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Get all your EV questions answered during Drive Electric Week, Sep 27-Oct 6

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Photo: Alabama Clean Fuels Coalition Drive Electric Week kicks off this Saturday with nearly 200 online and in-person events celebrating electric vehicles. Events will be held for the next two weekends, from September 27 through October 6, in the US, Canada, and one in Guadalajara, Mexico. This is the event’s 14th year.

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In a milestone, the US exceeds 5 million solar installations

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Photo by RAZE Solar on Unsplash The US has now officially surpassed 5 million solar installations, a significant landmark in its shift toward clean energy, according to data released by the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) and Wood Mackenzie. The US solar market was valued at $51 billion in 2023.

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The US installed more solar in Q1 2024 than it did in all of 2018

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Photo: Cypress Creek Renewables In Q1 2024, the US saw the largest quarter of solar manufacturing growth in its history, bringing its total installed capacity to 200 GW. The report also contains new data showing that the US added over 40 GW of new solar capacity in 2023 – more than initially reported. A record-setting 11.8

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Mercedes-Benz High-Power Charging goes large at Starbucks

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Mercedes-Benz HPC North America, a joint venture between subsidiaries of Mercedes-Benz Group and renewable energy producers MN8 Energy, will install 400 kW EV chargers at Starbucks stores along Interstate 5 (I-5) – the main 1,400-mile north-south interstate highway on the US West Coast from Canada to Mexico. Get started here.

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Toyota says it would rather buy credits than ‘waste’ money on EVs

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The brand has been a huge champion of hybrids all along, and sells just one EV for each of its two US brands, the Toyota bZ4X and Lexus RZ450e crossovers. Still, the fear is there, and the possibility looms that lower-priced Chinese vehicles will undercut those sold by other automakers, as happened in Mexico. Get started here.

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BMW spends billions to push its next-gen EVs into Tesla territory

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Vision Neue Klasse Vision sedan On the heels of announcing its record year in sales of all-electric vehicles last year, BMW says it is now investing $711 million (€650 million) to convert its main factory in Munich to exclusively produce electric vehicles by the end of 2027. It expects to sell half a million BEVs this year.

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US wind generation fell in 2023 for the first time since the 1990s

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Electricity generation from wind turbines also grew steadily, at a similar rate to capacity, until 2023. in 2022, the all-time high. The Mountain Census states – Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming – reported a smaller reduction of 2%. GW at the end of 2023. Get started here. –

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