Plugs and Cars

JUNE 2, 2007

Dan Kalb of the Union of Concerned Scientists and Bonnie Holms-Gen of the Lung Association were there to lend their voices of protest against the auto industry's continuing legal assault on California. We chose the solar-powered Park n Ride just off 80. And I was there representing Plug In America. Choice is what we want.

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Cars That Think

MARCH 11, 2023

Then, as electricity entrepreneurs expanded power generation and transmission capacity, they faced the new problem of what to do with all the cheap off-peak, nighttime electricity they could now produce. Before cofounding AC Propulsion, Alan Cocconi worked on Sunraycer, a solar-powered car for GM. Electric Car tzero 0-60 3.6

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Baua Electric

DECEMBER 5, 2024

on Chinese EVs are designed to protect its struggling auto industry from Chinese competition, with Chinese automakers flooding the bloc with cheap imports. If you’re an electric vehicle owner, charge up your car at home with rooftop solar panels. FTC: We use income earning auto affiliate links. Get started here.

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Baua Electric

APRIL 19, 2024

Anticipated demand from the auto industry—as well as solar-panel manufacturing and data centers—is leading utilities to forecast single-digit percentage growth every year through the end of the decade in some regions, according to report.

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Baua Electric

OCTOBER 30, 2024

It’s official: The European Union is moving ahead with increased tariffs on Chinese-made EVs to as much as 45.3% – in an effort to save its auto industry from total demise. Subsidized solar panels have also wiped out European solar producers , and European governments are hoping the auto industry can avoid the same fate.

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Baua Electric

MAY 10, 2024

The US government is reportedly set to announce wider tariffs on several categories of Chinese goods, including various green products like solar panels and batteries, medical goods, and in particular an increase of tariffs on Chinese EVs from 25% to 100%. Photo is licensed under CC-CC0 1.0

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

As if that were not enough, I’m hearing now that BYD is on the verge of a breakthrough in the solar power business and that the company has big plans to make rechargeable batteries at a utility scale to store energy from intermittent, renewable sources like wind and solar.

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