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The new Volvo ES90: a big electric car with a small carbon footprint

Electric Cars Report

With the new and fully electric ES90, which starts production later this summer and is produced with climate-neutral energy, Volvo Cars launches a car designed with sustainability in mind. The post The new Volvo ES90: a big electric car with a small carbon footprint appeared first on Electric Cars Report.

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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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The New Ford Mustang Shelby GT350 Isn't Built By The Blue Oval

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Manual and automatic transmission options are available, but total production is limited to 562 cars. The car features a carbon fiber tub, an integrated roll cage, and a racing suspension system. The GT350R comes exclusively with a six-speed manual transmission and has more than 830 horsepower.

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Get Ready for the Stellarator Showdown

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If harnessed on Earth, it could provide endless, carbon-free power. The company claims Alpha will be the first stellarator to demonstrate net energy production in a steady state. For decades, nuclear fusion the reaction that powers the sunhas been the ultimate energy dream. But the challenge is huge.

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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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Event: 2025 ACT Expo

Clean Fleet Report

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. The companys second announcement was on the decarbonization of emissions at the electric vehicle production Hyundai Metaplant in Savannah, Georgia, and in the Port of Savannah.

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Chemical Process Produces Critical Battery Metals With No Waste

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At some mining sites, olivine is a waste product, stored in piles on the surface. Perhaps most interesting to the energy sector is the rarest of its products—hard-to-source nickel-manganese-cobalt hydroxide that is increasingly required for lithium-ion battery production. The process is elegant but not massively complicated.

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