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Toyota entering three differently fueled vehicles in ENEOS Super Taikyu Series 2022

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Hydrogen engine. The hydrogen engine-equipped Corolla competed in a total of four rounds in last year’s Super Taikyu Series. The hydrogen engine-equipped Corolla competed in a total of four rounds in last year’s Super Taikyu Series. Carbon-neutral fuel. The vehicle will be powered by a 1.4-liter Earlier post.).

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Faradion and Phillips 66 to develop lower cost and higher-performing sodium-ion battery materials

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Sodium-ion battery technology has an inherent advantage over other power-storage technologies because it uses low-cost materials that are sustainable and widely available. Earlier post.).

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Topsoe and First Ammonia sign 5GW electrolyzer agreement for green ammonia

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The production of 5 million metric tons of green ammonia produced per year would eliminate 13 million tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions annually, the equivalent of taking 9 million gasoline-fueled cars off the road. First Ammonia will operate all its plants dynamically to support existing renewable power markets.

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Expanded graphite as a superior anode for sodium-ion batteries

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The oxygen atoms bond with each carbon layer, pushing and holding them apart. The solution to this second problem was developed by the paper’s first author, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering (ChBE) graduate student Yang Wen. To make the material suitable for use in Na-ion batteries, some of the oxygen must be removed.

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Study finds hybrid tugboat delivers significant reduction in criteria pollutant emissions compared to conventional version

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The hybrid tug used in the study, the Carolyn Dorothy ( earlier post ), is powered by two 1,342 kW Cummins QSK50-M main engines and 317 kW Cummins QSM11-M auxiliary generators. It also has 126 soft gel lead acid batteries for power storage that are separated into two arrays with 63 batteries each. Each array stores 170.1

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Mercedes-Benz VISION EQXX covers more than 621 miles on single charge

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This new blueprint for automotive engineering has delivered a new benchmark for electric vehicle efficiency and range, and the technology in the VISION EQXX will be deployed in upcoming series-production Mercedes vehicles. Another is the battery. Just like the battery, the electric drive unit is compact, lightweight and highly efficient.

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Mercedes-Benz GLC F-CELL goes into preproduction; fuel-cell/battery plug-in hybrid powertrain

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Mercedes-Benz engineers cooperated closely with partners from the Daimler competence network to develop a completely new fuel-cell system. The fuel-cell system is around 30% more compact than before; can for the first time be housed entirely in the engine compartment; and is installed on the usual mounting points like a conventional engine.

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