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Qatar researchers review hydrogen production from on-board ammonia decomposition

Green Car Congress

A team from Hamad Bin Khalifa University in Qatar has comprehensively reviewed various ammonia decomposition techniques to produce clean hydrogen by recovering the boil-off ammonia while integrating solar energy infrastructures onboard a ship for electricity and heat requirements. The review paper is published in the journal Fuel.

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BYD Atto 3 Review — 1st Impressions

CleanTechnica EVs

BYD Atto 3 — Intro This BYD Atto 3 review is about the export version of China’s BYD Yuan Plus. It diversified into carmaking, and when the EV revolution started, BYD was among the first to convert some of its fossil fuel vehicles […]. BYD is a Chinese conglomerate that started out as a battery maker.

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2022 Lexus LC 500 Convertible Review – Still Got It

The Truth About Cars

But otherwise, the LC 500 convertible feels as fresh as ever. Usually, convertible versions of sports coupes suffer from chassis flex and wind/road noise and the like, but this car doesn’t, at least for the most part – you might get some chassis flex when hitting a severe enough bump, but it’s rare. liter V8 sounds with the top down.

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Kia Niro EV review, Tesla FSD recall, Ford LFP batteries, Ram 1500 REV: The Week in Reverse

Green Car Reports

Which brand revealed a fully electric convertible available this year? In a review of the 2023 Kia Niro EV, we find that while this 253-mile EV has. Which state opted to join California’s EV mandate this week?

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DESY study finds edges and corners increase efficiency of catalytic converters

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Catalytic converters for cleaning exhaust emissions are more efficient when they use nanoparticles with many edges, according to a study carried out at the the Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY), a research center of the Helmholtz Association, X-ray source PETRA III. Credit: DESY, Lucid Berlin. Click to enlarge.

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Where Your Author Owns a Used BMW Convertible for a Year

The Truth About Cars

It seems only a couple of months ago I reported on my experience traveling from Cincinnati to Nashville to purchase the 2010 BMW Z4, thus satisfying a used convertible car search that lasted for a year and a half. For full driving notes have a look at the review from last May.& & You’re all caught up now on the Z4.

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Used Car Review: The 2010 BMW Z4, an Extinct Metal Roof Convertible Experience

The Truth About Cars

Back in February, I purchased an old Z4, one of the prior decade’s smattering of folding hardtop convertibles. Once the weather warmed to an almost acceptable level in the low 50s, it was convertible time. Nearly extinct today, such a roof arrangement is reserved for high-end European exotica, the C8 Corvette, and the Mazda Miata RF.

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