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Ports of Auckland buys world’s first electric tug; 70-tonne bollard pull

Green Car Congress

Ports of Auckland (New Zealand) has signed a contract with Dutch company Damen Shipyards to buy the world’s first full-size, fully electric port tug. However, we are prepared to wear that up-front cost because our commitment to reduce emissions has to be more than just words.

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CA targets off-road equipment for GHG reductions with $44M CORE voucher project

Green Car Congress

The new $44-million voucher project is designed to accelerate deployment of zero-emission off-road freight equipment used at goods-movement hubs, including ports, distribution centers, airports, and rail freight yards by bringing the cost of purchasing such equipment down.

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Proposed California Bill SB-233 Mandates Bidirectional Charging for EVs to Advance Grid and Climate Protection

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The bill, SB-233 , aims to advance grid resilience and protect the climate by using EVs as “batteries on wheels,” tapping their stored energy to balance electricity supply and demand rather than bringing high-polluting peak generators online. California has buying power behind its proposed V2G mandate to the EV industry.

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Ignorance of how EVs work is holding back uptake, says survey

Baua Electric

The survey was commissioned by the Energy and Climate Intelligence Unit (ECIU), an independent nonprofit in the UK. It’s to show how these falsehoods are affecting EV uptake, which in turn means worse air quality and worse effects of climate change for everyone on Earth. of them said they want their next car to be an EV.

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Is Europe’s Nuclear Phaseout Starting to Phase Out?

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The event was abrupt and unceremonious, its time kept secret to prevent crowds from gathering amidst the first wave of Covid-19. says Darragh Conway , a climate policy expert at Climate Focus in Amsterdam. After all, the cost of renewables continues to plummet. France, naturally, backed nuclear power’s green-ness.

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Only 4% of TV news correctly connected Hurricane Beryl to climate change

Baua Electric

Importantly, climate change helped this storm break these records and do so much damage. These records are the reflection of climate change’s effects on our atmosphere and oceans. Only 4% of media’s Beryl coverage included mention of climate change, according to an analysis by Media Matters.

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Road Test: 2023 Genesis G90 Performance

Clean Fleet Report

Without hesitation, the reply is—The best luxury sedan they can buy. The wide and soft center console contains the gear selector, command wheel for the touchscreen, and buttons for the drive mode, auto hold, the seat climate selectors, the volume and channel selection wheels, and cup holders.