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Electric Everything: Updated

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I did a series of three articles on this topic three years ago. What’s changed in the meantime? “Electric Everything” depends on modern battery technology. 100 years ago, electric vehicles used lead-acid batteries. It’s the same technology that gas cars still use today to power their starter motors. Those early … [continued]

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Keeping Up With Demand: Adventures In Supercharging

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When the Mormons settled Utah in the 1800s, they picked the Wasatch Front in Northern Utah because snowfall in the mountains stored water that was used by farmers over the summer to irrigate their crops. However, the climate in southern Utah, with major city Saint George, was milder, so Utahans … [continued]

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Leading US Seaport Will Trial Fuel Cell Electric Trucks

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Regardless of the abrupt U-turn in federal energy policy, state-level policy makers are still determined to clean up the polluted air in and around the nation’s seaports, and that includes replacing diesel fuel with electric trucks. One particularly high profile project will get under way early next year, featuring half … [continued]

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