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It’s that point once more — time for a giant roundup of cleantech information from the previous week you shouldn’t miss. Take a look at all the highest tales right here!
China just reached 43% of new car sales being plugin cars! Full electrics (BEVs) accounted for 28% market share.
President Joe Biden just announced $7 billion in grants through the Environmental Protection Agency’s Solar for All grant competitiona key element of the Inflation Discount Act’s $27 billion Greenhouse Gasoline Discount Fund, for Earth Day.
Kenya is getting 200 more electric buses by 2026. China led the best way with electrical buses. Then, components of Europe and South America began rolling out quite a bit. Now, Africa is kicking into excessive gear. Extra electrical buses, please!
On the smaller aspect, Bolt and M-KOPA are launching a fleet of 3,000 electric motorcycles in the next few years.
Additionally in Kenya, Kenya Power is investing $2 million to help accelerate e-mobility in the country.
Denmark is doing what I’ve been recommending for years — introducing charging stations which can be filled with options and sights that make them locations themselves!
On the charging entrance globally, Google Maps is now rolling out better EV charging information and features for EV drivers.
Mercedes-Benz is exploring combining electric delivery vans with last-mile electric bikes. Nice pondering!
CATL has a new grid storage battery that it claims will experience no degradation for 5 years.
Jennifer Sensiba has been reviewing the Kia EV9 for us, together with utilizing it for some off-the-beaten-track adventures. See here, hereand her final review article here.
Hyundai, in the meantime, introduced its factories are going to be 100% renewable energy powered in the USA.
Additionally on the vitality entrance, GM is getting ready to bring V2H tech to North American homes.
This can be the twentieth iteration of the idea, however these semi-enclosed electric trikes always look appealing to me.
On the larger aspect, it seems the Tesla Cybertruck is already starting to beat the Ford F-150 Lightning and Rivian R1T. Its gross sales will most likely be far within the lead in simply a few months.
Additionally, Tesla just launched its new Tesla Model 3 Performance model. And after latest value cuts, the Tesla Model Y is the cheapest it’s ever been.
In the meantime, Tesla Superchargers, Tesla’s mobile service fleets, and Tesla stores keep growing fast. However will see concerning the ends in Q2, which can present a cutback resulting from Tesla’s cost-cutting measures.
A couple of different Tesla updates from its quarterly shareholder letter and convention name:
One other CleanTechnica author explored what affordable electric cars would take the lead in various major markets if a smaller Tesla doesn’t.
Talking of reasonably priced automobiles, in addition to superior EVs, one other author explored electric cars offered in China but not elsewhereafter which went through even more of them here.
An update from Bboxx tells us that its photo voltaic and storage and numerous electrical merchandise have reached 3.6 million folks throughout 10 markets in Africa, and that it plans to 10× that influence to 36 million by 2038!
And let’s finish with a giant one — Adani is building the biggest hybrid solar and wind power park in the world in India.
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