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Lucid updates Air Grand Touring to boast its range with faster charging

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Here are the three improvements Lucid made to the Air Grand Touring to make it one of the most well-rounded options in the company’s lineup: Heat Pump for Outstanding Range Tesla first established the crucial nature of the heat pump in electric vehicles. Tesla first installed the heat pump in the Model Y.

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Study finds emissions from road construction could be halved using today’s technology

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But the researchers also demonstrated that emissions could be halved with technology already available today—and completely eliminated by the year 2045. Solutions are being developed and implemented, but climate-saving technologies and choices exist already today. Replacement of cement clinker as a binder in concrete.

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IEA technology and policy reports outline paths to halving fuel used for combustion-engined road transport in less than 40 years

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Two new reports—one on technology, the other on policy— released by the International Energy Agency (IEA) outline pathways to improve the fuel efficiency of combustion-engined road vehicles by 50% by the middle of the century, saving as much as four-fifths of current annual global oil consumption.

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Using the PHEV (Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicle) to Transition Society Seamlessly and Profitably From Fossil Fuel to 100% Renewable Energy

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The PHEV (Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle), a subset of the electric car, combines a primary electric motor with a much smaller back-up engine fueled with a hydrocarbon/biofuel mix. (In In this paper PHEV refers solely to the long-range PHEV of 60 miles (100 km) electric-only range.) CTO Efficient Drivetrains Inc.

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ARPA-E awards $130M to 66 “OPEN 2012” transformational energy technology projects

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Conventional large-scale gasto-liquid reactors produce waste-heat, reducing the energy. In contrast, this reactor produces electricity as a byproduct of fuel production. provide not only liquid fuel but also electricity, increasing the. electricity production (5 quadrillion. Capturing this energy would reduce both waste.

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Automakers agree on common plug to recharge electric vehicles

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Automakers agree on common plug to recharge electric vehicles by Darren Murph , posted Apr 19th 2009 at 4:24PM Just hours after General Motors put forth a proposal for a standardized plug for electric vehicles , in flies this. Saving lives through nuclear power. :p Is this the Zune HD?

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Volkswagen showcases inductive charging w/ “power lift”, autonomous and semi-autonomous capabilities & gesture control at CES

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If a mapped charging station is difficult to access, does not support the required plug system, is defective or does not exist at all, this would lead to time being wasted. These apps will be available for all App-Connect technologies in the US. Already available today are Glympse, Aupeo!, miRoamer and Parkopedia.

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