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2016 Toyota Prius Spy Shots

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And here it is: the 2016 Toyota Prius. Ahead of a preview September 8 in Las Vegas, and an official debut at Frankfurt, spy photographers already found the 2016 Prius, uncloaked, in Malibu, California.

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Rhodium Group estimates US GHG fell 2.1% in 2019, driven by coal decline

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All told, net US GHG emissions ended 2019 slightly higher than at the end of 2016. Natural gas generation made up much of the gap last year, as it has consistently in recent years, due to extremely cheap gas prices. That’s higher than the 3% gain in 2018, but lower than the 13% gains posted in 2016 and 2017.

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New nanolithia cathodes may address technical drawbacks of Li-air batteries; scalable, cheap and safer Li-air battery system

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Overall, the new battery system is “ very scalable, cheap, and much safer ” than lithium-air batteries, Li says. Zhi Zhu, Akihiro Kushima, Zongyou Yin, Lu Qi, Khalil Amine, Jun Lu & Ju Li (2016) “Anion-redox nanolithia cathodes for Li-ion batteries”. And the cobalt oxide component weighs less than 50% of the nanolithia component.

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Deal of the year? Used Fiat 500e electric cars at $6,500?

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Any 2011 through 2016 electric car not made by Tesla is likely to be cheap on a used-car lot due to worries about battery degradation and its effect on range. It's well known by now that the used-car prices of low-range electric cars are low.

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Volvo makes its last diesel car and puts it in a museum

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Between 2012 and 2016, diesel accounted for half of the company’s global sales. In the US, diesel never had the same traction, due the abundance of cheap gas. Swedish automaker Volvo has rolled out its last diesel-powered vehicle, after a 45-year relationship with the powertrain and cranking out millions of diesel cars.

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Bloomberg NEF forecasts falling battery prices enabling surge in wind and solar to 50% of global generation by 2050

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The arrival of cheap battery storage will mean that it becomes increasingly possible to finesse the delivery of electricity from wind and solar, so that these technologies can help meet demand even when the wind isn’t blowing and the sun isn’t shining. Coal emerges as the biggest loser in the long run.

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Farley: Chinese language automakers turning into EV ‘powerhouse’

Baua Electric

Ford is chopping prices in China the place its gross sales had been sliding since 2016. It’s restructuring operations there to show one in every of its joint ventures into an export hub for cheap business electrical and combustion cars.

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