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Ride1Up Prodigy V2 review: An affordable Brose mid-drive e-bike for the common man!

Baua Electric

The company has always sought to provide most of what you can get from higher-priced electric bike models, yet at a much more affordable price. It even has a slickly integrated tail light right in the rack’s deck, ensuring there’s one less thing to bash on a bike rack. Don’t believe me? Watch my testing video below to see it in action!

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Velotric Nomad 1 review: Affordable, off-road adventure

Green Authority

Solid suspension: Most e-bikes on the affordable end of the spectrum tend to cheap out on suspension, but the suspension is very durable here. The front fork absorbed every bump I rode over, whether dirt, gravel, or even light snow. Also, the rear tail light works off a separate battery. What’s good?

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Ninth annual Green Innovation Index finds California light-duty vehicle emissions spike; major challenge to 2030 climate goals

Green Car Congress

However, although the state has made considerable progress decoupling economic growth from greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, the rate of emissions decline appears to be slowing, due in part to a spike in transportation emissions attributed to an increase from light-duty vehicles. in emissions from on-road vehicles. million MTCO 2 e of the 4.9

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Portable Analyzer Brings Blood Testing to Rural Areas

Cars That Think

Seeing the need for a more transportable system that can analyze blood samples in rural and remote areas, two researchers in India have developed a new design that is simple, affordable, and easily deployed anywhere where a source of electricity is available. Many existing devices in the laboratory use light to analyze blood sample.

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2023 Volkswagen Jetta Review – Getting the Basics Right

The Truth About Cars

Not necessarily in a bad way – nothing felt cheap. Seventeen-inch wheels, LED lights all around, dual-zone climate control, keyless entry and starting, Apple CarPlay and Android Auto, and Bluetooth. Sometimes it feels a bit too light, sometimes it feels appropriately heavy, but it almost always feels too artificial.

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The Toyota FT-Se Concept Probably Isn’t the Next MR2

The Truth About Cars

When Toyota first previewed the MR2 in 1981 as the SA-X Prototype, the whole point was to offer customers a car that was incredibly engaging to drive while also being cheap to own. An argument could be made that electrification could be used to help keep the car cheap to operate. The recipe would presumably be different for the FT-Se.

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UK researchers use graphite to waterproof perovskite solar cells

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They also work in low light conditions and can produce a higher voltage than silicon cells. The Bath team instead used commercially available graphite, which is very cheap and much more sustainable than indium. However at the moment they are really unstable in water - solar cells are not much use if they dissolve in the rain!

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