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Looking to get in a hybrid for cheap? Used Toyota Prius 1.5 HSD 2004-2009 Review

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It was time to buy our first car. I knew I wanted something for her that was cheap to maintain, had a reliable automatic transmission, came with cruise control, AC. It is something very cheap to fix and to inspect. We can only think of driving a plug-in or a fully electric car as the next one if one of the Priuses has to go.

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IDTechEx: Sales of electric motorcycles in Europe grew 50% y-o-y in 2020

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Besides the low cost of ownership, electric motorcycles improve the riding experience, taking away the noise, fumes, vibration, shifting, and clutching from the user experience, alongside the environmental benefits of low emissions. The result has been strong growth on par with the electric car market since 2017, as shown in the chart below.

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KU Leuven team creates solar panel that produces hydrogen from moisture in air

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Twenty of these panels produce enough heat and electricity to get through the winter in a thoroughly insulated house and still have power left. Add another twenty panels, and you can drive an electric car for an entire year. We’re using cheap raw materials and don't need precious metals or other expensive components.

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Bloomberg NEF forecasts falling battery prices enabling surge in wind and solar to 50% of global generation by 2050

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The arrival of cheap battery storage will mean that it becomes increasingly possible to finesse the delivery of electricity from wind and solar, so that these technologies can help meet demand even when the wind isn’t blowing and the sun isn’t shining. Coal emerges as the biggest loser in the long run.

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Ghosn: Renault-Nissan needs both high- and low-spec EVs to be player in China market; ongoing importance of gov’t support

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We think that in order to be a big player in the Chinese market we need both offers—high spec, low spec, higher price, lower price—because I believe that the support that the Chinese government is giving to electric cars is going to continue and it’s going to be stronger. —Carlos Ghosn. We are not selling it and it’s a problem.

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45% of commercial and public EV charging units in ChargePlace Scotland network went unused in August 2014

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There are now about 1,100 electric cars and vans in Scotland; in August 2014 there were a total of 2,885 individual charging sessions. The encouraging news is that electric car sales in the UK are at last showing signs of improvement, but we still have a charging network in Scotland that is running below capacity.

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UT Austin team develops new family of high-capacity anode materials: Interdigitated Eutectic Alloys

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Then, you can reduce the microstructure by rolling it, which is an extraordinarily cheap step to convert a microstructure into a nanostructure. —Karl Kreder. It is exciting to have developed an inexpensive, scalable process for making electrode nanomaterials.

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