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Nissan to build two new EV models at Mississippi assembly plant

Charged

Canton Vehicle Assembly Plant, which opened in 2003, currently builds the Nissan Altima, Frontier and Titan. Nissan plans to invest $500 million to adapt the plant for EV production, and expects EV production to begin there in 2025. The company hopes to make 40 percent of its US vehicle sales fully electric by 2030.

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How plasma technology can reduce the environmental impact of disposable vapes

Envirotec Magazine

Since their introduction in 2003, initially as a ‘healthy’ alternative to tobacco, they have created a whole new contaminated e-waste stream. There are some businesses already offering disposable vape recovery and recycling, often as part of a broader electrical waste (WEEE) and small mixed electrical waste service.

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As 2023 wanes, legacy automakers fall farther behind Tesla and BYD

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Ever since Tesla’s 2003 founding, industry observers (and even the company’s own execs) have been predicting that the giant global automakers would respond to the new company’s challenge, produce their own compelling EVs, and surpass (or perhaps even acquire) the upstart. Two decades later, that scenario seems more unlikely than ever.

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So far, this year is a microgrid letdown. Here is what's next

GreenBiz

Pacific Gas and Electric, California’s largest utility and the originator of 2018’s deadly Camp Fire, is simply not on track to ensure clean energy reliability. Weather-related outages alone cost Americans $18 billion to $33 billion each year between 2003 and 2012, according to the Department of Energy. And they’re expensive.

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The top 25 most sustainable fleets

GreenBiz

Certain types of vehicles — including transit and school buses, delivery vans and light-duty cars — can save fleet owners considerable money when they're switched to electric. Other types of fleets such as long-haul trucks will take a lot& longer to go electric. . that fit fleets' needs. Will Rivian eventually be a division of Amazon?

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Biographite and the changing battery market

Smart Energy International

In September 2023, New Zealand-based battery material developer CarbonScape announced an $18 million investment, signalling the company’s plans to commercialise its biographite production in Europe and the US, enabling cleaner lithium-ion batteries for EVs and grid-scale energy storage. They hired me as an energy analyst. We love it here.

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LowCVP becomes Zemo as race to electrify road transport gathers pace

Business Green

Green vehicle advocacy group LowCVP is updating its focus from low-carbon to zero-carbon vehicles, as Ford becomes the latest auto giant to beef up its electric vehicle plans. The LowCVP was established in 2003 as a public-private partnership working to accelerate the uptake of lower carbon vehicles and fuels.