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Opinion: Politicians Are Lying About Biden's EPA Rule

The Truth About Cars

It's not a ban on cars or internal-combustion engine cars. Perhaps the cost of compliance will drive the cost of cars up. If you are a politician, automaker, Big Oil lobbyist, or regular person who thinks the rule is bad for the auto industry and/or consumers, argue on the merits. It's just not.

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CPT presenting two papers at SAE World Congress on SpeedStart and TIGERS for 48V mild hybrid systems

Green Car Congress

The paper focuses in particular on the challenges of balancing the need to customize the motor for different applications against the need to maintain common variants to minimise cost, reduce risk and accelerate development cycles. Rick Quinn, senior manager for advanced engineering.

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What is Decarbonization?

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The health of the planet depends on government policy, technology innovation, and widespread public support working together to create a pro-climate culture, lower the cost of no-carbon energy, and accelerate decarbonization efforts to meet climate goals. . Why Is the Transport Sector Critical to Decarbonization?

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Bright’s Plug-In Car: Aerodynamics Are Key

Revenge of the Electric Car

By reducing wind resistance and weight, the company’s engineers effectively are reducing the amount of work an electric engine will have to perform to get the car up to driving speeds, which in turn conserves battery power.&#. The car will go 30 miles on batteries before the gas engine kicks in and be street-legal.

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US DOE Issues Request for Information on Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Market Development; Reports to Congress on Program

Green Car Congress

Hydrogen produced by water electrolysis has the potential to be a useful means of storing excess electricity generated using wind, solar, and other intermittent renewable energy. The 2015 cost target was $2-$3/gge. System cost remains an issue. per gge (assuming widespread deployment).

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Road Test: 2022 Mercedes-Benz S500 4Matic Mild Hybrid

Clean Fleet Report

When putting the S500 in drive and pulling away, you hear a distinctive click that reassures the door handles have retracted and will not be grabbing the wind as you whoosh down the road. Both engines have 48-volt mild hybrid electrification that adds up-to an additional 21 hp and 184 lb.-ft. liter V8 that puts out 496 hp and 516 lb.-ft.

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Using the PHEV (Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicle) to Transition Society Seamlessly and Profitably From Fossil Fuel to 100% Renewable Energy

Green Car Congress

The PHEV (Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle), a subset of the electric car, combines a primary electric motor with a much smaller back-up engine fueled with a hydrocarbon/biofuel mix. (In Engineering Advantages of PHEV. Distributed Solar and Wind with the PHEV. It is much more than that. Table of Contents. Conclusions.

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