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Audi begins initial engine testing of Global Bioenergies, Fraunhofer e-gasoline

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The e-fuel production capacity will be significantly increased in 2019 with the addition to the Leuna Demo plant of a dedicated fuel production unit, which will allow the production of renewable gasoline batches. Audi engineers are now examining the combustion and emission behavior of the renewable fuel in a test engine.

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This new Mack MD Electric is a mobile EV charging station

Baua Electric

To help fleets understand how electric trucks can fit into their operations, Mack Trucks is offering a mobile off-grid charging system. While somewhat clunky as a concept, it should do a reasonable enough job of pretending to be permanent infrastructure to give a fleet manager a sense of whether or not an electric solution will work for them.

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Stanford researchers develop new electrolysis system to split seawater into hydrogen and oxygen

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Electrolysis of water to generate hydrogen fuel is an attractive renewable energy storage technology. However, grid-scale freshwater electrolysis would put a heavy strain on vital water resources. Hongjie Dai and his research lab at Stanford University have developed a prototype that can generate hydrogen fuel from seawater.

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How to Prevent Blackouts by Packetizing the Power Grid

Cars That Think

That need for balance is true of electric power grids, too. Similar mismatches in supply and demand contributed to massive cascading blackouts in August 2003 in the northeastern United States and Canada, in July 2012 in India , and in March 2019 in Venezuela. unprecedented and deadly winter freeze. We think there’s a better way.

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Topsoe puts eSMR demonstration plant into operation for production of sustainable methanol from biogas

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The new electrified steam methane reforming technology is central in a future based on renewable energy and circular bioeconomy and the eSMR demo plant fits perfectly into our energy research facility in Foulum. To produce the sustainable methanol, Topsoe uses its eSMR technology, described in a paper in Science in 2019.

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Road Test: 2021 Polestar 2

Clean Fleet Report

A BMW owner, he is a possible future Polestar buyer, which made this a demo ride and reinforced my positive impressions. These should diminish as more and more of the grid uses power from renewable sources, such as solar and wind, and as the manufacturers themselves use green energy—some, including GM, already do.

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