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Do We Really Need Public Charging Stations?

Get Electric Vehicle

Usually, we buy power from the grid at a retail price but generally arrange for “time of day” pricing, in which the electricity is cheaper at night. Of course, we did not buy an electric vehicle only to travel in a small circle. The core technology was still the Otto cycle( Petrol engine) or the Diesel cycle(Diesel engine).

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“Energiewende” in a tank; Audi e-fuels targeting carbon-neutral driving with synthetic fuels from renewables, H2O and CO2; Swiss policy test case

Green Car Congress

The company currently has a number of projects underway producing or developing—with its different technology partners—e-gas (methane) ( earlier post ); e-ethanol ( earlier post ); two versions of e-diesel from different pathways ( earlier post , earlier post ); and e-benzin (gasoline) ( earlier post ). Blue crude and e-diesel.

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Blue Concept PHEV Van with diesel or hydrogen fuel cells and rooftop photovoltaic. This is different from anything Ive ever seen in my 40 years in the automobile industry." ( Detroit Free Press ). People wont buy a full car. Expects production around 2014. We hope Ford will, and then move ahead! This is unusual.

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