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Biofuels- paving the way for low carbon future in mobility – ET Auto

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Given the biogenic carbon capture of crops, Ethanol as a fuel has a much lower environmental impact than the traditional fossil fuels. In 2014, steps such as the reintroduction of minimum support price (MSP) and opening up alternative ethanol production routes were taken, which helped the blending rate to reach 4% by 2018.

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UCL, UI researchers devise method to optimize magnesium chromium oxide cathode materials; disordered materials

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Low-capacity carbon anodes have to be used in lithium-ion batteries for safety reasons, as the use of pure lithium metal anodes can cause dangerous short circuits and fires. —co-lead author, Dr Ian Johnson (UCL Chemistry). One factor limiting lithium-ion batteries is the anode. Linhua Hu, Ian D. Johnson, Soojeong Kim, Gene M.

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What the Nissan Leaf Has Taught Us About Natural Disaster Recovery

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The Leaf models were used as portable power stations , with enough juice to power the average Japanese home for four days, power 6,200 smartphones, or run 100 elevator round trips in a 48-story building. . After the successful use of the Leaf to help keep the power on in hospitals, their utility expanded to homes and businesses.

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2021 Jeep Wrangler 4xe: The legendary SUV brand’s first plug-in hybrid

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It was all-new for the 2018 model year, and was engineered from the start to accommodate 2021’s PHEV version. Second, and more crucial from a policy perspective, is that to justify the subsidies and tax incentives lavished on plug-in hybrids as a way to reduce vehicular emissions of carbon dioxide, they have to be plugged in.

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