Electric Vehicles and Power Outages

Last year’s planned power outages to prevent wildfires in Northern … The post Electric Vehicles and Power Outages appeared first on Earth911.com.

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You say you want a revolution: How changing mobility will make new cities

As infrastructure weathers and tech disrupts traditional transportation, we need a transition.

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You say you want a revolution: How changing mobility will make new cities

Tesla rival Nikola Motor unveils hydrogen-based cargo truck for Europe

The low-emission automaker will be one of the first of its kind in the European markets.

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Tesla rival Nikola Motor unveils hydrogen-based cargo truck for Europe

Stephanie Greene, director of clean transportation at PG&E, on the company’s role in EV engagement

As they say: with great power comes great responsibility.The investor-owned utility PG&E provides energy for one in 20 Americans — and they know about both. With that scale and scope, as well as determination to cut costs for customers by providing cheaper, cleaner energy, PG&E has created national programs to support customers in adopting these vehicles.

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Stephanie Greene, director of clean transportation at PG&E, on the company’s role in EV engagement

Chris Clark, president of Minnesota, South Dakota and North Dakota at Xcel Energy, on how utilities can work with community reductions goals

Xcel Energy, an electric and natural gas utility based out of the Midwest, has a diverse base of customers and a diverse portfolio of energy sources. Chris Clark, the president of Minnesota, South Dakota and North Dakota regions for Xcel Energy, discussed how utilities can be “good neighbors” by helping communities reach carbon reduction goals, cut costs for customers and residents and generally, “help keep the lights on,” he told GreenBiz’s senior analyst Elaine Hseish with a smile.

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Chris Clark, president of Minnesota, South Dakota and North Dakota at Xcel Energy, on how utilities can work with community reductions goals

Lyft’s Jody Kelman on collaborating to launch autonomous vehicle technology

Self-driving technology providers were looking for riders — and Lyft had a network of customers looking for rides. The collaboration made sense to Jody Kelman, director of self-driving platforms at Lyft, which has launched trials in cities across the U.S. Collecting research on the space, the decisions necessary and implementing them has been a collective effort, but one that’s driving a “revolution.” “We really want to be pushing people into these shared electric self-driving cars, not advancing another generation of individual car ownership,” she said.

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Financing the future to scale the clean economy

Complementary perspectives from across the finance ecosystem explain how they are helping to accelerate the clean economy — from clean energy technologies to sustainable transportation infrastructure to equitable community development. The panel will also discuss how to tap into the various financial sources, unlock these options as a business or a local government, and what it will take to scale clean economy growth.

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Financing the future to scale the clean economy

General Motor’s Alex Keros on innovation and electrification for mobility

With the advent of ridesharing and electric vehicles, planners and designers believe that there are better ways to get around than the way we currently are. Alex Keros, the smart city chief at General Motors, is trying to rethink the way that cars and cities interact. Working with cities on infrastructure, working with the execs to advocate for electric vehicles and developing new business models for sharing cars on and off the roads are all options.

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It’s electrifying: How do we speed up the transition to 100 percent EV fleets?

City and corporate commitments abound around electric delivery vehicles. But can they deliver on these promises?

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Want to cut carbon emissions? Work with Chinese suppliers

Carbon production is high from suppliers, but the emissions aren’t easily traceable when the products are exported.

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