The UK officially closes its last remaining coal power plant

  • September 29, 2024
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By MaltaGC – Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=59191707 The UK has marked a historic moment in its energy transition by shuttering the Ratcliffe-on-Soar Power Station in Nottinghamshire, its last remaining coal power plant. “This is the final chapter of a remarkably swift transition from the country that started the Industrial Revolution,” said Phil MacDonald, managing […]

Mazda EZ-6 EV goes on sale with a starting price under $25,000

  • September 29, 2024
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Mazda officially opened the order books on its new Mazda EZ-6 EV and EREV versions of the car in China yesterday. And the starting price? It’s under $25,000. Co-developed by Mazda and Chinese state-owned Changan Auto, the EZ-6 was one of two new electric offerings that debuted back in April. The other was a CX-5/0-sized crossover called […]

Bidirectional charging may be required on EVs soon due to new CA law

  • September 29, 2024
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Photo: GM It’s an exciting week for grid resiliency-lovers in California, as Governor Gavin Newsom followed up his earlier smart grid law and signed another law this week which may require bidirectional charging on EVs in the future – though the law has no hard timeline attached, so it may be a while before we see […]