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Volvo makes its last diesel car and puts it in a museum

Baua Electric

But those days are over now as the company moves toward an all-electric future. The Torslanda factory has been switched over to making electric motors for the brand’s lineup of full-electric cars. By 2030, Volvo aims to be an electric-only automaker, making it one of the first legacy carmakers to do so.

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False Starts: The Story of Vehicle-to-Grid Power

Cars That Think

They wanted to see whether an electric vehicle could feed electricity back to the grid. The concept behind V2G had gained traction in the late 1990s after California’s landmark zero-emission-vehicle (ZEV) mandate went into effect and compelled automakers to commercialize electric cars. AC Propulsion’s experiment was timely.

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KPMG study identifies 10 sustainability “megaforces” with accelerating impacts on business; imperative of sustainability changing the automotive business radically

Green Car Congress

Vehicle and electrical appliance suppliers, manufacturers and retailers must prepare for significant energy consumption increases in the developing world, and adjust product design and development strategies accordingly. Sector analysis: Automobiles. Global food prices are predicted to rise 70 to 90 percent by 2030.

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From Scooters to High Speed Rail, China is Electrifying

Plugs and Cars

From two-wheeled scooters, a mainstay of urban mobility, and urban mass transit, to high-speed inter-urban rail, China will soon see the day most people move about most of the time on electricity. For a while, gas scooters held sway piled high with people and products. And most of the scooters are now electric.

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Michelin doesn’t want you to buy as many EV tires

Baua Electric

“You still have the same effect of this incredibly high torque and the increased weight of the vehicle, so that we just leverage the same technologies to accompany these trends, whether it’s fully electric or hybrid.” During pyrolysis, gas is captured, which can in turn be used to help heat the pyrolysis oven.

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Naysayer Alert – the hydrogen red herring

My Electric Car

Proponents believe such a car could be easily refuelled with hydrogen and assumed it would have greater range than a pure all-electric car. Little seems developed in any wide commercial sense and certainly not to the extent of the pure electric car. It is important to realize that a fuel cell car is actually an electric car.

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Zero-Carbon Drive to Sacto Anti-Carbon Rally and Back

Plugs and Cars

Rainforest Action Network (RAN) held a rally in Sacramento Thursday outside the lobbying offices of the Association of Automobile Manufacturers to protest their continuing lawsuit against California's greenhouse gas legislation. In a Prius or Civic Hybrid at 50mpg, the trip would have cost about $30 in gas, tolls and parking in Sacto.

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