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Dec 18, 2024

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Tone-Deaf Trillionaire Launches $200,000 Electric Car Into Sour US Market via EcoTopical RSS Feed

The long-awaited unveiling of the new $200,000 Tesla Roadster electric sports car is set for October 1, just in…
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XPENG VLA 2.0 vs. Tesla FSD in Amsterdam - Part 1: XPENG L03 via EcoTopical RSS Feed

I recently became the first person outside of XPENG to ride in a L03 prototype using XNGP with VLA 2.0 followed by a…
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Monday's Headlines Get Schooled via EcoTopical RSS Feed

The New York Times ran a rather uninquisitive article about problems with electric school buses that doesn't really explain why they'd need a…
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Transportation Reform Has an Imagination Problem via EcoTopical RSS Feed

Why is it so hard for Americans to imagine a future where they can live in their city without constantly driving? That wasn't…
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Florida Neighbors Stage Ribbon Cutting For New Bike Lane via EcoTopical RSS Feed

Why don't cities roll out the red carpet for new greenways - even as they host splashy ribbon-cuttings for the latest…
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Kia PH Brings EV3 to Shake Up Compact Electric Crossover Market via EcoTopical RSS Feed

MAKATI CITY, Philippines - Kia Philippines expanded its local electric lineup with the September 21 rollout of the…
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NIO sells 30% of battery swap unit to Geely at more than $2 billion via EcoTopical RSS Feed

Geely is buying into NIO's battery swap network. NIO announced definitive agreements on Sunday that hand a Geely Holding…
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Space Squeeze Forces Solar Developers To Get Creative via EcoTopical RSS Feed

A high density racking system enables a new 11-megawatt solar power plant to fit inside a constrained, irregular parcel…
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Who is responsible for limiting global warming to 1.5°? via EcoTopical RSS Feed

Even if industry rapidly becomes more sustainable, households will still need to change their lifestyles to meet climate targets.…
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Opinion: Plant-based diets can deliver climate and health benefits at the same time via EcoTopical RSS Feed

Many choices we ask people make to help the climate don't reveal immediate results, but we found that changing diets can have a…
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The 'lionesses' who sued to get air conditioning in every Texas prison - and won via EcoTopical RSS Feed

A group led by formerly incarcerated women spent years advocating for those trapped inside prison walls during Texas' hot…
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Solar, Wind, Battery Storage, And Politics - It's Complicated via EcoTopical RSS Feed

In the summer of 2026, demand for electricity in Texas broke the previous record of 85.5 GW, set three years ago: 45 times.…
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Meet the Michigan climate candidate on Trump's radar via EcoTopical RSS Feed

Sunrise Movement co-founder William Lawrence's toss-up congressional race has drawn progressives, data center critics and the…
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China keeps its overseas coal promise, but the demand continues via EcoTopical RSS Feed

It has been five years since China promised the United Nations to stop funding overseas coal…
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Trump administration plans to gut clean car rules via EcoTopical RSS Feed

New fuel-economy standards, which President Trump said he finalized Saturday, would kill a federal effort to speed the transition…
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Survey Sunday: When self driving cars crash, who gets the blame? via EcoTopical RSS Feed

For the last few weeks, we've been running a sidebar survey about whether our Electrek readers who should be held responsible…
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