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Charging piles will become standard in new buildings in the UK

Setec Powerr

From 2022, new homes and buildings, such as supermarkets and workplaces, as well as buildings undergoing major renovations, will be required to install electric power under new legislation announced by Prime Minister Boris Johnson on 22 November Car charging pile. part of the mission.” ” Electric vehicle sales surge. .”

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Kolhapur has potential to be auto component mfg hub: Gadkari – ET Auto

Baua Electric

Shutting down petrol and diesel pumps in the country is my dream and biofuels are the future,” Gadkari said, while addressing youth, traders, entrepreneurs and intellectuals during ‘Coffee with Nitinji’ event at Maha Sainik Darbar Hall in Kolhapur city on Saturday morning. Every drop of water needs to be deposited back into the ground.

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WHO attributes more than 1 in 4 deaths annually of children under 5 years to unhealthy environment

Green Car Congress

WHO estimated in 2012 that 26% of childhood deaths and 25% of the total disease burden in children under five could be prevented through the reduction of environmental risks such as air pollution, unsafe water, sanitation and inadequate hygiene or chemicals. Globally, road traffic injuries killed 135,000 children under 15 years in 2012.

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Debunking the Lithium "Mining" FUD

Plug In India

The interesting thing is before electric cars were popular, no one in the auto industry or mainstream media even questioned where petrol or the metals used in engines are coming from. A typical petrol-powered ICE car emits about 4.6 So an ICE car running on petrol over a period of 8 years, a petrol car will emit 40.56

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2035 Canberra ICE ban an important step, but a drop in the EV ocean

EV Central

Obviously, my millions of fans would think I was even more of a good bloke, but unless all the people around me decided to follow my lead with similar promises, it would be a bit like me removing a cup of water from the ocean and drinking it, because I’m worried about sea levels rising.

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Naysayer Alert – the hydrogen red herring

My Electric Car

The only by products are water and a fair degree of heat, the latter indicating a degree of inefficiency and wasted energy. Second, while hydrogen can be otherwise produced through the electrolysis of water, this process requires huge amounts of clean and fresh water – a vital and highly valuable commodity of life that can’t be wasted.

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Why Hydrogen power is not the answer

EV Info

I truly believe hydrogen is the UK’s best opportunity to build a world-leading industry which creates UK jobs, cuts emissions and is the envy of the globe.” Most of the hydrogen on Earth exists in molecular forms such as water and organic compounds. And here’s why. . Jo is just one of many pitching the benefits of Hydrogen.