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Looking to get in a hybrid for cheap? Used Toyota Prius 1.5 HSD 2004-2009 Review

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I knew I wanted something for her that was cheap to maintain, had a reliable automatic transmission, came with cruise control, AC. We only drove ’normal’ ICE (Internal Combustion Engine) cars before but those gave me a feeling of always being in a hurry. The gasoline engine only runs in reversing to power the batteries.

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IIASA-led study proposes Underground Gravity Energy Storage as long-term energy storage solution for renewables

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While there are many effective solutions for daily energy storage, the most common being batteries, a cost-effective long-term solution is still lacking. Other energy storage methods, such as batteries, lose energy via self-discharge over long periods. Underground Gravity Energy Storage system: a schematic of different system sections.

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ICL researchers develop new membrane-based system for cheap, efficiently made biofuels

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As well as being cleaner for the environment, biofuels are able to overcome issues with capacity and energy storage associated with other renewable technologies like batteries, which have so far prevented them being successfully adapted for use in aviation and long-distance transport. Bolton, Young Moo Lee and Andrew G.

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Unico's Battery Testing Enters a Competitive Industry

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As EV production and, with it, battery production accelerate over the next decade, so too will the demand for rigorous EV battery testing. But producing a battery that will stand up to the task of powering an electric vehicle for years under different weather conditions and unpredictable usage patterns is no mean feat.

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New nanolithia cathodes may address technical drawbacks of Li-air batteries; scalable, cheap and safer Li-air battery system

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An international team from MIT, Argonne National Laboratory and Peking University has demonstrated a lab-scale proof-of-concept of a new type of cathode for Li-air batteries that could overcome the current drawbacks to the technology, including a high potential gap (>1.2 V) V versus Li/Li +. V in O x− (condensed phase) → O 2 (gas).

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Celgard enters into joint development agreement for separator technology with Morrow for high-voltage LNMO cells

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Celgard, a subsidiary of Polypore International, entered into a multi-year joint development agreement with Morrow Batteries AS ( earlier post ). Celgard specializes in solvent-free, coated and uncoated, dry-process microporous membranes used as separators that are a major component of lithium-ion batteries.

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NACFE releases guidance report on hydrogen fuel cell heavy-duty trucks

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Battery electric trucks should be the baseline for hydrogen fuel cells electric vehicle (HFCEV) comparisons, rather than any internal combustion engine alternative. Hydrogen is a regional solution, cheap hydrogen even more so. Fill times are moving targets for both fuel cell and battery electric vehicles.

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