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2019 Honda Insight first drive mpg review: 55 mpg from hybrid sedan

Green Car Reports

Last week, we drove the new 2019 Honda Insight sedan and found Honda's newest compact hybrid roomy and comfortable. During our drive around Minneapolis, its exurbs, and into Wisconsin, we wanted to put to the test Honda's claims that its 1.5-liter

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Xcel Energy, INL to use nuclear energy for clean hydrogen production; HTSE

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Minneapolis-based Xcel Energy will work with Idaho National Laboratory to demonstrate a system that uses a nuclear plant’s steam and electricity to split water. Commercial hydrogen production via low-temperature electrolysis will be demonstrated by a previously awarded project, which launched in September 2019. Earlier post.)

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Electrify America to more than double its current EV charging network by end of 2025

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In addition to adding to its existing network in the US, Electrify America will also expand its Electrify Canada charging network which began installations in 2019. The announcement expands Electrify America’s previous commitment to invest $2 billion over 10 years in Zero Emission Vehicle (ZEV) infrastructure, education, and access in the US.

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MPCA to expand EV charging network by more than 2,500 miles in Greater Minnesota; 38 additional fast chargers

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The Minnesota Department of Transportation reports that there are currently 12,957 EVs (7,403 BEVs and 5,554 PHEVs) on Minnesota roads (the vast majority in the Minneapolis/St.Paul area), with some 4,800 of those BEVs being Teslas, and another 1,400 Nissan LEAFs.

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What is Tesla’s Mystery Magnet?

Cars That Think

A 2019 study by Roskill Information Services in London found that more than 90 percent of the permanent magnets used in automotive traction motors were NdFeB. So if not rare-earth permanent magnets for Tesla’s next motor, then what kind? Among the most promising: iron nitride, Fe 16 N 2.

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San Diego, Parking Reforms Work for Climate & Small Biz

EV Obssesion

Since 2019, the City has adopted two key policies that will help its neighborhoods become more affordable, inclusive […]. By Carter Rubin, Advocate for transportation options that reduce carbon emissions and support equitable access for all.

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Update: 10 Best Car Sharing Programs

Clean Fleet Report

Zipcars can be found in Atlanta, Austin, Baltimore, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Denver, Detroit, Houston, Los Angeles, Miami, Minneapolis, Milwaukee, New York, Philadelphia, Providence, Sacramento, San Diego, Zipcar users have a card that unlocks their local cars San Francisco, Seattle and Washington, D.C. In the U.S.

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