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APRIL 26, 2021

Tesla’s record first quarter in 2021 was powered by several things, but it all came down to the numbers, as usual. The automaker, coming off of its best quarter in terms of deliveries and production figures, was able to mark down significant gains in automotive gross margin while decreasing costs of production.

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MARCH 12, 2012

According to a recent report examining batteries for electric vehicles from Pike Research, as manufacturing efficiencies improve and access to lithium expands, the installed cost of Li-ion batteries will fall by more than one-third by the end of 2017. billion by 2017, the market intelligence firm forecasts.

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JUNE 13, 2016

Daimler will introduce a series-production fuel-cell plug-in hybrid—the Mercedes-Benz GLC F-CELL—in 2017. Furthermore, the cost of the technology has been slashed due largely to a 90% reduction in the amount of platinum used in the stack. Earlier post.). The Mercedes-Benz fuel cell system. Click to enlarge.

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JULY 22, 2012

Cost reduction potential of a polymer fuel cell system using an ITM Power membrane. This is based primarily upon the demonstrated high power density performance and assumed catalyst loading reductions. Such demonstrations and assumptions were based on information and data provided by ITM Power. Source: Carbon Trust.

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MARCH 8, 2019

In 2018, 93% of all passenger BEVs, PHEVs and HEVs sold globally used permanent magnet (PM) traction motors, an increase of 1% over 2017 penetration rates, according to a model-by-model build-up using Adamas Intelligence’s “ EV Motor Power and Motor Metals Tracker ”.

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OCTOBER 27, 2016

To clarify regional costs, the report breaks down the costs of smog, soot and climate pollution caused by passenger vehicles in each of the 10 ZEV states. As of 2015, those costs are: California: $15 billion. New York: $7.9 New Jersey: $4.6 Maryland: $2.6 Connecticut: $1.4 Oregon: $1.3 Maine: $513 million.

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JULY 4, 2020

Ballard Power Systems has received a $7.7-million million purchase order for membrane electrode assemblies (MEAs) for use in manufacturing FCvelocity-9SSL fuel cell stacks from Guangdong Synergy Ballard Hydrogen Power Co., Ballard FCvelocity-9SSL fuel cell stacks (CNW Group/Ballard Power Systems Inc.).

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2011

MD/HD HEV Truck Sales as percentage of ICE trucks, World Markets: 2011 and, 2017. million by 2017. million by 2017. between 2011 and 2017 to reach 100,746 trucks, or about 2.1% between 2011 and 2017 to reach 100,746 trucks, or about 2.1% Source: Pike Research. Click to enlarge. The global truck market is about 3.7

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NOVEMBER 11, 2020

Global renewable energy investment increased between 2013 and 2018, reaching its peak at US$351 billion in 2017, according to a new report by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) and Climate Policy Initiative (CPI). Global landscape of renewable energy finance in 2017-2018. C objective by mid-century.

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OCTOBER 31, 2022

The Responsible Battery Coalition, in partnership with the University of Michigan Center for Sustainable Systems, launched a comprehensive research project to compare the total cost of ownership of gas and electric vehicles (EVs). —Steve Christensen, Executive Director of RBC. Projections of future gasoline and electricity prices.

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EV Info

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

No new nuclear power plants operational. Rush to implement Green Power. Solar also generates a good share of the power generated when the sun shines. Or in other words we are reliant on Putin to keep the light on and at his mercy on the cost of the gas. Right now, production is low in Russia, so the cost has increased.

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Electric Vehicles India

SEPTEMBER 11, 2021

Battery capacity needs to power EVs in India from 2020 to 2035. Here in this article, we will be discussing the need for the battery capacity to power electric vehicles in India from 2020 to 2035. Read further to know more about the battery capacity needs to power EVs in India. . Battery capacity needs to power EVs.

