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Gogoro Receives 2024 Global Company of the Year Award

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Gogoro, the darling of the electromobility world in Asia and elsewhere, faces turmoil, loses its CEO, and is revamping itself. Global research and consulting firm Frost & Sullivan has recognized Gogoro AS with its 2024 Global Company of the Year Award for its leadership in the electric two-wheeler (E2W) battery-swapping … [continued]

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Volkswagen is shoring up suppliers for its St. Thomas electric vehicle battery plant, to operate under the PowerCo division, buying into a lithium mining company to feed the plant that will make elect

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Raw material for lithium, mined in the James Bay area of Quebec, will start making its way to St. Thomas.  Volkswagen is shoring up suppliers for its St. Thomas electric vehicle battery plant, to operate under the PowerCo division, buying into a lithium mining company to feed the plant that will make EV batteries, the […]

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Methane-Emitting Livestock Burps & Farts Need To Be Taxed In The US

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Burps and farts. They’re the fodder of fun prepubescent comedy. When the burps and farts come from livestock, though, they generate significant amounts of methane, a greenhouse gas that is 25 times more potent than carbon dioxide in warming the planet. In fact, animal agriculture produces more greenhouse gas emissions … [continued]

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Bboxx & Radiant Yacu Partner To Launch Insurance Package For Electric Motorcycles In Rwanda

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A first-of-its-kind offering, Bboxx Protect, offers extensive protection to electric motorbike users and significant savings of over 40%. The electric motorcycle sector in East Africa is starting to flourish. Kenya is the largest market for motorcycles, with over 2 million internal combustion motorcycles on the road, and we are now … [continued]

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It’s Against The Law In Canada To Call Hydrogen Buses Zero Emissions

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In the middle of 2024, I documented the remarkable disappearance of claims of environmental virtue from the websites and social media of Canadian oil and gas companies and the lobbying groups they employed. Overnight, the degree of factual accuracy on their public sites went up by a remarkable amount. Why? … [continued]

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Energy-Positive Buildings Give More Than They Take, Leaving The Planet Better Than Before Construction

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Let’s just say it: the building industry is responsible for some 40% of the world’s carbon emissions. That’s enormous! Energy positive through low wattage bulbs? Be serious. Huge building industry carbon emissions result from many sources: constructing a building, its years of usage, and dismantling after the building has reached … [continued]

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Solaris to Deliver First EU Battery Passport–Compliant Buses

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Berlin’s BVG transit system has received the world’s first series-produced electric bus with a battery passport: the Solaris Urbino 18 electric. In a press statement, Solaris said the deliveries put BVG three years ahead of EU regulations, which will require a battery passport in all electric vehicles starting in 2027. … [continued]

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Building a Sustainable Supply Chain for the Philippine Offshore Wind Industry

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EIGHT YEARS. That is the least amount of time needed for the Philippines to build and operate its first offshore windmill. Thus, as the country stands at the threshold of a renewable energy transition, with offshore wind (OSW) expected to play a crucial role in meeting its energy security and … [continued]

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