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IDTechEx: Sales of electric motorcycles in Europe grew 50% y-o-y in 2020

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Although steep, the 50% growth is half that experienced in 2019 from the year before.) 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.

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BNEF ups forecast for global investment in stationary energy storage, sees majority of capacity likely to be grid-scale

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BNEF projects that it will be made possible by further sharp declines in the cost of lithium-ion batteries, on top of an 85% reduction in the 2010-18 period. South Korea is the lead market in 2019, but will soon cede that position, with China and the US far in front by 2040. —Logan Goldie-Scot, head of energy storage at BNEF.

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Waterloo power management strategy greatly enhances durability of on-board fuel cells in FC-PHEV

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Fuel cell plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (FC-PHEVs) can have extended range while utilizing cheap grid electricity, but has poor durability of onboard fuel cells due to dynamic loading. times, respectively, for an urban, highway and a combined urban-highway driving cycle. A paper on their work is published in the journal Applied Energy.

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Study sees gradual, focused replacement of lead-acid SLI batteries by Li-ion batteries over next couple of years

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The Pb-acid SLI battery will still continue to be in demand for the many small and cheap ICE vehicles where cost of the battery replacement will always be the deciding factor. —Ferg et al. Schuldt, J. 2019.03.063.

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Australia’s cheapest electric car? Tiny EK X EV imported by Mitsubishi to test demand

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Now that it’s here in the country the tiny eK X will be used both in customer clinics and dealers that will feedback their impressions of the prospect of a cheap EV that will be priced from around $30,000. Back in 2013 it launched the MiEV electric car but that car was quietly withdrawn just three years later.

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PNNL, OSU team develops a durable, inexpensive molybdenum-phosphide catalyst for efficient conversion of wastewater & seawater into hydrogen

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Like seawater, the MoP catalyst material is widely available, and therefore, cheap. This integrated design increases productivity and lowers equipment costs. But with the high cost of platinum, the team needed a catalyst that could lower production costs to around two dollars per kilogram of hydrogen. 9b02609.

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Tesla’s standard connectivity gets shortened to eight years in China

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After this period, customers could pay an extra RMB 9.99 (about $1.50) per month for the service, which is extremely cheap compared to its price in the United States. In the US, Tesla’s premium connectivity service costs $9.99

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