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New Rules Includes Hybrids and PHEVs to Cut Tailpipe Emissions

The Truth About Cars

The Biden administration has a goal of cutting emissions by 50 percent or more from 2005 levels by 2030. The EPA proposed similar rules, but the Biden administration’s plan is slightly less ambitious after the United Auto Workers Union and automakers pushed back on the agency’s ideas.

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Report: Mazda MX-5 ‘Miata’ Running With Special Editions Before EV Replacement

The Truth About Cars

While the model has been given limited edition variants in the past and even a 2005 MazdaSpeed version (below) that stands as the only MX-5 ever to receive a factory turbo, the current generation hasn’t seen that many wild variants and is about to have its 10th birthday.

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Building Better Qubits

Cars That Think

“We had one year to scale organic LEDs to make a 20-inch display in three different colors with pixel sizes of 100 micrometers by 300 micrometers,” Riel said in a 2021 interview for IBM’s Research blog. We had to come up with new ideas for how to improve the quality of [transistors] when we make them smaller,” she says. “We

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Urban transport | Two wheels good | The Economist

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

The figure has doubled since 2005. People actually love the idea of a bicycle that does not need pedalling. Exchange ideas in the boardroom. Moreover, making an electric bicycle uses far less energy than making an electric car. In Shanghai alone there are an estimated 1m electric bicycles.

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Electric-Car Fans Rally Around the Volt - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

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People are scared that they’ll get stuck and have no way of charging the batteries, hey I have an idea why not build a wind turbine on the roof that way as you drive the turbine spins and charges the battery. April 18, 2009 3:46 pm Link The Volt is a great idea and it looks magnificent, but they are out of their minds.!!!

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Electric Cars and a Smarter Grid - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission , which regulates interstate transmission of electricity, is on board with the idea. February 17, 2009 7:03 am Link Smart Grid An Invaluable Idea Worldwide / Buildings could become the new power plants BRUSSELS ? Electrifying the entire vehicle fleet would provide more than three times the U.S.’s

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Cleantech Blog: Smart Grids and Electric Vehicles

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Cleantech Blog Cleantechblog.com, the premier cleantech site for commentary on news and technology relating to clean tech, greentech, energy, climate change and carbon, and the environment. Blog Archive ▼ 2009 (52) ▼ April (6) Waxman-Markey and REDD BlogRoll Review: Space Beams, Leaded Batteries, an.

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