Electric vehicles
How to electrify trucking in the US, one step at a time
The Biden administration wants to promote electric long-haul trucks by focusing heavy-duty charging investments on key hubs and highways. Here's the plan.
By Jeff St. John .
Transportation
Transportation
Is the country’s e-scooter experiment working? The results are mixed
Electric scooters and other micromobility solutions can help reduce transit emissions — but it depends on how they’re deployed, used and managed.
By Syris Valentine .
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Transportation
Is CARB staff blocking reform at California’s clean transport program?
Members of the agency’s board have raised concerns about the role biofuels play in its Low Carbon Fuel Standard. Critics say CARB's staff hasn’t acted on them.By Jeff St. John .
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Transportation
Critics question assumptions at core of California's Low Carbon Fuel Standard
State regulators have entered "speculative territory" in forecasting biofuel and EV needs into the 2040s, climate scientists say — and they want to see the data.By Jeff St. John .
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Transportation
Hydrogen trains and trucks are coming — for better or worse
California is about to get its first hydrogen train, and more H2 vehicles are en route. But their role in decarbonizing transportation is still a matter of debate.By Maria Gallucci .
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EV charging
Big electric-truck charging depots are coming soon to California
With $75.6 million in federal grants, startup WattEV will build three megawatt-scale charging stations aimed at extending the range of heavy-duty EV trucks.By Jeff St. John .
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Transportation
Full steam ahead for electric freight trains
Wabtec Corp. unveiled the world's first battery-powered, heavy-haul locomotive this week in Pennsylvania. Freight rail is only just catching up on electrified transportation.By Maria Gallucci .
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Electric vehicles
Electric big rigs are going farther and charging faster
Heavy-duty battery-powered trucks running real cargo on U.S. roads are going hundreds of miles per charge — a good sign for cutting trucking emissions.By Jeff St. John .
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Air travel
‘E-fuels’ are catching on as a way to decarbonize air travel
Massachusetts-based Lydian is the latest startup to raise funds to produce power-to-liquids fuels, which could emit less CO2 overall than fossil jet fuel.By Maria Gallucci .
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Electric vehicles
E-bike manufacturers are fighting right-to-repair. That's a problem
As e-bikes proliferate, companies are embracing battery recycling — but opposing laws that would let consumers repair the bikes themselves.By Maddie Stone .
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EV charging
The grid isn't ready for the EV boom. Can better data fix that?
Utilities lack the necessary data to plan ahead for the coming influx of EV charging. A new data-sharing consortium could help them overcome that obstacle.By Jeff St. John .
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