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BNEF forecasts EVs to be 35% of global new car sales by 2040; cost of ownership below conventional-fuel vehicles by 2025

Green Car Congress

BNEF will discuss its EV forecast in detail at its upcoming annual BNEF Summit in New York in April. However, that cost comparison is set to change radically in the 2020s. The projected change between now and 2040 will have implications beyond the car market. Although some 1.3 —Salim Morsy.

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Ecolectro secures $1.7M ARPA-E award for development of alkaline exchange membranes and ionomers for fuel cells and electrolyzers

Green Car Congress

Alkaline fuel cells (AFCs) that are assembled with alkaline anion exchange membranes (AAEMs) have several significant advantages in comparison to state-of-the-art proton exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs). (1) 2) Oxidation of direct alcohol fuels (e.g., methanol and ethanol) is also significantly faster in AFCs. (3) —You et al.

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Tesla Model Y welcomed by Kansas PD, expected to give cost savings

Teslarati

. “I ended up contacting about ten agencies from New York to California. Apart from being a green vehicle, the Model Y is also expected to give the Leawood Police Department substantial cost savings. This estimate was based on the 2021 cost of $0.08 Tesla-Kansas City was great.

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Georgia Tech study finds MD electric urban delivery trucks have cost advantages over diesel in some conditions; relative benefits depend on numerous factors

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Researchers at Georgia Tech have compared medium-duty (MD) electric and diesel urban delivery trucks in terms of life-cycle energy consumption, greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and total cost of ownership (TCO). One surprise among their findings was that the electric truck had cost advantages over the diesel vehicle under some conditions.

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DOE awards more than $20M to advance fuel cell technologies; new report highlights strong market growth

Green Car Congress

The report describes data compiled in 2015 on trends in the fuel cell industry for 2014 with some comparison to previous years. These projects … will continue to make advances in our rapidly-expanding portfolio of hydrogen and fuel cell technologies.

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Help! I Missed a Cruise and the Cruise Line’s Own Travel Insurance Won’t Pay.

Baua Electric

I used the New York versions for consistency, and looked specifically at how well they covered issues caused by delays and cancellations of “common carriers” — airlines, trains and the like. All the plans have “trip delay,” “trip cancellation” and “trip interruption” coverage administered by insurance companies.

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Top Factors Affecting EV Adoption

EV Connect

But as better battery algorithms and new cooling technologies enter the market, expect charging times to come down (and “range anxiety” levels among drivers to drop accordingly). Cost (and Cost Comparison) A recent study showed 67% of would-be purchasers claim cost is a primary concern.

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