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Researchers propose using AC and ventilation systems for decentralized production of carbon-neutral synthetic fuels

Green Car Congress

Researchers at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) and the University of Toronto have proposed a method enabling air conditioning and ventilation systems to produce synthetic fuels from CO 2 and water from the ambient air. Private photovoltaic systems have shown how well this can work. —Professor Dittmeyer. kilograms per hour.

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Let My People Convert! - The A123 Challenge

Plugs and Cars

Add more batteries as they become cheaper and more energy-dense, dump the engine; or, for the more fantasy-minded and those receiving compensation, add hydrogen fuel cell and drop the engine.) They are beginning to do crash testing, and will meet emission requirements, in pursuit of a fully legal, compliant vehicle.

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