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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. From Adelhelm & Jongh (2011).

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T&E study: EVs can be cheaper for Uber drivers to run than latest diesels in many European capitals

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Medium-sized battery-electric cars are on average 14% cheaper to run than equivalent diesels today, if slow charging overnight near home and/or fast charging at preferential rates are available. Charging is a key barrier for the uptake of EVs by professional drivers.

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European automotive sector calls for vehicle renewal incentives to kickstart economic recovery after COVID-19; 25-point action plan

Green Car Congress

Such schemes should be enhanced by scrapping premiums, and should take into account society’s climate ambitions and resource-efficiency objectives in concert with the economic impact. Start the announced pilot for charging and alternative fuels infrastructure without further delay. Support up- and re-skilling of the labor force.

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U.S. lawmakers start a new battle: gas stations vs. charging piles

Setec Powerr

President Joe Biden has issued a series of decrees with climate change at the center of his work, including allocating $7.5 billion for electric vehicle charging infrastructure, with the goal of installing it across the United States by 2030. 500,000 public charging piles. Since taking office in January 2021, U.S.

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The Climate Change Caravan

Revenge of the Electric Car

Say Hello to Guest Blogger Alexis Ringwald - with this first dispatch from the Climate Change Caravan in India. The Climate Caravan includes ten friends and a solar music band, along with three solar plug-in electric Reva cars. The Revas are traveling 200km per charge on Lithium-Ion batteries (the solar adds 8km extra).

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

Baua Electric

“For as long as we’re allowed to make ICE (internal combustion engine) cars, we’ll make them. The delay came after Britain last year pushed back its planned ban on the sale of high-polluting petrol and diesel cars from 2030 to 2035. Also Read : Will Ferrari EV get Ferrari-made batteries?

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Sometimes bipartisanship can work

Electric Auto Association

This culminated at the end of March when Republican Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker signed comprehensive climate change legislation codifying a commitment to achieve net zero emissions by 2050. Putting the brake on regional pollution Also in December, Massachusetts, along with Connecticut, Rhode Island, and Washington D.C.,