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First Supercritical CO2 Circuit Breaker Debuts

Cars That Think

Researchers this month will begin testing a high-voltage circuit breaker that can quench an arc and clear a fault with supercritical carbon dioxide fluid. The greenhouse warming potential of SF 6 is nearly 25,000 times as high as that of carbon dioxide, he notes. In Georgia Techs design, supercritical carbon dioxide quenches the arc.

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Event: 2025 ACT Expo

Clean Fleet Report

Hyundai Hyundai held a very well-attended press conference spotlighting its Xcient hydrogen fuel cell Class 8 truck that is now equipped with Plus AI-based autonomous driving software. The goal of the partnership is to develop a cost-effective solution to long-haul freight that aims to reduce the carbon footprint of commercial transportation.

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Four Ways Engineers Are Trying to Break Physics

Cars That Think

The colliders carbon footprints are also on the minds of physicists. Finally, there is a class of iron-based high-temperature superconductors that is being championed by physicists in China, thanks to the low price of iron and manufacturing-process improvements. In the past we used to throw it into the atmosphere, Benedikt says.

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EVs Roll Into Calgary: Plug’n Drive and The City of Calgary Bring Free Test Drives to Southcentre Mall

Plug N Drive

Promoting low-carbon transportation is key to fostering healthier communities. Test drivers must be 21 with a valid full/unrestricted Class 5 driver’s license.

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ExxonMobil announces 6th oil discovery offshore Guyana with Ranger-1; Guyana may move from non-producer to regional powerhouse

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It’s the Goodwood Festival of EV Speed! We profile the electric stars of this Pommy power-fest led by one manic Ford F150

EV Central

And the calls for an EV-only class at Goodwood seem to make sense, if nothing else because the gulf in times versus petrol cars is already vast. A Koenigsegg Sadair’s Spear (unobtanium price-wise) was fastest in the Production Road Cars class, four seconds behind Ford’s be-winged electric Supertruck. 2025 Ford Supertruck EV.

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Electrify your fleet with nothing down with Revolv’s fleet-as-a-service model

Charged EVs

Some of the major OEMs have a broad portfolio of ICE vehicle offerings, of different classes and different sizes, but their EV portfolios are more immaturethey usually only serve a specific use case. Scott Davidson: We are focused on commercial trucks: Class 2, Class 2B (cargo vans), all the way up to Class 8 vehicles.

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