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Ford’s next-gen EV SUV is a ‘personal bullet train’

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Ford has been teasing its next generation of electric vehicles for some time, and the speculation regarding what the automaker could bring to the table persisted today as the automaker detailed its upcoming SUV as a “personal bullet train,” only giving the mind’s eye full reign of what could be to come.

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PSI team develops web tool for consumers to compare environmental impact of passenger cars in detail

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The system will graph lifecycle impact for a range of specified powertrains, for a large number of impact categories: Climate change [kg CO 2 -eq.]. Noise emissions [Person-Pascal/second]. Our tool offers a very wide range of engine types. Sample results from Carculator. Depletion of fossil energy resources [kg oil-eq.].

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Elon Musk explains Tesla’s LFP Battery strategy for US Model 3 SR+

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Tesla is giving Model 3 Standard Range Plus reservation holders the opportunity to get their vehicles sooner. I’d personally slightly opt for iron pack, as it wants to be charged to 100%, whereas nickel prefers ~90%. In comparison, Tesla notes that vehicles with nickel-based batteries are best charged to about 80%.

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ITF analysis finds that societal costs for electric cars and vans range from €7K to €12K more than fossil-fueled equivalents

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Sample consumer and societal break-even curves for BEVs, with data points for a compact diesel for comparison. finds that the societal costs for electric cars and vans range from €7k to €12k (US$8,889 to $15,238) more than fossil-fueled equivalents. small, purpose-built, low range, agile, easy-to-park and congestion-beating.

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Up close and personal with Volkswagen’s e-Golf carbon offset project: Garcia River Forest

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GRF is located in the coastal mountain range of southwestern Mendocino County, California, and encompasses approximately one-third of the entire 72,000-acre Garcia River watershed. The main focus of the comparisons is on five environmental impact categories during production, use and recycling.

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What is the cost of usable energy for driving and heating our homes?

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The unifying approach in this comparison involves the use of Btu (British thermal units), coupled with the costs of gasoline, electricity, and natural gas, and the energy efficiencies of light-duty vehicles (cars and light trucks) and furnaces. The energy efficiency of conventional gasoline-powered vehicles ranges from 17% to 21%.

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EPRI: lifetime cost of ownership of plug-ins is roughly comparable with conventional vehicles

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In particular, the report analyzes the Chevrolet Volt and Nissan LEAF in comparison with a limited set of current conventional and hybrid vehicles. PEVs are typically plugged in at home and charged overnight instead of being refueled at a gas station, so they are typically more convenient than conventional cars for short range driving.

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