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H2 Mobility initiative agrees on $474M plan for hydrogen refueling network in Germany; 400 stations by 2023

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By 2023 there should be more hydrogen filling stations in Germany, than there are conventional petrol stations along the Autobahns today. Accordingly the planned H2 Mobility joint venture will work closely together with the automobile industry. The H2 Mobility initiative wants to change this.

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New report released by UK House of Commons calls for advancing date for end of sale of conventional cars to before 2040

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We expect the Government to then require manufacturers to end the sale of conventional petrol and diesel vehicles by this earlier date. Require the automobile industry to contribute to a new clean air fund, following the ‘polluter pays’ principle, on a scale that adequately compensates for the health costs of diesel pollution.

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Why are some EV chargers more expensive than others?

Green Charging

Recently, the automobile industry has developed quickly. The automobile industry is investing in protecting the environment. They utilise clean energy and help to reduce noise pollution. This feature permits network users to transmit the available energy equally across active EV charging points.

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Green Hydrogen Cars: How They are Different?

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Fuel cells, like stem cells in medical science, are a new technology in the automobile industry. Unlike battery-powered electric vehicles, FCEVs can go over 500 kilometers on a full tank of hydrogen and can be refueled in 2-3 minutes, exactly like regular petrol/diesel cars. Hydrogen as Clean Energy.

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“Energiewende” in a tank; Audi e-fuels targeting carbon-neutral driving with synthetic fuels from renewables, H2O and CO2; Swiss policy test case

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Audi’s basic goal is to combine renewable energy (e.g. Energiewende”, the term applied to Germany’s policy of transitioning to an energy portfolio dominated by renewable energy (as well as a shift to more distributed generation), thus also applies to the vehicle fuel tank for Audi’s e-fuels, Mangold suggests. Earlier post.).

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Partnering with Alcoa, Duke Energy, Google.org, Johnson Controls Indiana startup plans to unveil vehicle May 2009 at EVS-24 in Norway; mass production in 2012. The F6 DM uses ferrous batteries, with no lithium content, that BYD says are high-energy density and low cost. By partnering with these two industries. This is unusual.

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GM Says Chevrolet Volt Won't 'Pay the Rent' | Autopia from Wired.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

billion in Department of Energy loans to develop new fuel-efficient vehicles, including the Volt. I still believe that the first automaker to create a diversity of hybrids will become king, while we wait for energy generation, distribution and costs to come down. "Even the first DVD player cost many times more than it does today."

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