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Review update: 2020 Porsche Cayenne Coupe Turbo S E-Hybrid trolls coal

Green Car Reports

To skeptics, this 670-horsepower machine with a 0-60 mph time of 3.6 seconds and a top speed of 183 mph might read as a grudge-match move—a. That was my reaction when I first heard that the fastest Porsche SUV ever was also a plug-in hybrid with what Porsche claimed to be meaningful all-electric range.

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Senate version of “Fiscal Cliff” legislation includes 12 energy tax extenders; boost for algae

Green Car Congress

The amended bill, now called the “American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012” and next to be considered by the House, contains 12 extensions outlined in Title IV of the bill, ranging from extension of production credits for Indian coal facilities to benefits for alternative fuels (including algal biofuels) and plug-in vehicles.

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Sustainable Rail International, U of Minnesota partner to develop most powerful carbon-neutral locomotive, using new steam engine and biocoal

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Biocoal exhibits the same energy density and material handling properties as coal, but unlike coal, it is carbon-neutral, contains no heavy metals, and produces less ash, smoke and volatile off-gases. CSR plans to break the world record for steam locomotive speed, reaching 130 mph (209 km/h).

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Tesla drivers are feeling the brunt of anti-EV sentiments: report

Teslarati

According to Albertson, rude drivers tend to roll coal on him or swerve into his lane, something that simply does not happen when he is driving his other cars, like a 2014 Chevrolet Traverse. It’s happened to me twice going at 65 mph, and it’s scary,” Ramsdell said.

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From Scooters to High Speed Rail, China is Electrifying

Plugs and Cars

I’m sure there are still plenty of old-school trains about, but today Chinese are boarding comfortable, high speed electric trains coursing on unimpeded raised trackbeds at over 200 MPH between cities large and ever-larger. Largely dependent on domestic coal, cities are smothered in smog. Next year it will take 6 or 7.

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Green Star to Demonstrate Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicle

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Therefore, they have extremely limited range on their small battery packs and are usually only used at very low speeds (below 15 mph). Todays hybrids have small battery packs and cannot be recharged from the utility grid system. Presently there are no plug-in electric hybrid vehicles offered by any major car company in the U.S.

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KLM Testing MDI AirPod Compressed Air Cars at Schiphol; UC Berkeley Study Finds Compressed Air Cars Significantly Less Efficient than Battery Electric Vehicles

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Range is 220 km (137 miles) on the EEC urban cycle, with a maximum speed of 45 km/h (28 mph). The AirPod, equipped with a 4.5 kW/15N·m motor, stores compressed air at 350 bar in a 175 liter tank. The energy requirement of the MDI AirPod on the EEC urban cycle is 0.56 The standard AirPod is designed for the transport of people.