Headline News:
- “Battle For Title Of World’s Largest Electric Vehicle” • The world’s largest EV is eDumper, a 45-tonne mining dump truck, but it may soon have to give up its title. There’s a much bigger EV coming, a hybrid vehicle that is powered by both battery and hydrogen. The new 290-ton EV will do its test runs at a metal mine in South Africa this year. [CleanTechnica]
eDumper, currently the largest EV (Image: © eMining AG)
- “EVs Are Taking Over The World” • EVs are taking over the world, and if you need proof of this, just look at the numbers of sales. Since 2015, sales of EVs have been growing at a rate around 41% annually. In 2014, there were just over 60,000 EVs sold in China, but in 2018, the number sold in that country had grown above a million. [CleanTechnica]
- “Oxfam: Every 2 Seconds Climate Change Forces A Person From Their Home” • Every 2 seconds, climate change forces someone from their homes, according to data from Oxfam International. Climate-fueled disasters are the number one cause of internal displacement globally, and they have increased “five-fold over the last decade.” [CleanTechnica]
- “Germany Hits Record 61% Renewables For Month Of February” • Renewable energy sources provided a record 61.2% of Germany’s net public electricity generation in February, according to figures provided by the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems (ISE). The figures also showed that wind energy provided nearly half of the country’s electricity during the month. [RenewEconomy]
- “Trump EPA Chief To Congress: Cut My Funding” • President Donald Trump’s EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler wants Congress to deeply cut funding for his own agency in the next fiscal year. The Trump administration asked Congress to reduce the EPA’s annual budget by about $2.4 billion for fiscal 2021, a cutback of 26%. [Virginia Mercury]
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