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What Kind of Cars Do Women Actually Want?

The Truth About Cars

This year's election was particularly difficult due to the excellent level of all the candidates," stated Marta Garcia, executive president of WWCOTY. The Kia EV9 is truly a game-changer for electric vehicles. But it’s not for a lack of trying and numerous manufacturers have engaged in design studies hoping to cater to female tastes.

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What Kind of Cars Do Women Actually Want?

The Truth About Cars

This year's election was particularly difficult due to the excellent level of all the candidates," stated Marta Garcia, executive president of WWCOTY. The Kia EV9 is truly a game-changer for electric vehicles. But it’s not for a lack of trying and numerous manufacturers have engaged in design studies hoping to cater to female tastes.

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Ricardo and QinetiQ Demonstrate New Iron-Sulphide Li-ion Pack for HEVs

Green Car Congress

Iron offers a number of advantages for use in a lithium-ion cathode material, including cost and safety and iron sulphide cathodes have been of interest for decades—a 1975 study by engineers from Rockwell International projected energy densities of 77 Wh/lb (169 Wh/kg) for lithium-iron sulfide batteries. Tags: Batteries Hybrids.

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Annual Increase in Global CO2 Emissions Halved in 2008; Decrease in Fossil Oil Consumption, Increase in Renewables Share

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In addition to high oil prices and the financial crisis, the increased use of new renewable energy sources, such as biofuels for road transport and wind energy for electricity generation, had a noticeable and mitigating impact on CO 2 emissions. Coal consumption: lower increase due to financial crisis and more renewable electricity.

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BMW Outlines Intelligent Heat Management Applications for Reducing Fuel Consumption and CO2; New Thermoelectric Generator Unit Integrated with EGR

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Studies show that customers park their car for more than 16 hours in a row only in 12% of cases. This method of maintaining temperatures is equally suited for all kinds of vehicles and in all climate zones, although it is somewhat more effective at low temperatures. for each extra degree of temperature (in °C).

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Plug-In Hybrids (or Plugin Hybrids)

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But when you do, your car essentially becomes an electric vehicle with a gas-tank backup. Lifetime service costs are lower for a vehicle that is mainly electric. In the second study, for the next 20 years, even if, worst-case, we still use lots of coal, nationwide air quality for other emissions will also improve.

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Soot and Spin: Two Plug-in Paradoxes

Plugs and Cars

The catalytic converter that keeps the ICE from being a gross polluter in conventional cars and hybrids however, isn't kept warm by the continual embrace of an ever-churning engine in a hybrid with all-electric range. A supplemental electric heater comes right to mind. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to offer solutions.

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