Tag: South Korea
Europe Should Learn From South Korea’s Hydrogen Station Failure
Europe is building a hydrogen-refuelling network before there is a large hydrogen-truck market to support it. Under the Alternative Fuels Infrastructure Regulation, hydrogen stations are supposed to be available along major motorway corridors at intervals of no more than 200 kilometres by 2030, with additional coverage at designated urban nodes. … [continued]
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Top Selling Electric Vehicles in the World — 27% EV Share in August!
BEVs Up, PHEVs Down Plugin vehicle registrations were up 5% year over year (YoY) globally in August, ending the month at around 1.8 million units. Once again, BEVs (+13% YoY) and PHEVs (-12% YoY) are experiencing opposite dynamics, with pure electrics firm in double-digit growth while plugin hybrids remain in … [continued]
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Leveraging the IAA to Build Europe’s Battery Value Chain
Why battery incentives in the Industrial Accelerator Act (IAA) are essential and achievable. Europe’s battery value chain has experienced several setbacks over the past years. Yet, it doesn’t start from scratch. The Industrial Accelerator Act (IAA) must provide the boost needed to materialise and scale projects. T&E shows how incentives … [continued]
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The SsangYong CCR-1: An Early Korean EV Experiment
SEOUL, South Korea — Long before SsangYong Motor became part of the electric-vehicle transition now reshaping South Korea’s automotive industry, it built an electric sports car that looked as if it had arrived from a different future. The SsangYong CCR-1, short for Clean Car 1, was unveiled in 1995 as … [continued]
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Why Tough Methane Cuts Are Crucial For Keeping Warming “Well Below” 2°C
Methane is a powerful greenhouse gas and the second-largest contributor to global warming after carbon dioxide (CO2). Methane traps heat in the atmosphere more efficiently than CO2, but has a significantly shorter lifespan, fading after just a few decades. Therefore, reducing emissions of methane — a gas primarily produced by agriculture, fossil … [continued]
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