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New York State just banned fossil fuels in most new buildings

New York has become the first state in the US to pass a law that bans the use of fossil fuels in most new buildings. The budget bill that included this new ban was approved by lawmakers last night. That ban includes gas stoves and furnaces, and the new law starts in 2026 for new buildings of seven stories or less. The ban for larger buildings starts in 2029. There are some exemptions, such as…
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Tesla is building a new 'Lithium Lab' in Nevada

Tesla is building a new ‘Lithium Lab’ in Sparks, Nevada, according to a new building permit obtained by Electrek. As the company made clear at its recent Investor Day, much of its focus is currently to scale its production capacity 10x by the end of the decade. In order to make that happen, the automaker is increasingly getting involved more deeply in the battery supply chain. We now learn…
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Quick Charge Podcast: May 2, 2023

Listen to a recap of the top stories of the day from Electrek. Quick Charge is available now on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, TuneIn and our RSS feed for Overcast and other podcast players. New episodes of Quick Charge are recorded Monday through Thursday and again on Saturday. Subscribe to our podcast in Apple Podcast or your favorite podcast player to guarantee new episodes are delivered as…
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LG Energy Solution just debuted a residential battery storage system in the US

Korean lithium-ion battery giant LG Energy Solution (LGES) wants to position itself as a battery storage system provider, so it’s launching a residential battery storage system in the US. The new system is called Prime+, and it’s officially launching in the US this month. LGES (a split-off from LG Chem) says that Prime+ is the first residential battery storage system including an inverter that…
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