article thumbnail

BNEF report finds hydrogen promising decarbonization pathway, but carbon prices and emissions policies required

Green Car Congress

This is equivalent to gas priced at $6-12/MMBtu, making it competitive with current natural gas prices in Brazil, China, India, Germany and Scandinavia on an energy-equivalent basis. Renewable hydrogen can be made by splitting water into hydrogen and oxygen, using electricity generated by cheap wind or solar power. MMBtu) in 2050.

Hydrogen 221
article thumbnail

Pick me up! Fiat reveals the wild cheap electric ute that will spearhead its reinvention in Australia

EV Central

Fiat has ignored this week’s Geneva motor show and instead gone it alone revealing five all-new radical concepts including a battery-powered ute that it hopes will forge a new path to success in markets such as Australia. The post Pick me up!

Cheap 75
article thumbnail

When They Electrified Christmas

Cars That Think

Whether for religious or secular celebrations, the variety and functionality of lights have exploded in recent years, abetted by cheap and colorful LEDs and compact electronics. precursor to the Eveready Battery Co.) in archaeology from Columbia University in 1952 with a dissertation focusing on Marajó Island, Brazil.

Light 144
article thumbnail

IEA World Energy Outlook view on the transport sector to 2035; passenger car fleet doubling to almost 1.7B units, driving oil demand up to 99 mb/d; reconfirming the end of cheap oil

Green Car Congress

Oil and the Transport Sector: Reconfirming the End of Cheap Oil. The largest increase in oil production comes from Iraq, followed by Saudi Arabia, Brazil, Kazakhstan and Canada. World transportation oil demand by mode in the New Policies Scenario. Click to enlarge. trillion in subsidies over the projection period.

Oil 247
article thumbnail

Urban transport | Two wheels good | The Economist

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Recharging a battery can take 5-8 hours, but costs only a few cents a day. But some advanced new bicycles can store energy when they brake, meaning they can go many times further, and some advanced new batteries can charge up in a fraction of the time.