Green Life
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All-electric delivery van has the design flair to justify its price, but so far it's only targeting the UK market where Morris J-Types were once ubiquitous.
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Report: Employers should see workplace charging as more than a perk for its workersLooking at workplace charging as a face-value perk may be the wrong approach, advises a report aimed greening company images.
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Australian company positions electric Land Cruiser as a zero-emissions work truckThe Australian company Zero is converting Land Cruiser 79 SUVs and pickups to fully electric special-purpose work trucks.
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Supplier makes an Ariel Nomad off-roader fully electricThe Nomad all-terrain vehicle is the basis for an electric vehicle making 270 horsepower at four wheels, with a 30-kwh battery pack.
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London gets its first official electric black cab in 120 yearsThe Dynamo cab is based on the Nissan e-NV commercial electric passenger van—not available in the U.S. In the UK it will go 174 miles on a charge.
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Los Angeles wants to pave its streets with recycled plasticA venture with roots in Silicon Valley and Saudi Arabia aims to use recycled plastic from bottles on a large scale—in the tarmac.
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Motiv, which creates electric commercial trucks has received a round of funding partly from the RV maker Winnebago.
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Gas station shuts down pumps, goes all-in on electric-vehicle chargingA Maryland station is possibly the first in the U.S. to convert entirely from oil-based fuels to all-electric.
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Nepal was once an electric-vehicle leader. What happened?An electric-vehicle revolution looked about to sweep Nepal in the 1990s. But then politics got in the way.
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Former Tesla Powerwall team aims to go IoT with home electrical panelStartup could help reduce component clutter and make home solar and energy storage easier to manage via a simple app.
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Vintage Toyota Land Cruiser going all-electric—with a crate “V-8”The California EV company Electric GT plans a "crate engine" for hobbyists and builders wanting to free classic cars and trucks from gas.
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Big yellow school buses go green with electric powerCities and school districts are expressing interest in electric school buses, and one such builder sees orders for them perking up.
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Free of tailpipe emissions, the all-electric ferry boat is configured for point-to-point passenger and car-ferry duty.
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2020 Porsche Taycan could beat Tesla to market with vegan interiorA leather-free interior option is coming for the 2020 Porsche Taycan electric car, as well as a floor made of recycled fiber.
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Reality check: CHAdeMO fast-charging stations still outnumber CCS onesThe CCS standard for DC fast charging has prevailed, but in late 2019 it still isn't the prevalent one.
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Tesla offers new solar rental programA rental program for Tesla could help get solar into more houses while the company works to ramp up its much-anticipated solar roof.
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World's largest EV never has to be rechargedThe eDumper makes a good case for going fully electric with heavy-duty construction, mining, and industrial equipment.
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Domino’s expands e-bike deliveries with nationwide programDomino's Pizza has found that energy-saving e-bikes boost customer satisfaction, so it's rolling them out as a national program.
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Companies and hobbyists have been converting gasoline vehicles to electric cars for decades. Do they still make a difference now?
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Electric Ford F-150 already exists, as second-life conversion kitMontreal’s Ecotuned is working toward a kit that could give many North American fleet trucks a new, cleaner lease on life.
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Plugging in Pacifica Hybrid: City drive review of its 32-mile electric rangeWe put the 32-mile rated electric range of the 2019 Chrysler Pacifica Hybrid to the test, charging it multiple times and aiming to keep the engine off.
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Airbus considering hybrid system for next-gen mainstream passenger jetOn the way to its plan to massively cut carbon emissions, Airbus is reportedly looking at hybrid tech for the replacement for its A320neo.
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Tesla Model 3 transformed into DIY electric pickupA YouTube star turned a new Tesla Model 3 into a compact pickup, and then filmed a fake ad for it "arriving nowhere."
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Nissan Leaf batteries are lasting a very long timeBased on data from Nissan, it could be time to ramp up efforts for second-life uses for Leaf electric car batteries.
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