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InDEED, a success

Electric Auto Association

Road rallies were held in Juneau, Alaska , where local and state elected officials riding the city’s first electric bus led the way, and in Muskegon, Michigan , where 70 participants in 40 cars, motorcycles, and a golf cart, navigated a 150-mile circuit from Muskegon to Holland to Grand Rapids and back to Muskegon.

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Expansion of sugarcane crop in Brazil to areas previously occupied by crops or pastureland leads to local cooling

Green Car Congress

The researchers used data from hundreds of satellite images over 733,000 square miles—an area larger than the state of Alaska. They measured temperature, reflectivity (albedo), and evapotranspiration—the water loss from the soil and from plants as they exhale water vapor. —Scott Loarie.

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EV Radar: December 2021

Noodoe

Join the conversation at EV Daily on Facebook. It’s very common, in fact, to describe distances in terms of hours instead of miles or kilometers. Mercedes tested out their $102,000 EQS on a run of 422 miles. The EV drove 20 miles farther than what the Tesla Model S guarantees. We’ll keep you informed.

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A closer look at why heat pumps are dominating EV HVAC systems

Charged EVs

kW to travel at 60 mph (100 kph), the max range will be 93 miles (150 km). kW, reducing the maximum range to 70 miles (113 km), or a reduction of approximately 25%! In an EV, while using the HVAC won’t detract from the maximum output of the traction motor, it does still demand energy from the battery, so there will be a hit to range.

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Going with the talent flow

Electric Auto Association

We’d set up at intersections with the heaviest traffic, but where cars weren’t traveling at more than 30 miles per hour. That legislation led to conversations between the landlords and the tenants, or the owners and the associations,” he explained. A former state transportation coordinator in Alaska, Loeb launched ‘rEV UP!’

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"Spirit of DC" PHEV All Around America Update. from EVJerry back in DC with the "Spirit" Hanging out at the Beach!

Spirit of DC - PHEV3A

20 + pounds added) after some 17,000 HEV/PHEV miles on the tusch. Sidenote: For fundraising -- perhaps it can begin with pledges per mile, or EAA Sister Chapters, or State Capitals visited. of: 1-cent a mile from EAA Chapters; a dime an EAA Chapter from EAA Members; a buck a State. See also 11 October email exchange below.

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ARPA-E to award $22M to 18 projects to accelerate production of macroalgae for energy and other uses; MARINER

Green Car Congress

From Alaska to the Gulf Coast, the United States has offshore resources capable of producing enough seaweed to handle as much as 10 percent of our demand for transportation fuel. University of Alaska Fairbanks – Fairbanks, AK. Test deployments for the integrated system are planned for locations in Alaska and New England.

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