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2023 Honda Accord features fourth-generation two-motor hybrid system; hybrids to account for 50% of sales

Green Car Congress

Enhancements include an upgraded direct-injection system and new cold-active catalyst, plus a high-rigidity crankshaft and oil pan to reduce engine noise. The top-line Touring features Honda’s first integration of Google built-in. Under the hood of the LX and EX, Accord’s 1.5-liter liter turbo has been updated to reduce noise.

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X PRIZE Foundation Announces Wendy Schmidt Oil Cleanup X CHALLENGE

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Million Wendy Schmidt Oil Cleanup X CHALLENGE. Diamandis together with Wendy Schmidt, who personally funded the $1.4 The Wendy Schmidt Oil Cleanup X CHALLENGE has two phases: Phase I. Exxon Valdez), land drainage, waste disposal, or oil platform spill (e.g. million prize purse.

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Making Boston Dynamics’ Robots Dance

Cars That Think

When you project too much on people, you lose the person, and that’s not really fair. It was about what’s happening in society, what’s happening in me as a person. And then every once in a while, I get one person here or one person there say something. And I don’t think it even needs the oil. It’s just a bop.

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Europe/US team: transitioning to a low-carbon world will create new rivalries, winners and losers

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Nigeria or Algeria cannot do the same for their oil industry. Petro-states are compensated to transition smoothly to a sustainable economy, avoiding a last-ditch attempt to flood the world with cheap oil and gas. Some national oil companies go bankrupt and others consolidate into a handful of global energy giants.

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Report from the REFF-Wall Street; Themes in Renewable Energy Finance

Green Car Congress

Dr. Paul addressed a positive change—the days of increasing US oil consumption may be over. “ We reached peak oil consumption in the US in 2008 and the same is true in the EU and Japan. ” M barrels/day of oil within the next 10 years ”. The oil industry may be one of the sources of capital. Details Behind the Conference.

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Drones That Can Fly Better Than You Can

Cars That Think

Foundation for Skydio’s drones can be traced back to Adam’s work on autonomous agile drones at MIT , and after spending a few years at Google working on Project Wing’s delivery drones , Adam cofounded Skydio in 2014. Ackerman: And Adam, your drones are doing some of these things, many of these things.

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EAA National Board nominations from across North America

Electric Auto Association

He recognizes the diminishing power of the oil and gas industry, and embraces the imminent future of electrically powered transportation. Personally meeting Sandy Munro to exchange ideas of the future of BEVs. For over 40 years I have organized demos and exhibited EVs, especially light EVs, at in-person EVents to thousands of people.