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Why surging sales of large electric vehicles raises environmental red flags

TechXplore

Electric cars are getting bigger and heavier. In 2019, 30% of the electric vehicle (EV) models available worldwide were sports utility vehicles (SUVs).

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Over 1,000 Hyundai hydrogen buses sold since 2019

Hydrogen Fuel News

The automaker has a target of selling 21,200 units before the close of 2030 Korean automaker Hyundai has announced that it has reached an important milestone after having sold more than 1,000 of its hydrogen buses since the Elec City FCEV model first launched back in 2019.

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Building better batteries: Researchers untangle the tiny strands of lithium that develop inside rechargeable batteries

TechXplore

But the technology powering thisrechargeable lithium-ion batteriesheralded a genuine technological revolution when these batteries first appeared on the commercial scene in the 1990s, and they earned their developers the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2019.

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The Electric Vehicle Market Plugging Into The Future

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According to the research report, the global electric vehicles market in 2019 surpassed USD 140 Billion. The market is expected to grow at a CAGR of more than 22% and is anticipated to reach around USD 700 Billion by 2026.

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FedEx pledges to be carbon neutral by 2040

GreenBiz

The plan includes a $2 billion investment across electric vehicles, clean energy for operations and a new academic center with Yale focused on capturing carbon. The company says that by 2025, half of FedEx Express' new package and delivery fleet purchases will be of zero emission vehicles (ZEVs). Katie Fehrenbacher.

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Poll: Electric vehicles are picking up speed in public support

Clean Energy Canada

In the latest round of survey work by Clean Energy Canada and Abacus Data, two out of three people in Canada (67%) believe that President Biden’s election will help make electric vehicles a growth industry and that Canada should do everything we can to attract electric vehicle manufacturing here.

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The time for electric trucks and buses is now

GreenBiz

The organization expects there to be 169 zero-emission commercial vehicles available for purchase, or soon to be available, in North America by the end of 2020; that's a 78 percent increase from the number of zero-emission commercial vehicles available at the end of 2019. Electric Vehicles. Electric Trucks.