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Heat Pumps—The Well-Tempered Future of A/Cs

Cars That Think

During heat waves in Phoenix, Arizona, while some people fry eggs on sidewalks , Matt Heath, a heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) service manager at AC by J , is on the front line, helping maintain air conditioners in people’s homes. Ironically, the most promising way to improve air conditioners may be to focus on heating.

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Researchers Sequence the Maize (Corn) Genome

Green Car Congress

Resulting improved strains of maize may, for example, produce larger yields, show resistance to disease, offer efficiencies in nitrogen use that would enable farmers to reduce applications of costly, polluting fertilizers, and tolerate changes in rainfall or temperature accompanying climate change.

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Flash Drive: 2023 Lucid Air Touring AWD

Clean Fleet Report

The sleek exterior with a long hood and short, almost bustle-like rear give it a very low 0.197 coefficient of drag (C d ) In comparison, the Mercedes-Benz EQS comes in at.200 The floor is completely flat so toes and knees will never be cramped, and there is a control panel to set and adjust the climate controls, and power side window shades.

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Is aviation the best application yet for hydrogen fuel cells?

Charged EVs

Val Miftakhov: As you can imagine, we did a lot of this [comparison] early on as well. With biofuels, if you look at the relative efficiency of converting solar energy into biofuel versus solar energy into hydrogen, it’s not even a comparison, it’s ridiculous, it’s 500 times difference. That has its own problems.

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The Top 7 Affordable Long Range Electric Cars

Electric Vehicles India

seconds Key Features Dual front airbags Electric sunroof Air purifier Overspeed warning Cruise control Hill start assist Rain-sensing wipers Automated climate control. Key Specifications Top speed – 175 km/h Charging time – AC charger takes 8.5 to 9 hours, and the DC charger takes 60 minutes Battery capacity – 50.3

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Flash Drive: 2023 Hyundai Ioniq 6 EV

Clean Fleet Report

Hitting the Road Clean Fleet Report had the opportunity to drive an Ioniq 6 AWD for a few hours at a media launch program in Scottsdale, Arizona, where we averaged an impressive 3.8 The lower handles the dual-zone climate control, while the upper has the 12.3-inch miles per kilowatt hour (kWh) with a high of 4.5

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2022 Lucid Air: The makers of the first 500-mile EV should be taken seriously

Charged EVs

“Lucid has the hardware and software expertise to use the full energy of the battery while preserving battery life and fast charging performance in hot and cold climates.” In comparison to the Mercedes-Benz EQS, the Lucid battery has 9 percent more capacity—yet it produces a range rating of 520 miles, or 53 percent more.

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