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Tesla Fan Drives Epic Electric Car Trip To Prove BBC Wrong

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has always had a cautious view of the benefits of electric vehicles, often choosing to illustrate the limited range of electric cars in articles rather than the positive benefits. In typical form the latest BBC feature, a four-day trek from.

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Ford Mustang Mach-E sets Guinness World Record for EV efficiency

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The Mustang Mach-E was driven by BBC transport correspondent Clifton, Fergal McGrath, and Kevin Brooker, all of whom are well-versed in efficiency-focused driving. The team also utilized one of the Mustang Mach-E’s Extended Range variants, which features a single motor powering the rear wheels and an 88 kWh battery.

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Chelsea Sexton Slams Bias On Both Sides Over Electric-Car Range (Guest Post)

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by Chelsea Sexton Slanted, anti-EV reporting is hardly a new thing, and I suspect we're in for a lot more of it in 2011 as plug-in vehicles hit showrooms. But the recent BBC "Mini Adventure," a 484-mile journey from London to Edinburgh in a Mini E, has caught fire like nothing I've seen in a while.

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Tata Motors to select UK for unutilized electrical Jaguar Land Rover battery plant

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There were months of hypothesis round the place Tata, a conglomerate with pursuits in tool, metal, vehicles and airways, would create the manufacturing facility. The BBC mentioned the federal government would serve subsidies usefulness masses of hundreds of thousands of kilos to Tata.

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Practical Power Beaming Gets Real

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also for vehicles. To underscore how safe the system was, the host of the BBC science program “ Bang Goes the Theory ” stuck his face fully into a power beam. Different power densities are technically possible, ranging from too low to be useful to high enough to be dangerous. Lighthouse Dev in 2012.

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Michigan State University Receives $2.5M ARPA-E Award to Build Wave Disc Engine/Generator for Series Hybrid Applications

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About the size of a large cooking pot, the novel, hyper-efficient engine could replace current engine/generator technologies for plug-in hybrid electric vehicles. The WDG also can reduce carbon dioxide emissions by as much as 95 percent in comparison to modern internal combustion vehicle engines. Norbert Müller. The Wave Disc Engine.

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Electric car gets rural trial

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According to the BBC , the car, which can tow its own wind turbine, was ordered after a Highland Council-commissioned report forecasted a decline in filling stations. CNPA has said its electric vehicle could reach speeds of 70mph and has a range of 100 miles.