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Neste launches Neste MY Renewable Diesel made 100% from waste and residues in Finland; initial customers

Green Car Congress

Neste recently launched a renewable diesel made entirely from waste and residues under the brand name Neste MY Renewable Diesel at select service stations in the Helsinki region today, 9 January 2017. The campaign encouraged people to bring the waste fat from their roast ham to be used as raw material for renewable diesel.

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VW CEO Diess criticizes hydrogen cars for the climate: ‘Please listen to the science!’

Teslarati

Diess said (via Google Translate): “The hydrogen car is proven NOT to be the solution. Sham debates are a waste of time. The Handelsblatt report states : “Rather, direct use of electricity would make more economic and ecological sense in the coming years, especially in the passenger car sector.

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The environmental impact of electric cars

Drive Electric

If you’re looking at electric cars , environmental impact is probably high on your list of priorities. Are electric cars better for the environment? That’s why the UK Government has banned the sale of new petrol and diesel cars from 2030. There are plenty of benefits of making the switch to driving an electric vehicle (EV).

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Chip Fabs Go Green

Cars That Think

But it also includes some fabless companies such as AMD, Google, and Microsoft. Intel's goal is to have the new site powered 100 percent by renewable electricity and to achieve net positive water use and send no waste to landfill, Intel said when first announcing the project. Intel recently broke ground on new advanced fabs in Ohio.

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Electric Car Charging: An Easy Step-by-Step Guide To Ditching Gasoline Forever

EV Life

Electric Car Charging. One of the biggest shifts from driving a gas car to an electric car is how the vehicle is refueled through electric car charging. Think about charging an electric car as similar to charging your smartphone, which like an electric car, is powered by lithium ion batteries.

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Ford Focus Electric in California qualifies for $10K in tax credits, HOV access

Green Car Congress

California buyers of the Ford Focus Electric will be able to receive up to $10,000 in tax credits ($2,500 state, $7,500 federal) and enjoy high-occupancy vehicle lane (HOV) access after the car was just approved for California’s Clean Vehicle Rebate Program ( CVRP ). 3 and 7, respectively, for the worst congestion in the US.

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ORNL researchers use stop-light cameras to reduce fuel consumption of less-efficient vehicles via traffic management

Green Car Congress

Approximately 6 billion gallons of fuel are wasted in the US each year as vehicles wait at stop lights or sit in dense traffic with engines idling, according to US Department of Energy estimates. In a real GRIDSMART system, they just send vehicle data to a controller, and it says, ‘I’ve got cars waiting, so it’s time to change the light.’

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