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Hyundai Motor Group Previews Integrated Snow Chain Tech

The Truth About Cars

Keeping snow chains on hand is never a bad idea. 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. It’s another interesting idea from an automaker bent on innovation. Hyundai says it’s working on that.

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Gravity Batteries, Green Hydrogen, and a Thorium Reactor for China

Cars That Think

2021 was a big year for energy-related news, what with the ongoing hunt for new forms of energy storage and cleaner if not carbon-free electricity and events and research that spotlighted the weak links in our power grid. The basic idea is to add particles of sea salt to the atmosphere to brighten clouds and cool the planet.

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World Earth Day & The Green Reset

My Energi

As part of raising awareness, we’re hosting a competition to win a selection of eco-friendly smart home tech gadgets. The sentimental values and the great memories these upcycled pieces can create is something money can’t buy. Upcycle and recycle projects ideas to try during #thegreenreset. Don’t know where to begin?

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The Coming Boom in Rare Earths

Cars That Think

Because of their unique luminescent, electrochemical, and magnetocrystalline properties, rare-earth elements are essential to some of the most important and fastest-growing tech-based industries. That critical importance of rare-earths in so many tech industries is of mounting concern in many Western countries.

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7 Benefits of Switching to Electric Cars

My Electric Car

Buying a new car is always a significant investment, often involving plenty of research and testing beforehand, and buyers will likely give new, upcoming electric models a similar treatment. While the uptake of electric vehicles around the world has been gaining traction, some countries have been quicker to adopt the new tech than others.

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Making EV charging part of the smart home – Charged EVs

Baua Electric

The home of the future that we envision today is an intelligent home, and much of the intelligence has to do with optimizing energy consumption—shifting demand to times when energy is cheaper and/or cleaner. There are also installers that are buying hardware from various manufacturers. Our customers don’t just want switches anymore.

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Tariffs on China aren’t the way to win the EV arms race – getting serious on EVs is

Baua Electric

Some company leadership favors the idea of tariffs , while other ( perhaps more sober ) leaders do not. So in the end, US jobs likely won’t benefit overall , and US consumers will simply be denied a chance to buy cheap new EVs from China – like, for example, the excellent Volvo EX30. But will the tariff change minds?

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