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Alliance AutoGas launches 5300-mile, 12-city Coast-to-Coast Clean Air Ride with converted F-150

Green Car Congress

The converted F-150 will travel across the country from Kansas City to Seattle, WA, and back through the US, stopping along the way, to complete its journey in Jacksonville, FL, on 18 May, followed by a Homecoming event in Asheville, NC, on 23 May. Alliance’s new Engineered Conversion System, installed on a Bi-Fuel 2016 3.5-liter

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Report: 2022 Audi R8 to go electric

Green Car Reports

Last week, British magazine Autocar reported that Audi will make that leap for its next-generation R8 sports car, converting it from a pounding gas-fueled V-10 engine to purely electric power. Increasingly, there's nothing super about a supercar if it's not electric.

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What’s the Most Environmental Thing To Do When a Car’s Engine Dies

Clean Fleet Report

Or Become a Convert Another possibility is to convert your gasoline-powered engine to electric. But it is no easy task, as you’ll have to not only remove and replace the engine itself but also the transmission, gas tank and exhaust system. See more at E Magazine. Send questions to: question@earthtalk.org.

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How e-fuel may just lengthen the pace of ICE cars within the electrical life

Baua Electric

Refiners have a bundle of labor to do in perfecting high-volume forms to construct e-fuel in plenty lot and at a related price to gas. Automakers say e-fuel is a right away, drop-in alternative for gas. Davis has studied choices to gas, together with hydrogen and e-fuel. And there are alternative problems, too.

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Mercedes-AMG Brings Entry-Trim SL 43 to America

The Truth About Cars

Let’s be clear: this so-called ‘entry’ model of the tremendous SL roadster still costs six figures and has just 14 fewer horsepower than the vaunted R129-era V12 convertible – despite having precisely one-third the number of cylinders. turbocharged engine breathed upon by AMG and featuring an electric exhaust gas turbocharger.

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Are EVs or ICE Vehicles More Energy Efficient?

Green Fleet Magazine

A Yale study analyzes how energy is converted to powering the drivetrains of both electric and gas-powered vehicles, and how much energy is lost in each process.

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Are EVs or ICE Vehicles More Energy Efficient?

Green Fleet Magazine

A Yale study analyzes how energy is converted to powering the drivetrains of both electric and gas-powered vehicles, and how much energy is lost in each process.

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