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Former president of Shell Oil calls for aggressive action on alternative fuels to break oil monopoly on transportation

Green Car Congress

John Hofmeister, former President of Shell Oil Company and founder and CEO of Citizens for Affordable Energy (CFAE), is joining the Fuel Freedom Foundation (FFF) Advisory Board. CFAE’s mission is to educate citizens and government officials about pragmatic, non-partisan affordable energy solutions. “

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EIA Annual Energy Outlook explores implications of behavior and demographics on light-duty vehicle energy demand

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The Low VMT case assumes an environment in which travel choices made by drivers result in lower demand for personal vehicle travel, consistent with the recent trend. Income, fuel prices, the costs of purchasing a vehicle, and other vehicle operating costs also all influence the extent to which an individual can afford LDV travel.

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“Inspiring Female Founder” – Jordan Brompton spotlighted in The Successful Founder

My Energi

We founded the business in 2016 with nothing – apart from a few good ideas and a serious passion for change. Rather than a fairytale story dreamt up in a shiny glass city-centre skyscraper, the idea behind myenergi came from a conversation over a bottle of wine. Zero fossil fuels, zero reliance on the grid, zero emissions travel.

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This Robot Could Be the Key to Helping People With Disabilities

Cars That Think

It was a PR2 , from the robotics company Willow Garage, and Georgia Tech robotics professor Charlie Kemp was demonstrating how the PR2 was able to locate a person and bring them a bottle of medicine. In 2016, Kemp started working on the design of a new robot. It’s small and lightweight, easily movable by one person.

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LeMond Composites licenses ORNL low-cost carbon fiber manufacturing process; transportation, renewable energy, & infrastructure

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The high cost of specialty precursor materials and the energy and capital-intensive nature of the conversion process are the principal contributors to the high cost of the end product. ORNL began accepting license applications in March 2016. Jackson and several of her ORNL teammates joined LeMond Composites in 2016.

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Tesla Inside: The Ultimate Vintage Land Rover Retrofit

Cars That Think

For this baby-blue Rover, the conversion includes a powerful electric drive unit from a. There, more than 60 employees and two production lines will have the capacity for 100 conversions a year. Around the world, specialists like E.C.D. Tesla Model S P100D, which provides 450 horsepower (331 kilowatts) in this application.

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OLA S1 Electric Scooter Ownership Blog

Plug In India

My ramblings on the 2022 EV scene I have an electric cycle, which is an eAdicct conversion kit added to a Schnell 26 inch cycle. I used to be excited by those electric cycles back in 2016/17. It was such an ice breaker and conversation starter. Also car manufacturers are not launching affordable electric cars.

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