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If Toyota Sells EVs, People Will Buy Them
New Sales Data Shows Potential of Investment in More Fuel-Efficient Vehicles New sales data shows that Toyota’s plug-in hybrid vehicle (PHEV) sales are increasing due to the automaker expanding availability of the PHEV models to dealers across the country. The strong rise in Toyota’s hybrid sales this year can be attributed to … [continued]
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Famous US Automaker Faces The Music As Million-Dollar Vote Scheme Goes South
A fraud lawsuit against Tesla CEO Elon Musk is moving to the next step, in which class action status will be determined in regards to his pledge to select random voters to receive $1 million each, if they sign petitions circulated by his America PAC.
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OCTA Is Spending Again On Hydrogen Because The Fuel Chain Failed
The Orange County Transportation Authority is spending another $27.6 million on hydrogen infrastructure as it expands its fuel-cell bus fleet from 10 buses toward 50. Read the announcement quickly and it sounds like ordinary fleet growth: more buses require more fueling capacity. OCTA’s history makes the story much less straightforward. … [continued]
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Solar Power Passes 3 Terawatts!
Solar power has passed another big milestone. Solar has reached and quickly surpassed the 3-terawatt — yes, terawatt — marker globally. That’s how much solar power is installed across the world. Naturally, a lot of the growth was from China, but a lot of it was also from emerging markets … [continued]
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Pony AI Plans to Deploy 1,000 Autonomous Heavy Trucks
Just yesterday, I wrote about Einride and DAF Trucks partnering on a new, serious autonomous trucking initiative. There’s another recent autonomous trucking story that slipped through the cracks. Autonomous driving company Pony.AI is reportedly looking to deploy 1,000 autonomous heavy-duty electric trucks in the next two to three years. In … [continued]
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