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

Baua Electric

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. million barrels of oil per day globally in 2022—about 3% of total road fuel demand. According to BloombergNEF , EVs as a whole displaced about 1.5

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DOE to award up to $184M for advanced vehicle research and development in 8 areas of interest

Green Car Congress

The objective of this AOI is to accelerate the realization of lighter weight vehicle materials made from magnesium and carbon fiber capable of attaining 50% weight reduction of passenger vehicles. For this reason the focus of this AOI includes the development of low-cost approaches to the manufacturing of both magnesium and carbon fiber.

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GM, Segway partner on two-wheel city vehicle | Green Tech - CNET News

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

America needs much smaller cars for many more people so that we can escape the clutches of the loathsome oil interests. Theyre called bicycles, scooters and motorcycles. The other 4 wheels are for stability just in case the battery cannot keep the vehicle upright. by TogetherinParis April 7, 2009 6:08 AM PDT This needs to work.

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