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Oleophobic hydrophobic magnetic sponge selectively soaks up oil, sparing water and wildlife

Green Car Congress

A Northwestern Engineering-led team has developed a highly porous smart sponge that selectively soaks up oil in water. With an ability to absorb more than 30 times its weight in oil, the sponge could be used to clean up oil spills inexpensively and efficiently without harming marine life. —Vikas Nandwana.

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10 Reasons Your Next Car Should Be an EV

Plug in America

Being an EV driver means no oil changes, no transmission fluids, and no radiators. EVs Improve Public Health Transportation emissions are the leading source of air pollution in the U.S. The good news is that EVs are starting to make a difference. The good news is that EVs are starting to make a difference.

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PHEV Day 168. Sunday, 29 March 2009. Run to Knoxville, Tennessee

Spirit of DC - PHEV3A

.: From: Leslie A Grossman [mailto:leslieann@lesliegrossman.com] Sent: Friday, March 27, 2009 2:47 PM Subject: News Conference Monday - Electric Vehicle Spirit of DC here in Knoxville The Future of transportation is here, and is visiting Knoxville on Monday March 30th. He’s proved it’s Cheap to Plug-in Around America!

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Rajiv Bajaj's Chetak has a New Factory & Sad State of Auto Media

Plug In India

It looks like the Chetak’s being delivered this year will have a Made in India battery pack which is fantastic news. The Ex-Showroom price of the Chetak to set at a whopping Rs 1,94,061 FAME 2 subsidy of Rs 43,500 In states like MH, you get a state subsidy of Rs 10,000 The onroad price is Rs 147,064 which is not cheap.

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Virginia’s republican governor launches idiotic culture war against CARB

Baua Electric

Photo by Ron Cogswell Virginia’s republican governor says he wants to violate Virginia law to pull the state out of the California Air Resources Board’s clean car regulations , consigning his state to a costly and burdensome future full of pollution and high fuel prices. FTC: We use income earning auto affiliate links.

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Power Electric Scooter Buyers Guide | Mid 2021

Plug In India

Many scooter companies provide a cheap GPS tracker and call themselves a connected scooter. The good news is that the company has a large R&D and is investing in Software development, localization etc. It’s time to switch and ditch the oil habit! Major and minor components are made locally". And you are right.

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Electric Cars and a Smarter Grid - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Oil is the alternative. Are we going to burn more oil, natural gas, or (gasp) coal to produce it? So, the used batteries are almost arbitrarily cheap since an arbitrarily large fraction of their cost of production can be loaded on their use in transportation. Alternative is no longer an alternative. — Bada Bing 9.

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