

Spanish Government Opens €230m Scrappage Scheme to Polluting cars

Originally published on Transport & Environment (T&E) Spain’s government today said its €230 million scrappage scheme for cars could be used to buy polluting combustion engine vehicles.[1] Petrol cars and diesel cars will qualify under Programa “RENOVE […]