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Mercedes-Benz Cars plants in Germany to be supplied with CO2-neutral energy from 2022

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In the future, 100% of additional purchased electricity will come from verifiable renewable sources, such as wind- and hydropower. The plant will start operating in 2019. This corresponds to about three quarters of the required electricity in the German plants. In Jawor (Poland), a new CO 2 -neutral engine plant is being built.

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How EVs Are Reducing Carbon (CO2) Emissions

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In 2019, the European Union and the United States both mandated minimum noise requirements for electric vehicles operating at low speeds in order to alert nearby pedestrians: “at least 56 decibels when traveling under 12 mph (20 km/h)” in Europe and “ 43 to 64 decibels when they are moving at less than 18.6 mph” in the United States.

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131. ELECTRIFYING EVERYTHING IN THE 2020s

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Lithium-ion batteries will power more applications — electrification of everything: The 2019 Nobel Prize in Chemistry highlights the progress lithium-ion batteries achieved in the past four decades. Whether related to the stock market, presidential elections or climate, December is the month to make predictions for the coming year and decade.

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Solar-to-Hydrogen Water Splitter Outlasts Next Best Tech By 14x

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Several companies and initiatives are making it by using wind or solar electricity to split water via electrolysis. . Direct solar water-splitting using PEC is a more elegant, one-step way to harness solar energy for hydrogen production. Green hydrogen research and technologies have been gaining momentum around the world.

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