The United States Postal Service (USPS) is finally taking steps to electrify its massive fleet of delivery vehicles, according to Electrek. Recent images have surfaced on X, formerly known as Twitter, showing a customized version of electric vehicle startup Canoo’s delivery van sporting USPS branding. It provided a glimpse into the postal service’s clean energy […]
Anker is launching a massive battery system that can power an entire home. The battery company, which has primarily focused on portable batteries for smaller products, announced its new Solix X1 system, which could rival Tesla’s Powerwall for residential energy storage. CleanTechnica reports that the product is remarkably flexible, allowing customers to choose from capacities […]
Exposing unacceptable barriers to disability services in Oklahoma The disability status report conducted by Cornell University showed the prevalence of disability in Oklahoma was a staggering 16.1% of individuals of all ages, which means that out of 3,880,800 individuals, 625,800 are affected. It’s inconceivable that the process of obtaining federal disability benefits and services in […]
HOLLAND — As a savvy local utility customer, you may have wondered about the environmental benefits of switching from natural gas appliances to electric appliances, especially if most of our local electricity comes from a natural gas power plant. Taking a residential heat pump, for example. Let’s walk through why “electrifying” reduces your carbon footprint […]
The chief executive of Germany’s Bosch engineering group believes that vehicles running on internal combustion engines will be needed for at least 35 years before electrification of road transport can be complete. If the entire global production of 90 million road vehicles was converted immediately, 16 years would be needed to switch over the entire […]