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JUNE 19, 2018

trillion being invested globally in new power generation capacity between 2018 and 2050, with $8.4 This investment will produce a 17-fold increase in solar photovoltaic capacity worldwide, and a sixfold increase in wind power capacity. Coal’s share in primary energy in 2017 fell to 27.6%, the lowest since 2004.

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2017

Ballard Power Systems has collaborated with Nisshinbo Holdings to develop a Non-Precious-Metal Catalyst (NPMC) for use in the world’s first commercialized NPMC-based proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cell product. CNW Group/Ballard Power Systems Inc.) Earlier post.). Click to enlarge. 2017.01.086. 2017.01.086.

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JUNE 7, 2013

The goal is to enable the widespread commercialization of hydrogen and fuel cell technologies and specifically to provide adequate hydrogen storage for onboard vehicle, material handling, and portable power applications that meet the DOE hydrogen storage targets. kWh when manufactured in high volume; and.

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JUNE 27, 2013

This endurance far exceeds the proposed US Department of Energy (DoE) industry target for fuel cell powered vehicles to last 5,000 hours, equivalent to 150,000 road miles, with an expected degradation threshold of approximately 10%. ACAL Energy’s approach is also significantly cheaper than conventional fuel cell technology. Earlier post.).

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AUGUST 15, 2019

ZeroAvia prototype shown powering a 6-seat Piper M-Class aircraft, already in flight tests from February 2019. It will also be more economical than conventional turbine engines, or even the battery-based systems, on the total cost basis. These tests confirm the company’s fuel economy and maximum power delivery targets.

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NOVEMBER 14, 2017

French shipping line CMA CGM, based in Marseille, has selected Winterthur Gas & Diesel’s (WinGD’s) largest, 92 cm bore, dual-fuel low-speed engine to power what are presently the largest containerships ever ordered. The 12X92DF engines will be rated 63,840 kW at 80 rpm, making them the most powerful gas and dual-fuel engines ever built.

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JANUARY 29, 2020

Additionally, LNG engines are tuned to either emit low nitrogen oxide (NO x ) emissions—at the cost of higher methane emissions in some cases—or to incorporate NO x reduction technologies such as exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) or selective catalytic reduction (SCR). 2017) that actual ship operations are different.

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APRIL 14, 2019

The US Department of Energy (DOE) intends to provide up to $100 million in awards ( DE-FOA-0002116 ) for the Coal FIRST (Flexible, Innovative, Resilient, Small, and Transformative) initiative (announced in November 2018), which aims to develop coal plants of the future that will provide secure, stable, reliable power with near-zero emissions.

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EV Info

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

It comes upon us when we have barely started ripping out our gas boilers to make way for the expensive and inefficient heat pumps the Government is telling us to buy, or building the costly new power stations that will be needed to charge the electric cars we will all soon require.

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OCTOBER 9, 2018

The slip in the July-September quarter leaves clean energy investment for the year so far running a modest 2% below that in the first nine months of 2017—leaving open the possibility that 2018 as a whole will end up matching last year’s total, particularly if a few more multibillion-dollar offshore wind deals are concluded before Christmas.

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FEBRUARY 19, 2021

Besides the low cost of ownership, electric motorcycles improve the riding experience, taking away the noise, fumes, vibration, shifting, and clutching from the user experience, alongside the environmental benefits of low emissions. The result has been strong growth on par with the electric car market since 2017, as shown in the chart below.

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JUNE 2, 2022

Sales of internal combustion engine vehicles already peaked in 2017 and BNEF expects the global fleet of ICE passenger vehicles to start to decline in 2024. The report also found that vehicle-to-grid (V2G) technology can play a role in driving down power sector emissions and generating value for consumers. Last ICE in 2038.

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AUGUST 22, 2017

In this way, the cost of exhaust-gas treatment can be reduced, Bosch adds. Bosch has calculated that, up to a lifetime mileage of 160,000 kilometers, the total cost of ownership of a hybrid running on synthetic fuel could be less than that of a long-range electric car, depending on the type of renewable energy used. Earlier post.)

