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Dark Secrets at The Heart EV Supply chain We Often Fail to Address

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So that’s cleared up but there is one more area that has been overlooked which is the pollution involved with the supply chain of EVs. EV Supply chain and Pollution. The amount of coal-powered aluminium production has more than doubled since 2005, largely because of China’s expansion into the market. The Real Problem.

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Michigan State University Receives $2.5M ARPA-E Award to Build Wave Disc Engine/Generator for Series Hybrid Applications

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The WDG also can reduce carbon dioxide emissions by as much as 95 percent in comparison to modern internal combustion vehicle engines. In a gas turbine application, the team noted, positioning the combustion process internally in the wave rotor could simplify porting between the turbo-compressor and the wave disc “ enormously ”.

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Volkswagen Unveils New One-Liter Concept Car; Smallest Production-Intent Diesel Yet from Volkswagen Applied in A Full Hybrid Design

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Ulrich Hackenberg, Member of the Board of Volkswagen Brand Technical Development, in front of the Volkswagen Concept Car L1 in Frankfurt. Volkswagen unveiled the L1, its second-generation one-liter class concept car, at the Frankfurt Motor Show. The earlier, first-generation 1-Litre concept. Click to enlarge. Earlier post.)

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BMW boss argues hydrogen will be next big thing after electric cars

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In 2005, 100 “Hydrogen 7” cars powered by the fuel’s V12 engines were produced by BMW. And in 2021, the company debuted the iX5 Hydrogen fuel cell concept car at the International Motor Show in Germany. “To house, let’s say, fuel cell batteries: Why not?

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Volkswagen Group expands presence in Russia with agreements with GAZ

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Furthermore, the Volkswagen brand will in future supply 2.0 TDI engines for GAZ light commercial vehicles, opening up new business opportunities in international markets. The main focus will be on the delivery and joint assembly of components as well as joint product concepts. Supply of Volkswagen 2.0 TDI engines.

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Discussion Paper Suggests Mechanisms for Addressing Biofuel GHG Emissions Under Cap-and-Trade Schemes; Avoiding the Renewability Shortcut and Moving Toward Carbon Management for All Transportation Fuels

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Establish Fuel and Feedstock Accounting Standards (FFAS) for rating fuels and feedstocks based on uncapped GHG emissions throughout their supply chains; while voluntary, FFAS ratings would provide a way to reduce refiners’ allowance requirements as defined by Part (1).

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European Researchers Developing Multifunctional Structural Composite Material That Can Double as Energy Storage

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In a paper presented at the Materials Research Society Symposium in 2005, South et al. The new material under development by the Imperial-led team could be charged by plugging a hybrid car into household power supply, the researchers say. O’Brien, and Eric D. Shirshova, N., Shaffer, M., Steinke, J.H.G., Greenhalgh, E., and Bismarck, A.