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Hertz to Sell 20,000 EVs in Shift Back to Gas-Powered Cars
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Bloomberg News via Transport Topics reports, "Hertz Global Holdings Inc. plans to sell a third of its U.S. electric vehicle fleet and reinvest in gas-powered cars due to weak demand and high repair costs for its battery-powered options.
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Do we really know how much electricity it takes to fast-charge an EV?
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Does it really require this much electricity to fast-charge an EV? Here's something to think about before going all electric.
Ford to scale back planned $3.5 billion electric vehicle battery plant in Michigan
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Ford said Tuesday it is scaling back a planned $3.5 billion investment in an electric vehicle battery plant in Michigan.
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Electric Cars Only Better For The Environment Than Gasoline Cars If Driven More Than 50,000 Miles
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CarBuzz reports, "...a study from a Harvard graduate named Lucas Woodley, published by The Harvard Gazette, may have shed light on the matter. His research suggests that BEV (Battery Electric Vehicle) owners would have to clock an average of 55,749 miles without a battery replacement to contribute to greener mobility."
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Recycling 'end-of-life' solar panels, wind turbines, is about to be climate tech's big waste business
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CNBC reports, "The growing importance of wind and solar energy to the U.S. power grid, and the rise of electric vehicles, are all key to the nation’s growing need to reduce dependence on fossil fuels, lower carbon emissions and mitigate climate change.
"But at the same time, these burgeoning renewable energy industries will soon generate tons of waste as millions of photovoltaic (PV) solar panels, wind turbines and lithium-ion EV batteries reach the end of their respective lifecycles."