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JANUARY 30, 2018

The report shows that projected global ZEV adoption from 2015 to 2039 (based on the BNEF 2017 forecast) may follow an s-curve, similar to that of smartphone adoption in the US from 2005 to 2015. As of October 2017, 337,483 ZEVs have been sold in California. million unit uptick in 5 years. ZEV sales increased 29.1%

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MAY 1, 2017

is showcasing its recently announced second-generation, AEC-Q101 qualified GaN FET—the industry’s first automotive-grade GaN technology—at the 2017 Power Conversion and Intelligent Motion (PCIM) Europe expo. Up to 20% decrease in overall system cost. Transphorm Inc. Increased efficiency. Lower thermal budget.

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FEBRUARY 17, 2010

The project is scheduled to be the first US nuclear power plant to break ground in nearly three decades. The AP1000 is a 1,117 to 1,154 MWe pressurized water reactor (PWR) nuclear power plant that is an extension of the older AP600 design. (It Total cost of the new units is currently projected to be approximately $14 billion.

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SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

The Wärtsilä 31SG is available in 8 to 16 cylinder configurations and has a power output ranging from 4.2 The Wärtsilä 31SG engine further reduces the total cost of ownership and the environmental footprint for vessels operating in regions where there is a developed gas infrastructure. MW, at 720 and 750 rpm.

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JUNE 10, 2019

all Aurora-powered vehicles carry a common set of self-driving hardware and run the same self-driving software, allowing Aurora and its partners to benefit from the collective scale of all participants on the platform by reducing the cost of the hardware and allowing the software to learn from the combined experience of all vehicles on the platform.

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OCTOBER 8, 2021

The enhanced D13 Turbo Compound (D13TC) engine from Volvo Trucks is now standard on all Volvo VNL models, providing enhanced fuel efficiency and reducing overall cost of ownership. Additionally, Tyson Foods made the D13TC-powered Volvo VNL 740 the preferred tractor in its nationwide fleet.

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MAY 1, 2017

The testing began in Q1 2017 with ZAF passing the manufacturer’s rigid battery performance testing requirements and is currently in field tests that will end in the third quarter of 2017. On a life cost per kilowatt-hour basis, it is half the cost of lead acid. ZAF Energy Systems Inc. (

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

The propulsion systems will also be made available for yachts, work boats, ferries and patrol boats in a power range extending from around 1,000 kilowatts to 4,000 kilowatts per powertrain. The lower operating costs of hybrid propulsion systems are also of distinct benefit to operators. In the case of.

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MARCH 20, 2018

A UPS-led consortium has deployed new smart-grid charging technology in London that overcomes the challenge of simultaneously recharging an entire fleet of electric vehicles (EVs) without the need for the expensive upgrade to the power supply grid. SEUL is a two-year project that commenced in April 2017.

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APRIL 18, 2018

With no moving parts, the HCS-100 operates at a fraction of the cost of, and is more reliable than, current mechanical compressors. The ability to cost-effectively and reliably compress hydrogen will play an important part in accelerating the adoption of FCEVs and other vehicles such as fuel cell powered trucks and buses.

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JUNE 13, 2016

Shortly, smart will be the only automaker worldwide to offer its entire model range both powered by internal combustion engines or operating on battery power. Mercedes-Benz will put the first fuel-cell-powered vehicle with plug-in technology into series production: the GLC F-CELL. —Thomas Weber. —Thomas Weber.

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Clean Fleet Report

OCTOBER 11, 2022

The second generation 2023 Kia Niro Hybrid continues what Kia started in 2017 when the Niro Hybrid debuted. The motor-driven power steering was well-tuned for road feel, with maneuvering in town, especially parking, being easy. Previous Kia Niro Hybrid Interactions by CFR Staff: Road Test: 2017 Kia Niro Hybrid. We clocked 10.8

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