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What Are Zero Emission Day and National Drive Electric Week?

Blink Charging

Let’s look at these two annual events and what they mean for current and future electric vehicle (EV) drivers. If an EV is charged with electricity that is generated from renewable sources (such as solar, wind, geothermal, or hydroelectric), then there are no fossil fuel emissions associated with that charging or driving process.

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Mercedes-Benz unveils EQS SUV

Green Car Congress

The magnets—and thus the rotor—follow the rotating alternating current field in the stator windings. In the EQS SUV, Mercedes-Benz uses a pull-in winding for a particularly strong magnetic field. The motor on the rear axle is particularly powerful due to its six-phase design: it has two windings with three phases each.

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Flash Drive: 2023 Toyota Corolla Cross Hybrid

Clean Fleet Report

Clean Fleet Report got a chance to sample the model at a recent media event in San Diego. There is a choice of eight colors—Jet Black Mica, Cypress, Celestite, Wind Chill Pearl (with a $425 added cost) and Sonic Silver Metallic, Barcelona Red Metallic, Blue Crush Metallic and Acidic Blast. It combines a 2.0-liter,

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Mercedes-Benz prepares car production network for new electric portfolio

Green Car Congress

The future product portfolio will focus on three categories: Top End Luxury, Core Luxury and Entry Luxury as outlined in the company’s Economics of Desire event on May 19. Mercedes-Benz is also planning to invest in new power purchase agreements for wind turbines worth €1 billion by the middle of the decade.

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The origins of NDEW and DEED

Plug in America

DEED, which will include 170-plus events this year, extends the celebration. And media from Vermont to Alabama to Hawaii and beyond continue to carry our message of change. ” Pavley wrote. ” The bad news is that our application wasn’t accepted. National Drive Electric Week, as we have since renamed it, was born.

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