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REPAIRING EVS IN NEW ZEALAND

Drive Electric

As more people choose to own Electric Vehicles (EVs) in New Zealand, it’s important for drivers to understand how and where to access reliable, efficient, EV-specific repair and maintenance services. They service all EV types, and offer pre-purchase inspections for EV buyers and regular maintenance services.

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ORNL study quantifies fuel economy costs of common driver practices and vehicle alterations

Green Car Congress

There is fuel economy information and advice available for vehicle maintenance and carrying loads that is quite good, but very little published data to back it up. Certainly, suitcases strapped to your car’s roof and trying to keep up with a speeding Ferrari will adversely affect your gas mileage. and West, B.

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Researchers Develop More Efficient Thermocells for Low-Grade Waste Heat Recovery

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Ferraris, Anvar A. Thermo-electrochemical cells (otherwise known as thermogalvanic cells or thermocells) that utilize the temperature dependence of electrochemical redox potentials (i.e., Renchong Hu, Baratunde A. Cola, Nanda Haram, Joseph N. dela Cruz, John P. Zakhidov and Ray H.

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Why the Next Microgrids Will Be Well Connected

Cars That Think

The aftermath was even more calamitous: More than 4,000 people are estimated to have died as a result of the shortage of medical care and basic resources during the extended power outages that followed the storm, according to research reported in The New England Journal of Medicine. To that end, engineers at the U.S.

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Graphene Flagship team develops powerful graphene-titania photocatalyst to reduce NOx

Green Car Congress

It is low-maintenance and environmentally friendly, as it just requires the sun’s energy and no other input. Resources. Ferrari, G. —Marco Goisis, the research coordinator at Italcementi. Hopwever, there are challenges to be addressed before this can be used on a commercial scale. Guidetti, E.A.A. Lombardi, F. Joosten, A.

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An interview with Riversimple

Green Cars News

There are technical hurdles still to overcome if you want a Ferrari, but not for a Ford Focus. We are designing a solution to providing a mobility service, in which all costs are fully bundled, so we have a direct financial interest in minimising maintenance and maximising vehicle longevity, reliability, vehicle lifespan and ownership cycles.

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Electric Car Manufacturers Inspire New Paradigms -- Seeking Alpha

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

The customer will only pay a monthly fee about $240 (US Dollars) which includes a full maintenance service agreement; carbon offset payments and in some countries even all electricity used, and insurance. Depending upon where you live, power plants are often burning natural resources.