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Drone Startup to Fly Pallets Without Pilots

Cars That Think

The concept then graduated, first to a proof-of-principle venture in Iceland using multicopters, then to a well-funded Amazon project in the United Kingdom. This article appears in the January 2022 print issue as “Flying Pallets Without Pilots.”. If it is working, I think it can be quickly ramped up.

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EV myths busted: Are electric vehicles actually good for the environment?

Drive Electric

Throughout this article, we’ll refer to ICEVs and EVs; here’s a quick breakdown explaining the difference between the two. If it’s manufactured on a ‘dirty’ power grid it becomes a major source of emissions over the EV lifecycle. The New Zealand Power Grid. EV Batteries as Storage to Support the Electricity Grid.

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EV myths busted: Are electric vehicles actually good for the environment?

Drive Electric

Throughout this article, we’ll refer to ICEVs and EVs – here’s a quick breakdown explaining the difference between the two. If it’s manufactured on a ‘dirty’ power grid it becomes a major source of emissions over the EV lifecycle. The New Zealand Power Grid. EV Batteries as Storage to Support the Electricity Grid.

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2020 Top 10 Countries in the Global EV Revolution

EV Sales

6TH PLACE: ICELAND, 58 POINTS (TIED FOR 7TH IN 2019) Claim to fame: sparse schmarse , just look at them numbers! Sure, 2x more people live within Seattle city limits than in all of Iceland’s huge expanses. Republished Daily Kos article, courtesy of Assaf Oron, a passionate and dedicated EV fan, you can read the original article here

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