The Clean Energy Show

82. Revenge of the Electric Car Tax

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A punitive EV tax in our home province in Canada will be refunded to us by a non-profit environmental group to embarrass the Saskatchewan government. #SideWalkTax

Brian says his Tesla Model 3 standard range plus has plenty of highway range for long trips. 

Britain pledged to have a green grid by 2035.

James watches the Detroit evening news to find that the anchors are beholden to the auto industry but they also know the benefits of EVs. Ford plans 3 battery factories in the U.S. South. CEO is all in on EVs.

Foxconn buys an EV plant in the U.S.

The six things James learned from his daughter's climate change assignment that he didn't expect to learn.

A tally of all the battery gigafactories being built in the world.

Tesla has the first Superchargers in Africa, and Prince Edward Island, Canada. Record deliveries for the quarter are 241,000.

How Tesla is avoiding the worldwide chip shortage in the automotive industry.

Whadya Think?

  • People are not betting against Tesla (TSLA) anymore, short interest at all-time low
  • Tesla claims Rivian is stealing ‘trade secrets’ about its ‘next-gen battery’ in expanding lawsuit
  • Rivian reviews are in. Did you watch any?
  • Tesla is building Model Y bodies with single front and rear castings, a manufacturing first

World’s Biggest wind turbine now in operation

GE Renewable Energy announced today that its Haliade-X prototype in Rotterdam, a port city in the Netherlands, has started operating at 14 MW. With this new milestone, GE Renewable Energy becomes the first industry player to operate a turbine at this power output.

Report says Ford is opening orders for the F150 Lightning at the end of October. More than 150,000 units were reserved so far.

In filings to the Securities and Exchange Commission, Rivian said that it had lost $2 billion since the start of last year. And the company said it expected to spend roughly $8 billion on facilities and equipment through the end of 2023. Amazon has invested over $1.8 billion in the company.

Under current emissions reductions pledges, a child born in 2020 will live through:

 

>7 times more heatwaves

>2.8X more floods

>2.6X more droughts

>2.8X more crop failures

>2X more wildfires

than one born in 1960

Also  all more severe.

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