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Jun 20 2023
News
ERCOT asks Texans to reduce electricity due to excessive heat
NORTH TEXAS (CBSNewsTexas.com) - The Electric Reliability Council of Texas is asking people to voluntarily reduce electricity use due to extreme temperatures and forecasted record demand. The Voluntary Conservation Notice is in effect Tuesday, June 20 from 4 p.m. – 8 p.m. CT. The CBS News Texas First Alert Weather Team has also issued Weather Alerts for June 20 - 21. An excessive heat warning
CBS News (Online)
Jul 20 2023
News
Mass. State House reopens after electrical fire - Boston News, Weather, Sports
BOSTON (WHDH) - The Massachusetts State House was back in business Thursday after an electrical fire forced the building to shut down earlier this week. The fire broke out on Tuesday afternoon, prompting an evacuation. The building then remained closed on Wednesday while an investigation into the fire’s cause continued, officials said. After a day spent working from home, officials and staff
WHDH 7
Jun 28 2023
News
Layoffs 2023: Ford Cuts Engineering Jobs As It Focuses On Electric Vehicles
Automobile giant Ford is reducing its workforce, citing the company's Ford+ growth plan that seeks to focus on value creation and capitalizes on the electric vehicle industry. The cuts will reportedly affect engineering roles in the United States and Canada.
International Business Times
Jun 26 2023
News
Trump: Electric Cars Will "Decimate" The Auto Industry - Joe.My.God.
“Biden is a catastrophe for Michigan and his environmental extremism is heartless and disloyal and horrible for the American worker and you’re starting to see it. Driven by his ridiculous regulations, electric cars will kill more than half of U.S. auto jobs and decimate the suppliers and it’s going to decimate your jobs and it’s going to decimate more than anybody else, the state of Michigan
JoeMyGod
Jun 12 2023
Analysis
Why the U.S. Electric Grid Isn’t Ready for the Energy Transition
America’s fragmented electric grid, which was largely built to accommodate coal and gas plants, is becoming a major obstacle to efforts to fight climate change.
Tapping into the nation’s vast supplies of wind and solar energy would be one of the cheapest ways to cut the emissions that are dangerously heating the planet, studies have found. That would mean building thousands of wind
New York Times (News)
Jul 27 2023
News
GM, Honda, Hyundai, other major automakers announce plan to build electric vehicle charging network
Seven major automakers revealed plans Wednesday to create an "unprecedented new charging network joint venture" across North America in a bid to make driving electric vehicles "even more attractive for millions of customers."
The project coordinated by BMW Group, General Motors, Honda, Hyundai, Kia, Mercedes-Benz Group and Stellantis NV aims to have at least 30,000 chargers installed in
Fox Business
Jun 20 2023
News
Fire at NYC electric bike repair shop kills 4, injures 5
A fire at an electric bike repair shop in New York early Tuesday morning killed four and injured five. Heavy smoke from the first-floor fire spread through the six-story building housing the shop. Personnel from the New York City Fire Department responded to the three-alarm fire in Manhattan at around 12:15 a.m., with flames already engulfing the first floor containing the e-bike shop. The
Washington Times
Jul 10 2023
News
Systemwide Metro Subway closure remains in place after electrical fire in Owings Mills
Electrical fire prompts systemwide closure at Metro Subway in Owings Mills; person in separate fire Electrical fire prompts systemwide closure at Metro Subway in Owings Mills; person in separate fire Electrical fire prompts systemwide closure at Metro Subway in Owings Mills; person in separate fire BALTIMORE -- The Metro SubwayLink remains closed Monday after crews tackled an electrical fire
CBS News (Online)
Jul 17 2023
News
Ford Slashes Electric F-150 Prices And Ramps Up Production Amid Competition With Tesla
Ford is lowering the price of some models of its electric F-150, known as the Lightning, by as much as $10,000, the automaker announced Monday after a series of price hikes over the past two years—as the automaker seeks to compete with electric vehicle giant Tesla. The Lightning was first released in 2021, marking a major milestone in the push for electric vehicles as the Ford F series is the
Forbes
Jul 17 2023
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Ford cuts prices on its electric F-150 Lightning pickups by as much as $10,000
A Ford F-150 Lightning electric truck is on display at the 2022 North American International Auto Show NAIAS in Detroit, the United States, on Sept. 14, 2022. Ford Motor on Monday cut prices for its electric F-150 Lightning pickup, saying that its efforts to boost production and lower costs for battery minerals have paid off. Ford said that prices for some of the least expensive versions of
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