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EV News: EV everywhere

Electric Auto Association

EV towing Ready for a serious haul Many EVs available today are engineered to tow substantial weight. DeLorean A cleaner comeback The car maker is promising an all-elect third version of its iconic vehicle. EV maintenance Support on the way EV maintenance is rapidly expanding to keep up with the growing EV numbers. DeLorean EV.

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Renewable-methanol fueled Geely cars in fleet testing in Iceland; 70% reduction in WTW CO2 compared to gasoline

Green Car Congress

Among drivers testing the vehicles were CRI staff and members of the Icelandic Automobile Association as well as several local service providers in the auto industry. Methanol which is produced with CRI’s method is one of the most environmentally friendly liquid fuels available today. —Ómar Sigurbjörnsson.

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Electrification gaining momentum in fleet vehicle industry – Charged EVs

Baua Electric

This will help to accelerate the transition to a cleaner, more sustainable transportation future. Thanks to their cutting-edge thermal management solutions available today, Parker Lord can work together with their customers to propel the transition toward sustainable and electrified transportation ecosystem.

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Reaction Design introduces model fuel library resulting from work of Model Fuels Consortium

Green Car Congress

Volume 1 of the library, available now, includes: Improved fundamental models for C 0 to C 4 hydrocarbons, enabling accurate prediction of flame propagation, auto-ignition and emissions. Diesel fuel components, including n-heptane, iso-octane, decalin and alpha-methyl naphthalene (AMN). With the MFC coming to an end in Dec.

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Toyota Hot and Cold on Plug-in Hybrids

Plugs and Cars

According to Autos Insider of July 12, 2007 Toyota, which has sold 1 million hybrids worldwide, including 750,000 in the United States, over the last decade, said converting a hybrid risks vehicle fires, and actually increases greenhouse gas emissions. After all, grid electricity is cleaner and cheaper than gasoline.

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P G & E Plugs Drive

Plug In Partners

But Marc Geller, vice president of the San Francisco Electric Auto Association , believes car companies just do not want to incur the high cost of altering a 100-year-old practice of building cars with gas-fueled engines. The bottom line is, electricity is cleaner, cheaper and domestic ,” Geller said. The technology is available today.

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Automakers agree on common plug to recharge electric vehicles

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

By comparison, NOx emissions in Travis county from motor vehicles totaled approximately 30,000 tons per year in 1996 -- the last year for which complete data was available. (1, like i said in the first place, for me, this makes me think of one step in the right direction and makes me think of a greener cleaner future.