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Up close and personal with Volkswagen’s e-Golf carbon offset project: Garcia River Forest

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In 2014, Volkswagen of America announced that starting with the launch of the zero-tailpipe emissions battery-electric 2015 e-Golf ( earlier post ), it would invest in projects to offset the carbon emissions created from the e-Golf on a full lifecycle basis: production, distribution and up to approximately 36,000 miles (57,936 km) of driving.

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Feature: Going Green on Car Care, Repair and Insurance

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If you’re working on increasing fuel efficiency or you already have an alternative fuel vehicle, you can lessen your carbon footprint by taking advantage of green car care, repair and insurance. We’ll show you how to minimize your carbon footprint from the vehicle you drive in its care, repairs and maintenance.

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3 Reasons an Electric Vehicle is the Perfect Present

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The fact that car companies air these commercials year-after-year means they’re at least somewhat effective. So if you’re finding yourself persuaded to buy a car this holiday season, let it be electric. Simply enter your ZIP code and you’re off to the races. Not convinced? New EV Models Keep Coming.

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Transonic Looking at Final Funding Round This Year, Production Deployment of Supercritical Fuel System in 2014; 50-75% Improvement in Engine Fuel Economy

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The use of a supercritical fuel charge enables very fast and complete combustion with minimized thermal losses. The company currently is optimizing the system for use in modern high-compression diesel architecture engines, near-term running on gasoline while longer-term utilizing advanced low-carbon fuels. Source: Transonic.

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Researchers Propose Solar-Driven Biomass Gasification Pathway for Synthetic Fuel Production

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The concept’s key feature is the use of high-temperature heat from a solar concentrating tower to drive the chemical process of converting biomass to a biofuel, obtaining a near-complete utilization of carbon atoms in the biomass. CO 2 charge @ $100/tC. Ten percent of carbon is oxidized and released to the environment.

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Aluminium-Air Batteries to replace Li-Ion battery Soon?

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The battery is then replaced and the aluminium hydroxide is re-processed to produce reduced aluminium metal. Can achieve a greater range in comparison with Li-ion batteries. This swapping must be done on a dedicated infrastructure canceling out the home charging option entirely. The Indo-Israeli Partnership. Conclusion.

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EV ute overload: The electric pickups coming soon

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It has now re-established it as an electrified sub-brand of GMC. As a visual and performance statement it naturally draws comparisons with the Cybertruck. But it’s the EV we’re most interested because it will likely use the 800V electrical architecture from the Kia EV6 and EV9.

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