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Nuvera breaks ground on automated fuel cell production facility in China

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Nuvera Fuel Cells, LLC, a provider of fuel cell power solutions for motive applications, is building a fuel cell stack production line in the Hangzhou district government of Fuyang, China. The fuel cells will power heavy-duty vehicles such as delivery vans and transit buses. Hyster-Yale Materials Handling, Inc.

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US average retail gasoline prices ended 2017 lower than they started

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per gallon (gal) in 2018, 30 cents/gal (13%) higher than in 2017 and 57 cents/gal higher than in 2016. gal at least once in 2018. The national price for gasoline declined for 12 weeks in a row at the end of 2018, which marked the longest consecutive weekly drop since the 17-week decline from October 2014 through January 2015.

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Winnebago, Motiv unveil all-electric healthcare vehicles

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Winnebago is displaying the vehicle in San Francisco, at both CALSTART’s Global Commercial Vehicle Drive to Zero Workshop on September 11 th and the Global Climate Action Summit 12-14 September 2018. Based on the average cost of fuel in the US, the eMLU is expected to save $150,000-$200,000 in combined diesel fuel and maintenance savings.

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Study provides more insight into air pollution mechanisms that cause cardiovascular diseases

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Of particular interest is the fact that with regard to the much-discussed diesel exhaust emissions, particulate matter and not nitrogen dioxide (NO 2 ), both of which are produced by burning diesel fuel, have a negative effect on vascular function. —Thomas Münzel. —Professor Jos Lelieveld.

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Testimony: Why I like my electric vehicle

Electric Auto Association

The following testimony by Mr. Benford was presented by Clean Fuels Ohio on April 4, 2022 to the Ohio Senate Energy and Public Utilities Committee in support of Ohio Senate Bill 307: Accelerating Ohio's Auto Industry. In light of the current spike in gasoline prices, the savings on fueling costs with EVs are even greater.

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NASA’s New Shortcut to Fusion Power

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The enriched uranium fuel they use must be kept secure. For more than 60 years, photovoltaic cells , fuel cells , or radioisotope thermoelectric generators (RTGs) have provided power to spacecraft. lattice confinement fusion (LCF), a type of fusion in which the nuclear fuel is bound in a metal lattice. There are currently about.

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Tale of Two 2,000-mile EV Rural Road Trips

Clean Fleet Report

Instead, I drove to Cleveland and then back westward to the center of Iowa, where I visited a relative. Fuel Costs It proved pretty much impossible to get accurate “fuel” consumption information for both trips since several charges were done at privately owned charging points with no cost displayed. In the UK the EV6 averaged 3.8

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