Historic Montana youth climate lawsuit upheld by state Supreme Court

A youth-led climate lawsuit won another historic decision today, with the Montana Supreme Court upholding a 2023 ruling that the state must consider climate change and environmental protections in the approval process for new energy projects.

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EPA approves CA’s clean air rules that trump says he’ll revoke (but can’t)

In the waning days of a Biden Administration which has been marked by huge progress on clean air and EV policy, the US government has approved California’s emissions rules which would end gas-only car sales within the state by 2035.

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Tesla’s head of Giga Shanghai has left the building

Tesla’s head of Gigafactory Shanghai, Song Gang, who is behind a lot of the automaker’s manufacturing success, confirmed that he left the company.

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Ford’s future looks bleak in Europe as its EV woes worsen, a new study shows

Ford is struggling to stay afloat in Europe. The company is restructuring its business overseas with plans to drastically reduce its workforce. With slowing orders and weak demand for its EVs, many doubt Ford’s future in the region. A new survey underlines “how strong the doubts about Ford’s future viability in the European car market” are.

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Ford’s future looks bleak in Europe as EV woes worsen, a new study shows

Ford is struggling to stay afloat in Europe. The company is restructuring its business overseas with plans to drastically reduce its workforce. With slowing orders and weak demand for its EVs, many doubt Ford’s future in the region. A new survey underlines “how strong the doubts about Ford’s future viability in the European car market” are.

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Stellantis delays its first BEV pickup to push ahead its range-extended Ramcharger

Stellantis has announced that it is pushing ahead the launch of its range-extended Ram 1500 Ramcharger before the release of the Ram 1500 REV, the automaker’s first BEV light-duty pickup truck. The Ram brand originally planned to launch the Ram 1500 BEV in the first half of 2025.

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Tesla looks for new comms manager, is a PR dept coming back?

Tesla is looking to hire a new product communication manager, and the job description hints that a PR department might finally be coming back.

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ChargePoint collaborates with GM Energy to deploy up to 500 EV fast chargers with Omni Ports

General Motors (GM) and EV charging network ChargePoint announced they are joining efforts to install hundreds of ultra-fast EV charging ports across the US. Additionally, those new chargers will include ChargePoint’s recently released Omni Port technology, enabling both NACS- and CCS-equipped EVs to charge seamlessly.

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ChargePoint collaborates with GM Energy to deploy up to 500 EV fast chargers with Omni Ports

General Motors (GM) and EV charging network ChargePoint announced they are joining efforts to install hundreds of ultra-fast EV charging ports across the US. Additionally, those new chargers will include ChargePoint’s recently released Omni Port technology, enabling both NACS- and CCS-equipped EVs to charge seamlessly.

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Honda and Nissan in talks to consider a merger

Honda and Nissan are reportedly in talks to discuss a potential merger to help both Japanese companies compete against Chinese EV makers.

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