Low cost EVs in Africa & South America, Robotaxi Leaders, Tesla California Gross sales Disaster — High Cleantech Tales

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It might be summer season, however there are nonetheless tons of cleantech tales rolling by means of. From low-cost electrical automobiles making their approach into African and South American international locations, to robotaxi firsts and progress, to EV gross sales develop in several corners of the world. Let’s roll by means of every of them for extra.

1. Let’s kick issues off with Jennifer Sensiba’s story highlighting why Motel 6 or another reasonably priced resort chain needs to be first to take a lead on EV charging. She makes some nice factors and arguments as to why it is a massive alternative to leap on proper now.

2. Jennifer additionally highlighted that ChargePoint reached 1 million deployed cost factors. The corporate estimates that 10 billion electrical miles could possibly be pushed from the entire electrical energy these chargers have put out.

3. We could have the primary worthwhile robotaxi service on the planet subsequent 12 months. Baidu Apollo is anticipating it’ll attain profitability in 2025.

4. Talking of robotaxis, Waymo is beginning to take a look at its customized Zeekr robotaxis in San Francisco.

5. Steve Hanley coated the extremely profitable Extremely Low Emission Zone of London and the way a lot it has lower air air pollution within the metropolis. It’s an incredible success story that needs to be copied world wide.

6. The US Photo voltaic Power Industries Affiliation (SEIA) has a very good story on the largest state coverage wins for photo voltaic power and battery storage within the first 6 months of 2024. Wins span from West Virginia to Virginia to Maryland to Massachusetts to Colorado.

7. We’ve bought a number of tales about low-cost electrical automobiles making their strategy to new markets in Africa and South America. Remeredzai Joseph Kuhudzai explains why it’s doubtless a number of African international locations will undertake electrical automobiles sooner than most of us count on. Backing Joey up, Ethiopia goes so far as banning imports of inside combustion engine (ICE) automobiles. Down in South Africa, the Dayun Yuehu S5 Mini SUV has develop into South Africa’s lowest priced EV. EV gross sales in these international locations may also result in far more EV manufacturing in them, and that features the information that the Chery Omoda E5 EV will likely be assembled in Kenya. This cheap-EV development additionally consists of the BYD Yuan Up making it to Colombia for simply $25,700. Although, all is probably not roses and cream — in Thailand, the place super-low-cost BYD electrical automobiles have taken the nation by storm, an investigation has been commenced into BYD’s deep, sudden worth cuts.

8. Again to batteries, Jennifer explores why it’s that the US has largely missed the shortly rising battery period.

9. Combining solar energy and electrical autos is all the time enjoyable, and the newest on that’s Sunrun working with Ford to convey vehicle-to-home expertise, solar energy, and electrical F-150 Lightnings to extra properties.

10. The primary totally electrical police fleet in the US is now established. It’s the South Pasadena Police Division, which has 20 new Teslas patrolling the streets.

11. BYD and Uber are teaming as much as put 100,000 extra electrical automobiles on the highway. Sadly, and naturally, none of these will likely be in the US.

12. Simply yesterday, I reported on a report relating to the automobiles (significantly the electrical automobiles) Tesla homeowners are most certainly to commerce their Teslas in for at auto dealerships within the US.

13. Reminding us why we do what we do, there’s the unlucky information that the world broke the report for hottest day ever recorded three days in a row in July. Oh, truly, it ended up another day snuck in after that to break the report 4 days in a row.

14. In the meantime … Republicans wish to dismantle the USA’s Nationwide Climate Service (NWS) in the event that they acquire energy within the subsequent election in November. That’s not a good suggestion.

15. After which we’ve bought our varied electrical automobile gross sales studies for locations world wide. Listed here are latest highlights:

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