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History of Electric Vehicles in India

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Tesla, Mercedes-Benz, Audi, Hyundai, Mahindra, Chevrolet, BMW, and Renault are among the companies producing revolutionary electric automobiles today. Mahindra again started at the Haridwar plant in 2006 and continues to produce electric vehicles as per market demand. 2001 – Mahindra and Mahindra Ltd. The Present.

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Geely invests in Carbon Recycling Intl.; vehicles fueled by methanol from CO2, water and renewable energy

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CRI, founded in 2006 in Reykjavik, Iceland, is developing technology to produce renewable methanol from clean energy and recycled CO 2 emissions. In late April 2015, Geely Auto deployed a first-of-its-kind fleet of 150 methanol-fueled taxis in the southern Chinese city of Guiyang in cooperation with the municipal government.

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SAE New Energy Vehicle Forum: China’s focus on NEVs may have profound impact on future of transportation

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With increasing pressure from air pollution, oil consumption and congestion, China is compelled to reinvent propulsion technologies. … But the ironic piece is that the [Chinese] companies that are trying to reinvent transportation have the least experience at developing the automobile. Earlier post.) RMB/Watt (US$0.25/Watt)

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MIT team calculates lead emissions from avgas fuel in US contribute to ~$1B in annual damages due to IQ losses

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Their study, published in the ACS journal Environmental Science & Technology , found that that atmospheric lead pollution attributable to leaded aviation gas (avgas) contributes to US$1.06 Lead is a persistent toxic pollutant that impacts human health and welfare through inhalation and ingestion pathways. Credit: ACS, Wolfe et al.

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Perspective: Regional Greenhouse Gas Cap-and-Trade Programs May be the Solution

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Cap-and-trade was first tried on a significant scale twenty years ago under the first Bush administration as a way to address the problem of airborne sulfur dioxide pollution–widely known as acid rain–from coal-burning power plants in the eastern United States. In 2015–nearly 90% of emissions. INTRODUCTION.

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