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Tesla Pedal Update, BMW Diesel Drive, China Coal Use: Today's Car News

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Today on Green CarReports: Tesla''s doing well on reservations for its next model, Audi offers renewable energy to recharge its first plug-in hybrid (in Germany, anyway), and hydrogen fuel-cell vehicles are (still) coming soon. All this and more on Green Car Reports.

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Renewable energy growth accelerating, says International Energy Agency

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The overall carbon emissions associated with electric cars decrease as the electricity used to recharge them gets cleaner. And the latest statistics from the International Energy Agency (IEA) will be good news indeed for electric-car drivers.

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How EVs Are Helping Humanity & Saving Lives?

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The main type of battery used is Lithium-ion and when the charge is depleted the batteries can be recharged again. In fuel cell cars we do not have to recharge the battery. renewable energy consumption has just overtaken coal. But the good news? As a matter of fact, in the U.S.,

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PHEV Blowback

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Indeed, the EPRI study's summary clearly states that annual and cumulative greenhouse gas emissions in every one of the nine electricity production and plug-in use scenarios considered (lotsof coal to little or no coal, lots of PHEVs to few of them) would be " reduced significantly." Every action has a reaction.

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Why Hydrogen power is not the answer

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The Australian and Japanese are keen on Hydrogen and created a join experiment to generate Hydrogen from Australian Coal and then ship it to Japan for use in cars and industry. Sources: Recharge News: [link] JCB: [link] NASA: [link] National Grid: [link] . People are still discussing the cause of the fire that killed 36.

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Volt for Real?

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At that point, the internal combustion engine kicks in and recharges the battery while you are driving. While you are working, the battery is also recharging. What's New Sign the On Line Petition News Summary I HOME. The Volt , provided GM can get the lithium battery right , will go about 40 miles on an electric charge.

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The Wall Street Journals

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Mayor Will Wynn is pushing a new version of the electric car called the plug-in , which runs almost entirely on electricity and has a big rechargeable battery. What's New Sign the On Line Petition News Summary I HOME But that's not all. Department of Energy. Join Plug In Partners today.

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