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Electric Vehicles

Senate Overturns California Waiver, Defying Parliamentarian
Climate

AM Briefing: Senate Overturns California Waiver

On striking down the California waiver, the tax bill, and BYD

Electric Vehicles

AM Briefing: Trump Admin Gives Empire Wind the Go-Ahead

On a surprise agreement, DOE loans, and pipeline permitting

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Electric Vehicles

Tesla’s Robo-Future Is Still Pretty Far Off

The company says its first Optimus robots will start rolling off the line in “2026.”

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Elon Musk and the Capitol.

Congress Could Break Tesla’s Revenue Model

Between the budget reconciliation process and an impending vote to end California’s electric vehicle standards, a lot of the EV maker’s revenue stands to go poof.

GOP Budgets Propose Biggest Blows Yet to the IRA

AM Briefing: Biggest Blows Yet to the IRA

On gutting energy grants, the Inflation Reduction Act’s last legs, and dishwashers

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Electric Vehicles

The Little Kid In Me Is Psyched for Electric Bulldozers

All of the awesome earth-moving and none of the planet- or lung-harming emissions.

An EV bulldozer.
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Construction is a dirty business, literally and figuratively. Mud and gunk and tar come with the territory for those who erect buildings and pave roads for a living. And the industrial machines that provide the muscle for the task run on hulking diesel engines that spew carbon and soot as they work.

Heavy equipment feels like an unlikely place to use all-electric power in order to ditch fossil fuels. The sheer size and intense workload of a loader or excavator means it has enormous energy needs. Yet the era of electric construction equipment has begun, with companies such as Volvo, Komatsu, and Bobcat all now marketing electric dirt movers and diggers. One big reason why: Full-size machines create the opportunity to make construction projects quieter and cleaner — a potentially huge benefit for those that happen in dense areas around lots of people.

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AM Briefing: FEMA Head Replaced 23 Days Out From Hurricane Season

On Rewiring America layoffs, a FEMA firing, and Vineyard Wind

FEMA Replaces Administrator 23 Days Out From Hurricane Season
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Current conditions: It’s heating up in the West, where temperatures could hit triple digits in parts of California’s Central Valley todayDespite a soggy start to Friday in the Northeast, conditions will clear up in time for a warm and sunny Mother’s DayIt’s hot and clear in Kerala, India, where forecasters expect a wetter-than-average monsoon season to begin at the end of the month.

THE TOP FIVE

1. Rewiring America cuts workforce by 28%, citing Trump administration clawbacks

Electrification nonprofit Rewiring America announced Thursday that it is laying off 36 employees — about 28% of its workforce — due to the Trump administration’s clawback of Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund awards, my colleague Katie Brigham reported. CEO Ari Matusiak wrote in a public letter to his employees that “the volatility we face is not something that we created; it is being directed at us.”

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