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Cleveland City Planners Change Policies to Create 15-Minute City

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However, such policies have become contentious with European examples further down the path of progress seeing relatively consistent opposition due to the fact that the ultimate goal is to eliminate the automobile. Many places in Cleveland are effectively too poor for the concept to work due to there being a deficit of amenities.

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Total hydrogen station in Munich first to feature standard compressed H2 and BMW cryo-compressed H2 technology

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Cryo-compressed hydrogen storage, being developed by the BMW Group based on its long experience with cryogenic storage, involves storing gaseous hydrogen at low temperature on board the vehicle at a pressure of up to 350 bar. BMW worked with LLNL in the development of a prrof-of-concept and in the review of the technology.

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EV Fires: Reasons, SOPs, and The Science Behind

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(Spent lithium-ion batteries are responsible for 25% of scrapyard fires in the United Kingdom.) The fire department in Copenhagen, Denmark, has devised a truck-mounted vehicle containment solution for electric automobiles that are on fire or at risk of catching fire.

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Mitsubishi to begin offering customers test drives of North American spec i-MiEV in November

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Manufacturer’s Suggested Retail Price (MSRP) is $29,125—$6,075 less than electric vehicles produced by other mainstream automobile manufacturers—for the base ES model before a federal tax credit of $7,500 and available state financial incentives (subject to availability of funding). Background. i-MiEV, Japan-spec.

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