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October 5, 2024 Manufacturing

EVs Take A Record 97.5% Share In Norway — Tesla Takes Third Of Market

September witnessed plugin EVs take a record 97.5% share in Norway, up from 93.0% year on year. BEVs crushed all other powertrains, taking 96.4% share, also a new record, with PHEVs a distant runner-up at 1.1% share. Overall auto volume was 12,966 un...

October 5, 2024 Manufacturing

Waymo Launches Clever, Cute, Creative Marketing Campaign with Fortune Cookies

Waymo has been expanding quite a bit in the past year, and now it’s looking to drum up a lot more business with a clever, cute, creative new marketing campaign. In San Francisco, Waymo has slipped little ads into fortune cookies at dozens of Chinese ...

October 5, 2024 Manufacturing

Joint Statement Between the U.S. & Australia on the 2024 Ministerial Dialogue on Clean Energy

United States Secretary for Energy, Jennifer Granholm, and Australian Minister for Climate Change and Energy, Chris Bowen, held the second United States-Australia Ministerial Dialogue on Clean Energy on the margins of the G20 Energy Transitions Minis...

October 5, 2024 Manufacturing

Volkswagen ID.4 Sales Down 58% in USA

Volkswagen has hit a pretty big bump in the US. The company has been a legacy auto leader for the electric vehicle transition in the past several years. Following “Dieselgate,” Volkswagen Group decided to invest several billion dollars into EVs and a...

October 5, 2024 Manufacturing

IONNA Breaks Ground on 1st “Rechargery”

Durham, NC — IONNA, the charging network founded by eight of the world’s top automakers: BMW, General Motors, Honda, Hyundai, Mercedes-Benz, Kia, Stellantis and Toyota, announced they have broken ground on the first IONNA ‘Rechargery.’ In the thrivin...

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October 4, 2024 Sustainability

Why is India the world’s biggest plastic polluter?

The Indian government’s efforts to support the petrochemicals industry have resulted in the rampant production of non-essential plastics, which has added to the country’s plastic waste crisis.

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October 4, 2024 Sustainability

One year of war in Gaza: Mental scars that will last a lifetime

After a year of war between Israel and Hamas, Gazans have endured daily traumas that will scar them for life.

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October 4, 2024 Sustainability

The people’s vision for regional decarbonisation in Southeast Asia

How the region’s populations view decarbonisation as the energy transition occurs can inform stronger leadership and better policymaking at the elite level.

October 4, 2024 Manufacturing

Utility-Scale U.S. Solar Electricity Generation Skyrocketing in 2024

In August 2024, utility-scale generation of solar electricity averaged 63.1 gigawatthours between 10:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. each day in the Lower 48 states, 36% more than for the same hours in August 2023. Additions of solar generating capacity outpac...