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Singapore considers Model S EV a high carbon emission vehicle based on fuel consumption and upstream power generation

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As Channel NewsAsia determined, Singapore’s Land Transport Authority (LTA), the agency responsible for planning, operating, and maintaining Singapore’s land transport infrastructure and systems, tested the Models S using United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) R101 standards. Using the EPA-estimated fuel consumption of 235.6

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ALABC lead-acid UltraBattery Civic hybrid surpasses 100,000 miles of fleet duty

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Both technologies, as well as a standard lead-acid module (included for baseline data), were evaluated under a simple HEV screening test. Its performance was significantly better than the standard lead-acid unit, but was still inferior compared with the UltraBattery. The battery capacity was 7.54 Ah for the new modules.

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