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Report: electric bikes deliver the vast majority of EV emissions reductions – Charged EVs

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Contrary to the barrage of unsourced speculation on social media, EV adoption is indeed causing carbon emissions and oil demand to fall, albeit by a small amount so far. Bloomberg tells us that there were almost 300 million two- and three-wheeled EVs around the world in 2022, and that number has surely grown substantially since.

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2019 Keeling Curve Prize winners include Opus 12; conversion of CO2 into fuels and chemicals

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water and electricity to produce higher-energy carbon-based products and a co-product of pure oxygen. The prize recognizes promising projects that reduce greenhouse gas emissions or promote carbon uptake. Three Wheels United (Bangalore, India) is using finance and technology to decarbonize the auto rickshaw market.

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Swiss Post, Austrian Post to move to fully electric fleets by 2030

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EV100 is led by The Climate Group, the international non-profit focused on accelerating climate action. To accelerate climate action and to reach carbon neutral delivery, Post CH sees investing in a modern fleet of vehicles with energy-efficient, alternative drive systems and a well-designed logistics strategy as key.

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European Parliament eyeing new rules for motorbike emissions and safety

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The hearing in Parliament internal market committee concerns a legislative proposal to update rules for “L” category vehicles, which include light powered two-wheeled vehicles from mopeds to motorbikes, as well as three-wheeled vehicles and quads.

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EV sales in India surge 41% to 1.66 million units in FY2024 | Autocar Professional

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What’s more, there’s fast-paced demand coming in from the e-commerce industry and logistics players for EVs on two and three wheels, and from taxi fleet operators for electric passenger vehicles. At present, over 30 lakh EV users are celebrating their independence from fossil fuels and helping reduce the carbon footprint.

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Lightning Hybrids to Introduce Hydraulic Hybrid Sports Sedan at Denver Auto Show

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The car will also be available in a three-door four-seat car, and the drivetrain technology will be made available in a fleet vehicle retrofit called a Hybrid Retrofit System (HRS) in mid-2010. Lightning Hybrids is also developing the LH3, a three-wheel commuter vehicle using the same drivetrain. no transmission. seconds.

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Oorja Protonics Introduces New Direct Methanol Fuel Cell On-Board Battery Charger

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Methanol (CH 3 OH) is mixed with water and fed directly to the fuel cell anode, where it is oxidized on a catalyst layer to form carbon dioxide, hydrogen ions (H + ) and the electrons that travel through the external circuit as the electric output of the fuel cell. A direct methanol fuel cell (DMFC) uses liquid methanol rather than hydrogen.

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