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Chromatin announces dual-purpose hybrid sorghum for sugar and bioenergy production

Green Car Congress

announced its dual-purpose SweetFuel sorghum hybrids, which combine high yields of both fermentable sugar and biomass per acre. Chromatin’s SweetFuel hybrids are designed to capture the value of sugars produced in sorghum juice as well as the additional value of the energy stored in biomass or bagasse. Chromatin Inc.

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Drive Notes: 2024 Alfa Romeo Tonale eAWD

The Truth About Cars

Unlike the Hornet, the Tonale is available only as a plug-in hybrid, using the same powertrain as the Dodge Hornet R/T. I've been harsh on the Hornet R/T -- I prefer the internal-combustion GT -- but the driving experience was different with the Alfa. Even on slow charging, you'd be able to juice up overnight.

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Junkyard Find: 1987 Chevrolet Sprint ER

The Truth About Cars

What was the most fuel-efficient (mass-produced, internal combustion-powered, highway-legal, non-gray-market, four-wheeled, et freakin' cetera) new car available in the United States during the 1980s? The 1987 Sprint ER came in second place, due to its insatiable thirst for go-go juice on the highway (51 miles per gallon).

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27 November 2009 - In First "Plug-in Arizona" Outing to Nogales, AZ, " the "Spirit" Made the News with Nogales International

Spirit of DC - PHEV3A

Cheers EVADC'rs, PHEV'rs, and EVnthusiasts, One & All - After a Thanksgiving, fully stuffed and more, it was most gratifying to see that on her first "Plug-in Arizona" outing to Nogales, AZ, that the "Spirit" made the news on the front page of the Nogales International as follows. Then he asked them what performance meant to them.“Is

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Taking the Steps To Join the EV World

Blink Charging

When you make the switch from an internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicle to an EV, it’s entirely different. Or, if you live in an area where the EV charging infrastructure doesn’t have thorough coverage, a plug-in hybrid vehicle may be a better option. When you switch from gasoline to diesel, everything is basically the same.

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Biofuels- paving the way for low carbon future in mobility – ET Auto

Baua Electric

This has brought into focus technologies such as electric, hybrid and hydrogen. The impact of the feedstock challenge is already visible, with the government restricting use of sugarcane juice and syrup for ethanol production in 2023-24 to keep sugar prices in check.

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2021 Jeep Wrangler 4xe: The legendary SUV brand’s first plug-in hybrid

Charged EVs

The plug-in hybrid version of the Jeep Wrangler offers useful all-electric range and great electric torque—if drivers plug it in. The accelerating pace of electric vehicle launches has brought us to this: The first Jeep in the US to get a plug-in hybrid version is the legendary Wrangler. Default: hybrid, not EV.

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