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Apr 23 2024
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Extracting pure gold from electrical trash just got easier
Scientists have figured out a way to recycle important metals trapped inside electrical waste. Using textiles, researchers from the Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST) have improved the efficiency of extracting gold from electronic waste, according to a new study in the Chemical Engineering Journal. This method achieved a gold recovery efficiency of almost 100 percent. Electronic
NewsweekJan 12 2024
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Hertz Ditching 20,000 Electric Vehicles in 'Abrupt Reversal' Back to Gas Cars
In yet another blow to the Biden administration's attempts to force a "green" (read: extremely not green) energy "transition" as part of the president's crusade to "end" fossil fuels, the Hertz rental car company has announced that it's abandoning its electric vehicles and pivoting back to gasoline-powered cars. On Thursday, Hertz said it was selling off 20,000 of its electric vehicles —
TownhallDec 22 2023
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Tesla will offer sales and service of its electric vehicles at South Burlington site
SOUTH BURLINGTON - Vermont's first and so far only Tesla store is being fitted up at the former Hannaford grocery store building off Shelburne Road in South Burlington. Signs are already up on the building and at the intersection of Shelburne and Fayette roads, catching the attention of passersby, including Tesla owners who will no longer have to travel to a surrounding state for service and
Burlington Free PressApr 08 2024
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Patchy Mobile Coverage Could Hamper Electric Car Charging
The RAC Foundation said two-thirds of the most common type of public charger were in areas where at least one network provider does not have usable coverage. Electric vehicle (EV) drivers could struggle to charge their cars at around two-thirds of the UK’s most common type of public charge point because of unreliable mobile network coverage, a report has said. Just a third (33.4 percent) of
The Epoch TimesApr 09 2024
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USA Wind Generated Electricity Sets a Record
Spring has sprung (from a very strange winter) here in cheese-land so time to write is going to be scarce again. This also means lots of solar and wind energy generation in the western half of the USA. I’m a bit late but we set a record of two days where our number two source of electricity was wind generation! The chart is shown below for daily production and wind is second for March 24 and
Daily KosApr 14 2024
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Biden's push for renewables is clashing with a growing demand for electricity
Biden's push for renewables is clashing with a growing demand for electricity
Biden's push for renewables is clashing with a growing demand for electricity Audio will be available later today.
U-S electricity demand is growing and many utilities plan to generate more power from fossil fuels like natural gas. That's testing the Biden administration's signature climate policy.
NPR Fact CheckOct 05 2023
Fact Check
Fact Check: Donald Trump's Theories About Electric Vehicles
Donald Trump has long maintained misleading and inaccurate beliefs about the effects of climate change and efforts to halt it, rolling back nearly 100 environmental rules and regulations during his presidency.
The former president has made multiple false claims on the topic, having previously called climate change "a hoax."
During a recent campaign speech in Iowa, Trump shared
NewsweekOct 03 2023
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Trump’s Misleading Claims About Electric Vehicles and the Auto Industry
In a speech at a Michigan auto parts plant, former President Donald Trump distorted the facts about electric vehicles and the U.S. auto industry.
Trump said President Joe Biden “has dictated that nearly 70% of all cars” made in the U.S. must be “fully electric” in 10 years. The administration cannot mandate how many cars must be all-electric. It proposed new emission standards, and how
FactCheck.orgDec 06 2023
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Gov. Whitmer signs directive to make state government vehicles electric by 2040
LANSING, Mich. (CBS DETROIT) - All state government vehicles in Michigan will be electric by 2040 after Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed an executive directive mandating the state fleet be converted to zero-emission on Dec. 5. Departments across the state have more than 8,000 vehicles and currently, only three are electric. "Michigan automakers are on the cutting-edge of the world's switch to zero
CBS News (Online)Apr 03 2024
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Apple’s electric car loss could be home robotics’ gain
For every tech success story, there are countless projects that slam headlong into the brick wall of reality. Apple’s electric vehicle ambitions are one of the most recent — and, frankly, best — examples of a project failing in spite of seeming to have everything going for it. The jury is still out on the ultimate fate of the Vision Pro, but at the very least, Apple’s mixed reality headset
TechCrunch