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Ricardo demos real-world driving emissions testing at Air Quality show

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Early results include a direct comparison between Euro 5 and Euro 6 engines under real-world driving conditions, and the impact that cold-starts have on gasoline and diesel engine emissions in urban environments.

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Injection of hydrogen into the German gas distribution grid from power-to-gas demo plant

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The operational phase will be accompanied by scientific partners, whose involvement is being funded by the Hessian Ministry for the Environment, Energy, Agriculture and Consumer Protection. The core of the system is an ITM Power proton exchange membrane (PEM) electrolyzer. bar—thus avoiding the need for a compressor and saving costs.

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OpEneR: improving EV range by optimizing energy management

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In comparison to a typical sporty driver, the OpEneR operation strategies resulted in a reduced energy consumption of 27 to 36%, with the trade-off of an increase in travel time of between 8 to 21%—depending on the driver’s willingness to follow the recommendations. Earlier post.).

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OLA Electric Scooter Ownership Blog - Dark Knight

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If your charging infra is from solar & battery recycling is sorted, then it’s the ideal for environment. Solar at home,EV for commute & rain water harvesting at home that’s the best we can contribute to cleaner environment. I am doing my bit for environment reducing my commute cost as well.

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Toyota Motorsport GmbH to demo new high-performance electric drivetrain at Pikes Peak

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The hill-climb, which begins at an altitude of 2,800 m and reaches the summit of 4,300 m, is an ideal environment to showcase the strengths of an electric powertrain. As a comparison, the EV P001 at the Nürburgring delivered a top speed of 260 km/h (162 mph) with 280 kW from its twin motors and 800 N·m (590 lb-ft) of torque.

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For Better or Worse, Tesla Bot Is Exactly What We Expected

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Tesla Bot Development Platform Demo. Tesla After the very brief live demo, Musk showed some video clips of the prototype robot doing other things (starting at 19:30 in the livestream). Tesla Bot Latest Generation Demo. Tesla is using software components developed for its vehicles and porting them to the robot’s environment.

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How Multiphysics Simulation Can Analyze Electronics Cooling Problems

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One solution to this engineering challenge is to use multiphysics simulation software to improve the accuracy of the engineer's calculations in comparison to analytic and single-physics solutions. The webinar will also include a live demo in the COMSOL Multiphysics software and a Q&A session.