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LSBU researchers investigating metal hydride hydrogen storage for buses

Green Car Congress

Thermal management for charging and releasing hydrogen from the storage system needs to be optimized to increase overall efficiency. Hydrogen fuel cell vehicles produce very low carbon emissions and no air pollution which makes them vital to cleaning our air and tackling climate change. EP/T022760/1. EPSRC funding award.

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Aston Martin to make petrol cars ‘for as long as allowed’

Baua Electric

British luxury carmaker Aston Martin Lagonda will continue to produce traditional combustion-engine vehicles for as long as legally possible, its boss told UK media this week. “For as long as we’re allowed to make ICE (internal combustion engine) cars, we’ll make them.

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The Greenius Plan For General Motors

Creative Greenius

Put Dr. Andrew Franks , Andy Grove and Elon Musk in charge of the new National Electric Motors Corporation. Immediately cease making all current internal combustion engine vehicles. Sell every new plug-in car owner a solar or wind powered charging station for their car. No health care, no dental, no vision. There you go.

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Feature: Going Green on Car Care, Repair and Insurance

Clean Fleet Report

If you’re working on increasing fuel efficiency or you already have an alternative fuel vehicle, you can lessen your carbon footprint by taking advantage of green car care, repair and insurance. Some may argue that a gas-engine car shouldn’t be part of the green vehicle category because it runs a traditional combustion engine.

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World Bank/ICCT report provides guidance to reducing black carbon emissions from diesels in developing countries

Green Car Congress

Road transportation accounted for 9% of global black carbon, with diesel engines responsible for nearly 99% of those emissions. In the near term, black carbon emissions from mobile engines are projected to decline as a consequence of policies implemented in the US, Canada, Europe, and Japan. Earlier post.). Cost benefit.

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Decoding the Mechanics: How the AC System in an Electric Vehicle Works?

Get Electric Vehicle

The little electric motor activates the compressor in the same way as the power of the engine would typically do in a typical car. The inefficiency of a petrol engine contributes to keeping your cabin habitable in cold regions without spending much extra energy. For EVs, additional energy is needed to heat the interior.

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False Starts: The Story of Vehicle-to-Grid Power

Cars That Think

In 2001, a team of engineers at a then-obscure R&D company called AC Propulsion quietly began a groundbreaking experiment. The researchers estimated that, if applied to the task of generating electricity, all of the engines in the U.S. They wanted to see whether an electric vehicle could feed electricity back to the grid.

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