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2018 BMW i3s first drive review: sportier and nearly as efficient

Green Car Reports

BMW's Test Fest in Palm Springs, California, at The Thermal Club attracts a broad range of cars. The star of the show is the 600-horsepower 2018 BMW M5. But before I can test that wild sport sedan on the track, I’ll do my best to balance my carbon footprint in the new 2018 BMW i3s.

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Michelin and Symbio to accelerate work on fuel cell technology through motorsport; MissionH24

Green Car Congress

Revealed in September 2018, the MissionH24 project is the result of an initiative by the ACO (Automobile Club de l’Ouest, organizer of the Le Mans 24 Hours) and GreenGT, a pioneering business in the field of high-power fuel cells.

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TOYOTA GAZOO Racing unveils GR H2 Racing Concept at Le Mans 24 Hours

Green Car Congress

At a press conference of the Automobile Club de l’Ouest (ACO) at Circuit de la Sarthe in western France, Toyota Motor Corporation Chairman Akio Toyoda revealed the hydrogen engine vehicle prototype “GR H2 Racing Concept”. Since 2018, the ACO, with MissionH24 and GreenGT, has been promoting hydrogen, a safe and efficient energy carrier.

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Aussie Ingenuity Combines With Electricity To Produce Good Clean Fun

CleanTechnica EVs

Started in Byron Bay in 2018, Fliteboard has a fan club of the most influential. Does Chris Hemsworth have one, you ask? Not yet, but he has tried it out! Kite surfing world record holder David Trewern built the first prototypes of Fliteboard using a 3D printer from Aldi (a budget supermarket). Surfing without effort […].

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Tesla owners raise over $2K for children’s hospital

Teslarati

The Tesla Owners Club of Columbus, Ohio held an end-of-the-summer community event at the Medallion Country Club this weekend to raise funds for the Nationwide Children’s Hospital. the President and Co-Founder of the club told me that the club raised $2,095 for the hospital at their first ever silent auction.

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ADAC testing finds new diesel cars cleaner than required; Euro 6c and 6d-Temp vehicles well below the permissible NOx limits

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In Germany, testing by ADAC (Allgemeine Deutsche Automobil-Club eV) has found that all the Euro 6c and 6d-Temp vehicles that have been measured on the road to date meet much stricter requirements nitrogen oxides (NO x ) than required by the EU. Source: ADAC.

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Tesla Model 3 drive, 2018 Accord Hybrid, future BMW i4, longer-range Fusion Energi: The Week in Reverse

Green Car Reports

This is our look back at the Week In Reverse—right here at Green Car Reports—for the week ending on Friday, March 23, 2018. Friday, we wrote about the Norwegian EV club that tested five. What good-looking new 47-mpg hybrid sedan went on sale this week?

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