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Ports of Auckland buys world’s first electric tug; 70-tonne bollard pull

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Ports of Auckland (New Zealand) has signed a contract with Dutch company Damen Shipyards to buy the world’s first full-size, fully electric port tug. The new tug, a Damen RSD-E Tug 2513 to be delivered in 2021, will have a 70-tonne bollard pull, the same as the port’s strongest diesel tug Hauraki , also built by Damen.

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Video Friday: Turkey Sandwich

Cars That Think

Now spend 10 minutes watching a telepresence robot assemble a turkey sandwich. The Kuka website doesn't say how much this thing costs, which means it's almost certainly not something that you impulse buy. River Lab ] This video may encourage you to buy a drone. Happy Thanksgiving, for those who celebrate it. Charm Lab ] SLURP!

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Thankful To Be Home — And ALIVE!

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I’m not going to – ” Someone wearing a goofy Thanksgiving turkey mask leaned forward and loudly whispered “Don’t be a f **g climate chicken. Buying off politicians and everybody to make sure nothing gets done to fix things?” Don’t you want to meet Hayduke, Doc and Bonnie?”

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Global Automotive Survey Finds Nearly Six in Ten People Prefer Green Cars, Even If Money No Object

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Market research firm Synovate released new study findings showing that nearly six in ten people would choose to buy a green car over a dream car, even if money was no object. Synovate asked respondents to forget about money for a moment and say whether they would buy green, dream or in between.

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Study finds that EV-specific factors rather than socio-demographic variables better predictors of EV uptake

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Estonia deciding to buy 500 MiEVs in 2012 or Belgium offering high financial incentives but perhaps not to the right market, noted lead author Will Sierzchula. Thirdly, due to the constantly evolving environment during the emergence of a radical innovation, industrial dynamics may change from year to year.

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The French are coming. The Green Piece

Green Cars News

The Fluence ZE, which will be built at the company’s OYAK-Bursa plant in Turkey ( see article ), has an uncanny resemblance to the Megane and will have three battery options: standard charge, rapid charge and ‘Quickdrop’ battery exchange that should make it ideal for the Better Place network.

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