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A Florida utility ditches coal, doubles its solar, and leaves out a big part of its story

Electrek

Florida utility Tampa Electric Co. That’s good news, but in an interview published last week, its CEO doesn’t mention the fact that the vast majority of its power comes from natural gas or whether it plans to transition away from the methane-producing fossil fuel.

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AMPLY Power: Top 25 US cities could save avg. 37% on fuel costs by switching to electric vehicles and buses; up to 60% with managed charging

Green Car Congress

Additionally, well-managed electric fleets that optimize electricity charging for off-peak hours and avoid demand charges can save as much as 60% on fueling versus their internal combustion engine (ICE) or unmanaged EV fleet counterparts. AMPLY developed an interactive map to compare gas and electric fleet fueling costs.

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Backfire: Buying EVs Hasn’t Worked for Hertz

The Truth About Cars

A trail of disastrous decisions, including hiring Tom Brady as a brand ambassador and pivoting toward all-electric vehicles , have since shown that was not to be the case. Hertz foolishly bet the farm on vehicles where the primary benefit is being able to charge them conveniently at home as part of your normal weekly routine.

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Gas stations tell Florida to stop dawdling with $198M in federal EV charger funding

Baua Electric

Florida won’t release federal EV charger funding Florida is the largest state in the US that hasn’t released an application for EV charging operators to access millions in National Electric Vehicle Instructure (NEVI) funding. It’s one of 14 laggard states.) Yet Florida is No 2 in the US for having the most EVs. Get started here.

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Florida has no wind turbines but it’s going to ban them anyway

Baua Electric

First, something that made me giggle – the bill defines a wind turbine as a tower, rotor, and blades “capable of producing more than 10 kilowatts of electrical power.” (So, The Tampa Bay Times reports that House Speaker Paul Renner (R-Palm Coast) said: I think it’s very similar to offshore drilling.

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Dannar brings a multipurpose electric platform to the off-highway market

Charged EVs

Electric off-road equipment offers a long list of advantages over legacy diesel equipment: lower fueling and maintenance costs; lack of idling; quiet, vibration-free operation; and less wear and tear on hydraulic components. I guess theyre taking a concept that has always existed in the gas world and adapting it to the EV world.

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