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The right way to get oil-rich West Asia to pressure electrical vehicles? Chinese language EV makers contemplate

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With EV call for slowing at house, and firms dealing with considerable import price lists in america in addition to a Ecu Union probe into Chinese language subsidies, automakers view the patch as a big enlargement alternative that, thus far, is in large part untapped. of the passenger-vehicle marketplace. Chery Car Co.

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EIA: China promoting both fuel efficiency and alternative-fuel vehicles to curb growing oil use

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Increasing oil demand is requiring increasing imports; since 2009, China has been importing more than half of its petroleum needs. Under the Energy Saving and New Energy Vehicle Plan for 2012 to 2020 released in 2012, average passenger car fuel economy is targeted to increase to 34 miles per gallon (6.9 l/100 km) by 2020.

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Opinion: Why Buffett Bet A Billion On Solar: Miles Per Acre Per Year

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The cost to operate an EV, per mile, is already well below the cost to drive a standard ICE-age model, and the advantage is likely to widen. The average US residential customer pays 12 cents per kilowatt-hour (kWh) , which means the cost to drive one mile in an EV is somewhat less than 4 cents. New cars in 2015 get 25 mpg.)

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Coates setting up subsidiary in China; Coates Spherical Rotary Valve (CSRV) engine

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As the Chinese Government is in the deal, Coates International, Ltd. The CSRV System comprises only two moving shafts and does not utilize oil pressure fed bearings, or oil spray; no engine oil is present in the head of the CSRV Engine. These extremely hot components usually are engine oil spray-cooled, Coates notes.

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Toyota to roll out solid-state battery EVs in a couple of years, India executive says – ET Auto

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“The solid-state batteries can be charged in 10 minutes and have a range of 1,200 km (750 miles),” Vikram Gulati, country head of Toyota Kirloskar Motor, told an investment summit in the western state of Gujarat.

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Rusatom Overseas and CNNC New Energy to partner on floating nuclear power plants

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The next step in the implementation of the project will be establishment of a joint Chinese-Russian working group. The Chinese delegation came to St. Earlier this year, researchers in the US presented a new design for nuclear plants built on floating platforms, modeled after those used for offshore oil drilling.

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Russian Prime Minister Putin Launches the ESPO Pipeline

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Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin formally launched the Phase 1 Eastern Siberia-Pacific Ocean (ESPO) oil pipeline, and started the loading of the first tanker with ESPO oil. The first phase of the pipeline—the longest oil pipeline in the world—cost 360 billion rubles ($12.16 From Skovorodino oil trains weighing from 4.5

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