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Ninth annual Green Innovation Index finds California light-duty vehicle emissions spike; major challenge to 2030 climate goals

Green Car Congress

Cheap gas prices and a strong economy are creating increased goods movement and prompting Californians to drive more. In the first quarter of 2017, ZEVs accounted for nearly 5% of the state’s auto sales. The state needs to increase renewable generation by 24% between 2017 to 2020. and the European Union. and the European Union.

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Mad Power thoughts

EV Info

Gas turbines are fairly flexible to switch on and off as wind varies, they’re relatively cheap, highly efficient and much lower in emissions than wood, coal or oil. The excuse is that trees regrow, so it’s ‘renewable’, which makes zero sense then you think it through (trees take decades to grow – and then we cut them down again anyway). .

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Europe Expands Virtual Borders To Thwart Migrants

Cars That Think

If it were legal to deliver rescued migrants to Libya, it would be as cheap as sending rescue boats a few extra kilometers south instead of east. In early 2017, in the forest highlands of eastern Guinea, a man I’ll call Jacob began a journey that would take him across five Saharan countries and multiple failed sea crossings.

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New high-power, fast-charging, safe and long-life Li-ion battery

Green Car Congress

Researchers from Sweden, Italy and Germany have proposed and demonstrated a novel full Li-ion cell that is able to cycle for thousands of cycles at 1000 mAg −1 with a capacity retention of 65% at cycle 2000. The cell uniquely combines a nanostructured TiO 2 -based anode with a tailored 1-D tubular morphology; a LiNi 0.5 —Agostini et al.

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10 best electric bicycles you can get

Green Authority

This is a Guinness World Record holder in its original form as the Delfast Prime, which was used for the record attempt in 2017 for the greatest distance traveled on an electric-motorized bicycle on a single charge. The Italjet Ascot Sport is made in Italy (duh), and boy does it look good! The Delfast Top 3.0 The eBike Top 3.0

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Seres 3: Why this Chinese SUV is the worst EV I’ve driven

EV Central

It appears the model sells, or has sold, in France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Spain and Israel. There’s mention of Tesla co-founder Martin Eberhard serving as strategic adviser for a few months in 2017 (when it was called SF Motors), but other information is scant. Headlights are not-great halogens, and the air conditioning?

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