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The UK’s new Green Industrial Revolution: the energy standouts

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has released his 10-point plan for a “green industrial revolution.” Yesterday, Electrek wrote about the government’s plan for the UK’s electric vehicle transition by 2030. Here are the green energy highlights. The UK’s energy plan The plan will allow the UK to forge ahead with its net zero by 2050 plan in the run-up to the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow…
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Quick Charge Podcast: November 17, 2020

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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California adds $1,500 incentive for new EVs, total state + fed incentives now up to $14.5K until end of year

California has refreshed its “Clean Fuel Rewards” program, increasing the amount to $1,500 upfront (no application required) and simplifying availability to customers statewide. The new incentive is available for any eligible electric vehicle (including motorcycles!) purchased from a participating retailer starting today, November 17. As this is a refresh of California’s previous Clean Fuel…
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Electric bicycle chargers replacing public ashtrays in The Netherlands

Out with the old, in with the new! Dutch train stations are getting a makeover that includes replacing their old ashtray posts with new electric bicycle charging posts. Some days the world smiles upon you as you wake up to some wholesome, old-fashioned good news. Today is one of those days. After Holland banned smoking in all of its train stations last month, the public ashtray posts suddenly…
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