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Sign up for daily news updates from CleanTechnica on email. Or follow us on Google News! The efficiency of heat pumps for tackling carbon emissions has often been covered here on CleanTechnica thanks to Joe Wachunas, who has quite often shared his expertise in this area. With heat pumps, you typically get a 3-to-1 bonus in the heat produced vs. the energy expended in the electricity! The benefit achieved depends on the coefficient of performance, which itself depends on the temperature of the lower and upper reservoirs, speaking in an ideal theoretical sense that is covered in a college thermodynamics…
Sign up for daily news updates from CleanTechnica on email. Or follow us on Google News! Many American couples seem to think that they need two cars and a big “honkin” full-sized pickup truck to address any situation that might come up! My wife and I get along with 95% of our situations with one car (a dual-motor Tesla Model 3 sedan), a big trailer, a boat trailer, a Saris tray-type bike rack, and an ebike. I borrow a bike trailer if I need to carry more than will fit in my pack. The trunk opening on the Model 3…
Sign up for daily news updates from CleanTechnica on email. Or follow us on Google News! As I write this, BYD is holding its EOFY “Festival BYD” one-day event. I decided not to attend. Why? Because it will be so busy that no one will have the time to answer my unending questions. So, Majella and I chose to visit yesterday and got the information and the test drive of the Sealion 06 that we wanted. Note that the Sealion 06 was previously to be called the Seal U. (Editor’s note: Yes, the name BYD has given this model in…
Sign up for daily news updates from CleanTechnica on email. Or follow us on Google News! Hello! I am from Russia, my name is Ilya, I have lived in the city of Perm since birth. It is located at latitude 58, almost the same as Alaska’s capital, Juneau. Only, the population of Juneau is some 31,000 people, and Perm is more than 1 million people. At the end of last year, I purchased an electric car from the Chinese brand BYD, a 2023 BYD Tang EV, and I want to tell you about my experience using it. Now on my…
Sign up for daily news updates from CleanTechnica on email. Or follow us on Google News! There are two stories in the news today that concern delivery vehicles and their emissions. One is from Transport & Environment, which says emissions from the delivery fleet in the UK are increasing as companies double down on diesel-powered vans. The other is from UPS, which says it is adding 100 battery electric vans to its delivery fleet in Paris. Why the contradiction? That’s a question that needs answering, and the sooner the better. What’s the big deal about delivery vans? Simply this: They…
Dozens of Tesla Cybertrucks in Fort Lauderdale, FL this past week were defaced by someone with a bone to pick with Elon Musk. An unknown tagger spray painted ‘F*** Elon’ across the stainless steel body panels of 34 Cybertrucks. Uncensored footage of the explicit graffiti will be forever preserved thanks to social media users like onlyindade on Instagram. The trucks had been stored in a public parking lot, pending delivery to new Cybertruck owners. Overflow lots are common for dealerships or service centers when space is limited and inventory is higher than usual. However, this particular staging area was…
Sign up for daily news updates from CleanTechnica on email. Or follow us on Google News! A few years ago, I got tired of how expensive travel could be. Even with an efficient vehicle, you’re still needing to pay a lot of money for hotels and for meals. Travel with family, and both of those things get even more expensive. What I ultimately want is to pull a travel trailer with an EV, but that’s still out of reach, and probably will be for another couple of years. But, the urge to travel waits for nobody. As John Muir said…
Ferrari’s first EV due in late 2025 Production to take place at new “e-building” plant May not be a traditional supercar It was only a decade ago that Ferrari was vehemently against launching an electric car, but the automaker known for its loud gas engines has been working on one for several years and plans to reveal it in late 2025. It is expected be priced at the high end of Ferrari’s pricing spectrum, with a source revealing to Reuters that the starting price will be 500,000 euros (approximately $535,000). That will make it more expensive than the SF90 Stradale…
The Tener energy storage system has been integrated into Rolls-Royce’s mtuEnergyPack QG solution. Chinese battery giant Contemporary Amperex Technology Co Ltd (CATL, SHE: 300750) has entered into a strategic partnership with Rolls-Royce to bring its Tener energy storage system to the European Union and the United Kingdom. The Tener energy storage system, which has a high level of safety and long life, has been integrated into Rolls-Royce’s mtuEnergyPack QG solution, CATL said today. The two companies have partnered on engineering, procurement and construction projects to jointly provide energy management services, according to the company. Previously, CATL and Rolls-Royce have partnered…
Based on the all-electric Mullen THREE electric chassis cab, Mullen says the new PowerUP mobile charging platform provides increased job site versatility thanks to on demand, mobile DC fast-charging. The Mullen PowerUP ships with its own 160 kW battery pack, with a modular design that’s capable of bringing up to 1 MWh wherever it’s needed, whether that’s a job site without a grid connection or a disaster relief effort. The mobile charging station delivers that power through two 60 kW DCFC ports, 2 20 kW L2 AC chargers, or a pair of 12V jumper terminals for getting ICE-powered vehicles going…