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Fossil Fuels Renewable Energy and EV Modern Life

Setec Powerr

EPA’s regulatory responsibilities expanded during its first two decades, and many forms of pollution were identified and reduced. Automobiles became more energy-efficient and less polluting. Decarbonization will resemble our efforts at pollution control. The argument that electric vehicles pollute too much is not persuasive.

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Gear up for outdoor adventures with BLUETTI’s huge spring sale

Baua Electric

BLUETTI can totally transform the way you and your family experience the outdoors – providing clean, sustainable power for your phones and laptops, electric stoves, coffee makers, mini-fridges, and other essentials to keep things comfortable and running smoothly, all without the mess, pollution, noise of gas generators.

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ZF launches product offensive for hybrid and electric drive systems, automated driving, integrated safety, and chassis

Green Car Congress

This is contingent on electric range and electric power, both of which must allow for driving in everyday traffic with battery power only. The electric motor has a maximum power of 160 kW and a continuous output of 80 kW. Nevertheless, a plug-in hybrid drive could considerably lower the engine’s CO 2 emissions.

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TU München researchers test behavior of OME synthetic fuels in engines, develop optimized combustion process

Green Car Congress

Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) is the coordinator of that project, in cooperation with TU Kaiserslautern and TU München. We determined that using this fuel can significantly reduce pollutant emissions. In 2016, Germany launched a 3-year study of oxymethylene ethers (OME) as clean diesel fuels with €800,000 (US$894,000).

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Top 10 Reasons To Buy An E-Bike

Get Electric Vehicle

You don’t have to buy a new bike because you can adapt your old cycle with an adaption kit and do it yourself in a matter of minutes, how cool is that? When you incorporate a battery-powered bicycle into your everyday routine, you are automatically blocking out those hours of the day for physical exercise. One more #11.

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

The objections they raised for years -- "no one is interested, no one would plug in, the technology is too complex, the benefits are minimal, its just shifting the pollution from the tailpipe to the smokestack, theres no demand for these cars" -- still show up occasionally, but are by and large history. 11/11/06 General Motors Corp.

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GM Says Chevrolet Volt Won't 'Pay the Rent' | Autopia from Wired.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

If you build a car as a "kit car" with no real factory, then yes, it will never be an economic success. Toyota Prius modders have already been adding larger batteries so the vehicle can run on battery power. The mines in Canada where the nickel & cadmium are mined is one of the most polluted places on Earth.

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