How to make electric vehicles that don’t trash forests through mining

How to make electric vehicles that don’t trash forests through mining

Perrine Fournier is a forest and mining campaigner at forests and rights NGO Fern. Our fossil fuel addiction must end for humanity to have a livable future. An important element in stopping this dependency is switching from vehicles that spew carbon dioxide into the atmosphere to electric vehicles (EVs), which pollute far less. Yet the path to a low-carbon world is full of potential pitfalls. A major one is the impact that mining for the critical materials needed to power EVs has on forests a...
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Electric vehicle owners don’t buy gas. States look for other ways to pay for roads and bridges.

Electric vehicle owners don’t buy gas. States look for other ways to pay for roads and bridges.

PORTLAND, Ore. — The pothole outside Timothy Taylor’s home was so deep, he could hear the clunk of cars hitting it from inside his house. The Portland, Oregon, resident could sympathize with those drivers: He knew to avoid his own neighborhood pothole, but another one damaged his car’s suspension to the tune of $1,000. “Hearing that awful sound of your car bottoming out — it’s horrible,” he said. Oregon transportation officials say that without more funding, residen...
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LHC orders electric vehicle charging facilities at fuel stations

LHC orders electric vehicle charging facilities at fuel stations

LAHORE: The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Friday ordered to ensure availability of electric vehicle charging facilities at all fuel stations for tackling smog issue. As per details, Justice Shahid Karim of the Lahore High Court expressed dissatisfaction over the lack of effective measures during a hearing on pleas related to smog and environmental pollution. The court declared a water emergency due to the deteriorating water situation and directed the installation of water meters. The LHC also orde...
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All About Electric Vehicles event offered potential EV buyers to have their questions answered

All About Electric Vehicles event offered potential EV buyers to have their questions answered

This morning the Kiewa Catchment Landcare Group hosted an engaging and informative event titled “All About Electric Vehicles” at La Trobe University Wodonga. This event was designed for anyone curious about electric vehicles (EVs), particularly those considering making the switch but unsure about the details. Initially, it may sound strange that a Landcare Group is hosting an EV event, but hearing from the staff it was clear that they are well versed in the impact that combustion vehicles ha...
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Electric Vehicles Made These Engineers Expendable

Electric Vehicles Made These Engineers Expendable

At Ford’s Rouge Electric Vehicle Center, in Dearborn, Mich., workers assemble the F-150 Lightning, an all-electric, full-size pickup truck. When veteran Wall Street Journal reporter Mike Colias began writing about the automotive industry in 2010, the internal-combustion engine still served as the beating heart of legacy carmakers. Since then, the hard pivot to electric vehicles has sidelined engine design and upended a century of internal order at these companies. Colias has observed the trans...
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One option for electric vehicle fires? Let them burn.

One option for electric vehicle fires? Let them burn.

In the fall of 2024, a trucking company in Falls Township, Pennsylvania, temporarily stored a storm-damaged Tesla at its yard. A few weeks later, the car burst into flames that grew out of control within seconds, some shooting out 30 feet. A local fire company tried in vain to squelch the blaze, spraying more than 2,000 gallons of water on the vehicle. Eventually, the firefighters requested help from a fire company in neighboring Bristol Township, led by volunteer fire chief Howard McGoldrick. H...
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BMW pauses £600m electric vehicle Mini production

BMW pauses £600m electric vehicle Mini production

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5 Electric Vehicles With Over 1,000 HP (Ranked By Price)

5 Electric Vehicles With Over 1,000 HP (Ranked By Price)

Over the years, electric vehicle (EV) manufacturers have given us some of the most impressive high-power speedsters the automotive industry has ever seen, thanks in part to the fact that the electric motors in these EVs make a great amount of torque. Advertisement With EVs now coming in all shapes and sizes, you bet there’s a 1000-hp EV to suit almost every want and need, whether that’s a hypercar, truck, or sedan. But they’re not cheap to buy, as the cheapest 1000-hp EV you c...
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UAE to Install Over 500 Electric Vehicle Charging Stations by 2025

UAE to Install Over 500 Electric Vehicle Charging Stations by 2025

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) plans to install more than 500 electric vehicle (EV) charging stations by the end of 2025. Sharif Al Olama, the UAE’s Under-Secretary for Energy and Petroleum Affairs at the Ministry of Energy and Infrastructure, announced the initiative, designed to support clean transport and reduce carbon emissions. Al Olama stated that the ministry had already installed more than 100 charging stations across the country in 2024. He highlighted the rapid expansion of the netwo...
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Feds Halt the National Electric Vehicle Charging Program

Feds Halt the National Electric Vehicle Charging Program

The US Department of Transportation has ordered states to kill their implementation plans related to the National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure program, according to a memo obtained by WIRED that was later made public. The decision appears to halt in its tracks a $5 billion program designed to fund state projects to install electric vehicle charging stations across the United States. Officials at the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), which manages the program, ordered state transportation...
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