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California’s Battery Storage Fire: Precursor Or Outlier?
A fire broke out at the Moss Landing Power Plant, not too far from San Francisco, on January 16, 2025, prompting the evacuation of approximately 1,500 residents and the temporary closure of Highway 1. No one was harmed in the incident. Given the massive growth in grid storage battery systems, … [continued]
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Electric Truck News — Feds Say No To Tesla, California Rolls Back Electric Truck Rules
High power electric truck rules in California have been taken off the table prior to the arrival of the next administration.
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Whitmer to deliver her second-to-last State of the State on February 26
Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer will deliver her seventh State of the State address to a Republican-controlled House and a Democratic-controlled Senate on February 26.
OPP relief funding helps lower tax rate increase in Georgian Bluffs
The Township of Georgian Bluffs has finalized a 2025 budget with a municipal tax rate increase of 4.11 per cent. At its meeting on Wednesday, council passed a bylaw to adopt the operating and capital budget, which had been reduced by 1.47 per cent from a draft budget presented in early November. For the average […]
More Electric Buses for Australia
Despite stagnant electric car sales, the influx of electric buses remains unabated in Australia. Let’s start with EV market leader BYD. In Australia and around the world, BYD is on a roll. The company has delivered 74,000 electric buses around the globe. Rapid technology advancements, which lead to greater driver … [continued]
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Learning To Drive An Electric Car — BYD Edition
There are many reasons to drive an electric car, but really the best reason is because it is just so much fun!
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Volkswagen’s Green Electricity for ID. Models
It may not be taking the world by storm like BYD and Tesla have been doing, but Volkswagen is leading the way on EVs among legacy automakers from the West. With an eye on being super green and clean, that also involves powering most of those EVs with green renewable … [continued]
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Cha-ching? London housing starts near target to unlock big funding bonus
London is looking like it will meet its provincially set annual housing target for 2024, meaning city hall will have access to some significant cash. LFP’s Jack Moulton breaks down where London sits and why it has stepped out ahead of other cities. HOW IS LONDON DOING ON ITS TARGET? Ontario has committed to building […]
Accused London hospital shooter also charged in Toronto-area home invasion, bank heist
The man charged in a shooting outside a London hospital emergency room is also facing charges from an armed home invasion and a gun-point bank robbery in the Toronto region in the weeks following the gunfire here. London police announced late Wednesday Doneil Josiah Levy-Port, 18, of Brampton, is charged with attempted murder and other […]
House bills would exempt UP gas generators from clean energy legislation
One of the first bills introduced this year in the Michigan House would make exceptions for some Upper Peninsula natural gas power generators in the state’s clean energy law.