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DOE awards $25M to improve natural gas operations

Green Car Congress

The automobile industry deploys low-cost MPE sensors today to measure tailpipe emissions. The University of Colorado plans to develop a one-step, solid catalyst-assisted pyrolysis unit employing chemical vapor deposition to grow carbon nanoparticles and carbon nanofibers (CNF).

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The World’s Most Popular EVs Aren’t Cars, Trucks, or Motorcycles

Cars That Think

Exact figures on industry sales are hard to pin down; yet The New York Times quoted experts saying Americans bought roughly 500,000 e-bikes in 2020, compared to about 210,000 plug-in automobiles. Industry analysts expect that uptick in adoption to continue. So even Class 1 bikes are barred from non-motorized trails.