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NREL Transportation Researchers Recognized for Leadership, Innovativeness, and Collaboration at Vehicle Technologies Office Annual Merit Reviews

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Transportation researchers from NREL received awards at the 2025 Annual Merit Review meeting for the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Vehicle Technologies Office (VTO). Each year, VTO presents awards to individuals from partner institutions for contributions to overall program efforts and to recognize research, development, demonstration, and deployment achievements in specific areas. … [continued]

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The ICE Age Ends: How Electric Cars Are Shutting Down Gas Stations & Garages

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Owning a gasoline-powered car has long meant convenience, and relatively cheap convenience at that. Affordable fuel around every corner, quick oil changes, and easy repairs. As electric vehicle adoption accelerates past critical mass, this convenience will rapidly unravel. Gas stations will close, oil-change shops will disappear, and basic maintenance costs … [continued]

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Leapmotor C10 EREV — Owner Comments

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I recently reached out to the Australian Leapmotor community through Facebook and shared their positive experiences with the battery electric version of the C10 with CleanTechnica readers. One commentator shared the following thoughts on CleanTechnica: “Wait! Did no Australian or NZ try to drive the 4000km coast to coast through … [continued]

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From Niche To Normal: Why The 5–15% EV Window Changes Everything

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In the previous article, I explored a combined framework to predict technological tipping points: the diffusion of innovations, logistic growth (s-curve), and complex adaptive systems models. Together, these theories illustrate how technology adoption starts gradually among a small group of users and then accelerates sharply after reaching specific adoption levels. … [continued]

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