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HeidelbergCement and Joule partnering to explore carbon-neutral fuel application in cement manufacturing

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Joule’s Helioculture platform applies engineered catalysts to convert waste CO 2 directly into renewable fuels such as ethanol or hydrocarbons for diesel, jet fuel, and gasoline. Indirect emissions are produced by burning fossil fuels to heat the kiln, representing about 40% of cement emissions. Earlier post.).

Carbon 150
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Road Test: 2022 Mercedes-Benz S500 4Matic Mild Hybrid

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inch horizontal OLED (organic light-emitting diode) touchscreen that houses the navigation and the 710-watt Burmester 3D surround audio system. News: Audi Adds Q4 E-tron Sportback. In addition, we aim to offer reviews and news on advanced technology and the alternative fuel vehicle market. To put you in the mood.

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Road Test: 2021 Genesis GV80 2.5T RWD Prestige

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These are the highest ratings from each organization. The simple reason is it can compete against luxury midsize SUVs from Mercedes-Benz, Audi and BMW, and beats them in several areas, not the least of which is costing $15,000 to $20,000 less. Pricing and Warranties. Room to haul. Genesis can rightfully say the 2021 GV80 RWD 2.5T

MPG 66
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2022 Mercedes-Benz EQS 580 4Matic EV

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Mercedes-Benz has no interest in ceding any ground to Tesla, Audi, Porsche, Lucid or any of the other car companies that want a piece at the upper end of the luxury EV market. An OLED (organic light-emitting diode display) screen works without a backlight as it emits its own visible light. The new sheriff’s in town.

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Road Test: 2022 Genesis G80 Sport Prestige 3.5T AWD

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The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) gave the 2022 G80 five stars, and the Insurance Institute of Highway Safety (IIHS) gave a Top Safety Pick+, the highest overall safety ratings from both organizations. In addition, we aim to offer reviews and news on advanced technology and the alternative fuel vehicle market.

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Driving the VW e-Golf; strategy, assembly in Wolfsburg, Braunschweig battery plant

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We are starting with optimizing our conventional drive trains—the TDI diesel engines, the TSI engines, the DSG transmission, all of those technologies have helped us to lower our fuel consumption a lot. We have different alternative fuels in our program such as CNG and LPG, we are working on some synthetic fuel.

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As Electric Car Makers Ante Up Billions, Software Is Ace in the Hole

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Others like Audi , Daimler and VW have stated they are now stopping the development of new internal combustion engines altogether. These numbers above exclude all the existing hybrid electric and other alternative fuel models available or in the works, which number at least another 265 models.