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Maersk Drilling awarded contract extension to drill world record well in Angola; 2.25-mile water depth

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The current world record is 3,400 m, set by Maersk Voyager’s sister drillship Maersk Venturer when it drilled the Raya-1 well for TotalEnergies offshore Uruguay in 2016. meters high and wind speeds of up to 26 meters per second (58 mph). The Ondjaba-1 well will be drilled at a new world record water depth of 3,628 m (2.25

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First Drive: 2016 Hyundai Sonata PHEV and HEV

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Hyundai began the US rollout of the 2016 Hyundai Sonata Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle (PHEV) ( earlier post ) and its conventional hybrid sibling (HEV) with a series of media drives in California—one of the main markets for the PHEV, which offers some 24 miles (38.6 The 2016 Sonata PHEV features a 9.8 kWh Li poly pack.

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GM’s new RWD PHEV system for Cadillac CT6 designed for fun-to-drive high performance as well as efficiency; Volt on steroids

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seconds; delivers an all-electric range of more than 60 km (37 miles) and an all-electric top speed of 125 km/h (78 mph); and features combined fuel consumption of less than 2.0 With bar winding construction, GM can pack in more copper, with about half of the DC resistance of the stator. L/100 km (117.7 —Tim Grewe. (As

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US DRIVE releases comprehensive cradle-to-grave analysis of light-duty vehicle GHGs, cost of driving and cost of avoided GHGs

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time to accelerate from 0–60 mph, maximum speed, etc.), Under the Current Technology case, conventional gasoline ICEVs model to have C2G GHG emissions of slightly more than 450 g CO 2 e/mile (grams of CO 2 equivalent per mile). Wallington (2016) “Cradle-to-Grave Lifecycle Analysis of U.S. Levelized cost of driving (LCD).

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First drive: US spec Audi A3 Sportback e-tron plug-in hybrid; 83-86 MPGe with 16-17 mile EV range

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Although the EPA has not as of this writing released the final fuel economy numbers for the US A3 e-tron, Filip Brabec, Director, Product Management, Audi of America, said that the figures will be around 83 to 86 MPGe combined (depending on the equipment level), with 35 to 39 mpg gasoline only and 16-17 miles of EV range.

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Road Test: 2022 Subaru BRZ Limited

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But let’s get real here, who will be buying the BRZ to squeeze miles from every tank of fuel? Heck, you can even get to 55 mph in second, so wringing-out the speed and approaching red line is what this car loves and is built to do. Designed to cut through the wind with underbody aerodynamic panels and a 0.28 A Driver’s Interior.

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Mercedes-AMG reveals performance hybrid and battery-electric AMG derivative strategy

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87 mph, when the maximum speed of the electric motor would be reached at approx. Development of the lithium-ion energy storage system began in 2016 and was inspired by technologies that have proven themselves in the Mercedes-AMG Petronas F1 Team’s Formula 1 hybrid racing cars. An electric actuator switches to the 2 nd gear by approx.

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