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Electrify America, Sacramento announce Green City investments: ZEV car-sharing, ZEV bus and shuttle routes, EV charging systems

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This service provides additional mobility for residents and visitors to this area, which has been without a bus line since 2008. The charging stations will have a range of power from 50 kilowatts (kW), which is most commonly used in today’s electric vehicles, to 150 and 350kW.

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Korean consortium forming JV with Bolivian miner Comibol for lithium production in Salar de Uyuni

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This means that the reserves of lithium that are realistically available and could be supplied by Uyuni to the world are 140 million tonnes of lithium. Korea imports all of its lithium needs, which nearly doubled to 11,000 tons last year compared with 5,200 tons in 2008.

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BMW H2 BS

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The gasoline-only production version of this car, the 7 Series, is available today for between $75,800 and $122,600. With hydrogen as a fuel option, the car is so expensive and made in such limited numbers it has no MSRP and is not rated on the EPA Green Vehicle Guide for 2007 or 2008.

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Reaction Design introduces model fuel library resulting from work of Model Fuels Consortium

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2012, Reaction Design is continuing the research and assembly of the most complete and accurate fuel mechanisms available today through the Model Fuel Library subscription service. With the MFC coming to an end in Dec. The goal of MFC II was to create software models and tools to predict soot particle size and number. Click to enlarge.

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EPA and NHTSA Issue Notice of Intent to Develop New Greenhouse Gas and Fuel Economy Standards for Light-Duty Vehicle Model Years 2017-2025; Proposal Expected by 30 Sep 2011

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The agencies and ARB considered technologies that are readily available today as well as technologies that may not currently be in production but are beyond the research phase and under development and which are expected to be in production in the MYs 2017-2025 timeframe. hybrid/vehicle electrification technologies.

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IEA technology and policy reports outline paths to halving fuel used for combustion-engined road transport in less than 40 years

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Average fuel economy and new vehicles registrations, 2005 and 2008. Even though most of the key fuel economy technologies are available today, additional breakthroughs and cost reductions would help, including lighter materials, advanced combustion systems and better lubricants. Source: Technology roadmap. Click to enlarge.

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Why Haven't Hoverbikes Taken Off?

Cars That Think

Assessing Hoverbikes’ Risks Safety concerns are just as big a hurdle to making hoverbikes available for sale. But 16 years after its 2008 maiden flight, the $85,000 Aero-X is still not available for sale. 7 years after its initial go-to-market date, Aerofex’s Aero-X is still not available for sale.

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