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Road Test: 2023 Genesis GV60 EV

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The GV60 has limited wind and road noise partly due to the low 0.29 The GV60 is sold in Arizona, California, Connecticut, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, Utah and Washington states. When climbing behind the wheel of the GV60, you’ll quickly recognize a fine automobile. Advanced $60,385. Performance $69,385.

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DOE ARPA-E awards $156M to projects to 60 projects to accelerate innovation in clean energy technologies

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for High Power Wind Generators The University of Houston will develop a new, low-cost. superconducting wire that can be used in future advanced wind turbine generators. used to make a wind turbine generator lighter, more powerful, and more efficient. has traditionally been too expensive to use in wind generators.

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

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They're a way to potentially free up precious street space, provide alternatives to automobiles and reduce energy consumption and harmful emissions. 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.

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DOE awards $54M to 13 projects for transformational manufacturing technologies and materials; top two awards go to carbon fiber materials and electrodes for next-gen batteries

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Low-cost carbon fiber has widespread application in automobiles, wind turbines, and various other industrial applications. The University of Utah Salt Lake is collaborating on the project, which will develop a process that sprays iron ore directly into the furnace chamber and uses natural gas, hydrogen, or syngas as a reducing.

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Perspective: Regional Greenhouse Gas Cap-and-Trade Programs May be the Solution

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The legislation would also provide new incentives for domestic oil and gas drilling, nuclear power plant construction, carbon capture and storage, and renewable energy sources like wind and solar. For example, automobile firms have an incentive to invest in energy efficiency because consumers value fuel efficiency. Another six U.S.

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