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Hyundai Motor Group Previews Integrated Snow Chain Tech

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Snow chains are a liability on clean pavement and are prone toward breaking at speeds above 30 mph. Tire wear is supposed to be comparable to what’s available today and owners should be able to easily recognize when it’s time to buy some new rubber without special training. Hyundai says it’s working on that.

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Mercedes-Benz F125!: fuel cell plug-in hybrid with Li-sulfur battery and structure integrated hydrogen storage with MOFs

Green Car Congress

seconds, with a top speed of 220 km/h (137 mph).NEDC With inner surfaces of up to 10,000 m 2 per gram—the current status of research—MOFs are attractive for numerous applications: they are suitable as gas cleaners for fuel cells, for example, and also, as envisaged for the F125!, This accelerates the F 125!

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Automakers agree on common plug to recharge electric vehicles

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

By comparison, NOx emissions in Travis county from motor vehicles totaled approximately 30,000 tons per year in 1996 -- the last year for which complete data was available. (1, like i said in the first place, for me, this makes me think of one step in the right direction and makes me think of a greener cleaner future.

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Using the PHEV (Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicle) to Transition Society Seamlessly and Profitably From Fossil Fuel to 100% Renewable Energy

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The known fuel technologies available today that are being researched and developed, which we must examine, are the following: 1. For example, if the liquid fuel engine is never used below 20 mph (30 kph) then the vehicle emission characteristics will be completely different from that of conventional cars and trucks.

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