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Battery revolution! Has Stellantis cracked the code for super-cheap EVs that will undercut ICE?

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As part of its heavy investment in Tiamat, a company owned by the French National Centre for Scientific Research, Stellantis says it will build a new factory in France to mass produce the new cheap batteries. Has Stellantis cracked the code for super-cheap EVs that will undercut ICE? The post Battery revolution!

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Ninth annual Green Innovation Index finds California light-duty vehicle emissions spike; major challenge to 2030 climate goals

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The California Green Innovation Index has tracked key economic and environmental indicators at the regional, state, national and international level since 2008. Cheap gas prices and a strong economy are creating increased goods movement and prompting Californians to drive more. Noel Perry, businessman and founder of Next 10.

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PHEV Day 168. Sunday, 29 March 2009. Run to Knoxville, Tennessee

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The team members of the Science Olympiad, 2008 Regional and TN State Champions, Bearden Middle School, will be there to show off the “Spirit”. The News Conference details are: When: Monday, March 30, 2009 Where:Bearden Middle School, 1000 Frances Road, west Knoxville (by Middlebrook-Vanosdale intersection) Time: 2:00 p.m.

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Urban transport | Two wheels good | The Economist

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AFP Some 21m electric bicycles were sold in China in 2008, according to Frank Jamerson, author of Electric Bikes Worldwide Reports. Every big carmaker seems to be developing one, and governments are vying with each other to support them. Moreover, making an electric bicycle uses far less energy than making an electric car.

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Roskill: Green magnesium moving to commercial reality; China’s dominance under threat?

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By the early 2000s production in France, Italy and Norway had ended. Producers in Canada had conceded defeat by 2008 and the US industry was reduced to just one player that would probably not still be around were it not for punitive anti-dumping duties imposed on imports of Chinese magnesium.

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ECE / Featured / Hybrid & Electric / Themes / Welcome - Minds in Motion

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Established in 2008, it has already converted eight Lotuses, and is working on five VW Golfs. But if youre talking about taking your caravan to the South of France, then you need a large infrastructure. The longer term plan is to import electric cars. Converting Lotuses is expensive, he says, but you have to start somewhere.

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

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. “Because tenants will pay 60 per cent less in electricity bills, we can charge higher rents and we will sell the surplus of electricity back to [French utility Electricite de France] EDF,&# he added. Galbraith joined The New York Times in June 2008 to write about renewable energy. Email us directly at greeninc@nytimes.com.

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