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Fraunhofer ISI/ICCT analysis of PHEV data finds real-world CO2 emissions 2-4x higher than official values

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For private cars, the average utility factor (UF)—the portion of kilometers driven on electric motor versus kilometers driven on combustion engine—is 69% for NEDC type approval but only around 37% for real-world driving. Meanwhile, legal and financial barriers for installing home charging devices should be reduced.

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Europe Expands Virtual Borders To Thwart Migrants

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If it were legal to deliver rescued migrants to Libya, it would be as cheap as sending rescue boats a few extra kilometers south instead of east. In the last five years, Europe has bestowed massive new regulatory and spending power on the European Border and Coast Guard Agency, known as. million people. percent to €543 million in 2021.

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OLA S1 Electric Scooter Launch: Our Thoughts

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The design has not changed since the Etergo app scooter was revealed back in 2018 by the Netherlands based Etergo team which OLA purchased in 2020. kW peak power motor! This is larger than the peak power delivered by even the Ather 450X’s motor! What's with the feminism here? Was this faked?

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TU/ecomotive develops waste-free car with UBQ: Luca

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Every year, Netherland-based student company TU/ecomotive produces an electric car with a team of 21 BA students from the Eindhoven University of Technology, with the aim of showing the world that a hypothetical, sustainable car of the future can be a reality today. Luca is designed to be highly energy-efficient.

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Perspective: US Needs to Transition to Hydrous Ethanol as the Primary Renewable Transportation Fuel

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Brazil introduced its current generation of ethanol-powered cars in 2003, the same year in which anhydrous ethanol consumption peaked. Until fairly recently, these US motor vehicles were non-FFVs. Current Legal Requirement for Use of Anhydrous Ethanol in the United States. 40 CFR § 80.27 As used in this section and Sec.

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COP26 declaration on accelerating the transition to 100% zero emission cars and vans

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The declaration is not legally binding and is focused on a global level. Signatories by category: Governments: Austria; Azerbaijan; Cambodia; Canada; Cape Verde; Chile; Croatia; Cyprus; Denmark; El Salvador; Finland; Iceland; Ireland; Israel; Lithuania; Luxembourg; Netherlands; New Zealand; Norway; Poland; Slovenia; Sweden; United Kingdom.

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Can We Identify a Person From Their Voice?

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which is located at the end of a peninsula, and boarded a lobster boat, motoring out into water so shockingly cold it can induce lethal hypothermia in as little as 30 minutes. As such, there are many reasons to be concerned about its use in the criminal legal system. Stillwell rode down to Atwood Lobster Co., A 2020 U.S.

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