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Eaton to develop affordable home refueling station for natural gas vehicles; liquid piston technology

Green Car Congress

Eaton Corporation will develop an affordable home refueling station for natural gas vehicles, utilizing existing natural gas sources in the home and innovative compressor technology. The refueling system will use liquid to act as a piston to compress natural gas. The effort is funded in part by a $3.4-million

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OptiFuel to repower Argentina’s 400 freight locomotive fleet from diesel-power to CNG and/or RNG

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The objective of this agreement is to develop a project to repower and put into service 400 switcher and line-haul freight locomotives, all 100% powered by compressed natural gas (CNG) and/or renewable natural gas (RNG) with low or zero emissions, in line with the Argentina’s decarbonization goals.

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J.D. Power study: EV consideration in US increasing, but slowly; availability of public chargers a friction point

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As automotive manufacturers pour billions of dollars into their electrification strategies and roll out new fully electric vehicles (EVs), new-vehicle buyer consideration is increasing, albeit slowly, according to the J.D. Electric Vehicle Consideration (EVC) Study. Power 2023 U.S. Across all J.D.

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Used Electric Vehicles – Affordable and Available

Plug N Drive

I have pretty exciting news for everyone who thought they couldn’t afford an EV… Yes, you can! At Plug’n Drive, we have lots of visitors come to the EV Discovery Centre , waxing poetic about electric cars, that they are the future of transportation, but they are too expensive and out of reach for most consumers.

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SoCalGas and Onboard Dynamics announce second demonstration of new mobile natural gas compressor for fueling stations

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Southern California Gas Company (SoCalGas) and Onboard Dynamics, Inc. ObDI) announced the field demonstration of new mobile compressor technology that provides on-site backup and supplemental compression at natural gas fueling stations. and helps to reduce operational costs and greenhouse gas emissions.

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Old Nissan Leaf becomes affordable road trip after 160-mile battery upgrade

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With demand for electric vehicles surging and used prices getting pushed sky high, some may think that the idea of a sub-20,000 dollar EV with more than 70 miles of range is just a fever dream. The silver 2013 Nissan Leaf posted by user sctbke is a sleeper for sure, but an affordable one.

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Toyota highlights gas engine project as ‘practical’ path to carbon neutrality

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Toyota has had a long history of speaking out against an all-out transition to electric vehicles (EVs), continually pointing to hydrogen technology and continued gas vehicle production as important pieces of the puzzle. Battery electric vehicles do not represent the only way to achieve carbon neutrality,” Toyoda added.

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