Automakers Doubling Down on EVs

Electric vehicles’ popularity with U.S. consumers and policymakers continues to grow. Manufacturers are getting in on the act, too. According to a newswire exclusive, automakers are planning to double their spending on EVs over the next eight years.

On Oct. 25, Reuters newswire reported that the world’s top automakers are planning to spend nearly $1.2 trillion through 2030 to develop

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Protect Parking Structures During Winter Months with Simple

Chemical deicers and snowplows are commonly used in winter to eliminate hazardous ice and snow from parking decks and structures. While deicers are doing their job melting away snow and ice, some may actually be corroding the parking structure’s concrete and reinforcing steel, and some snow removal techniques may actually be doing more damage than good.

Western Specialty Contractors, experts

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Barratt and Saint-Gobain test futuristic house against

Barratt and Saint-Gobain test futuristic house against

Barratt Developments and Saint-Gobain are building a futuristic house to test its performance against extreme temperatures and climatic conditions.

eHome2 is a three-bedroom family home inside the Energy House 2.0 facility at Salford University. Over nine months, the house will undergo rigorous whole-building testing, including thermal performance, energy efficiency, running costs and comfort.

It is a successor to Barratt’s Zed

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Previously unseen processes reveal path to better

To design better rechargeable ion batteries, engineers and chemists from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign collaborated to combine a powerful new electron microscopy technique and data mining to visually pinpoint areas of chemical and physical alteration within ion batteries.

A study led by materials science and engineering professors Qian Chen and Jian-Min Zuo is the first to map out altered

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Webinar: Your 2023 Opportunities: NEC Code Updates, the IRA

On Dec. 6, 2022, ELECTRICAL CONTRACTOR will host a free webinar, “Your 2023 Opportunities: NEC Code Updates, the IRA and More,” sponsored by Schneider Electric.

Despite potential economic headwinds in 2023, there are several opportunities to continue to grow your residential business in 2023. From greater adoption of the 2020 National Electrical Code, to the new 2023 NEC,

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