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The Pininfarina Battista is more than a Rimac Nevara in a wig

Teslarati

Most notably, the brand has worked with Alfa Romeo on their Stradale in the ’60s, countless Ferraris, including the 348 and 360 from the ’80s and ’90s, and now they are introducing a vehicle of their own based on the carbon tub and powertrain from a Rimac Nevera.

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Revealed: Jupiter’s Secret Power Source

Cars That Think

Warmed mostly by the sun, 150 million km away, shielded by a thin but protective atmosphere, the temperature at the surface averages 14 to 15 degrees Celsius—a good number to support liquid oceans and a riot of carbon-based life. Jupiter is a different story.

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ISU study finds large potential for biobased materials in auto industry, but with challenges

Green Car Congress

Sustainability/carbon foot print. Definitive measures of carbon foot print and broader assessments of sustainability will require utilization of formal lifecycle assessment tools. The Saturn L300 and European-market Opel Vectra have package trays and door panel inserts made of a kenaf and flax mixture. General Motors.

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Grist Writer Gets the URGE2 Electrify

Plugs and Cars

Everything from light bulbs to organic food, to flex-fuel cars to a carbon freeze tax—no, make that a cap-and-trade program—clamors for attention. A green dream trifecta of energy independence, zero emissions, and zero carbon. Everyone is paying attention to green. But enviros are all over the map. They have no consensus message.

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The Beast in the Rumble Seat

Plugs and Cars

As underscored last month when GM announced it would build a plug-in hybrid version of its Saturn Vue, the logic of electric propulsion is compelling. Putting these components together opens a world of oil- and carbon-saving possibilities." Electric motors are clean, lightweight, maintenance-free and powerful.

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SpaceX CEO Elon Musk to present first Starship update since 2019 [webcast]

Teslarati

At that point, the rocket – known as the Interplanetary Transport System (ITS) – was to be 12 meters (39 ft) in diameter, 122 meters (400 ft) tall, and made almost entirely out of carbon-fiber composites.

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Plug-In Hybrids (or Plugin Hybrids)

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

The main study shows that under all nine scenarios for both rates of market penetration of PHEVs and the evolving power grids characteristics (capacity/carbon intensity), PHEVs will vastly reduce greenhouse gases for the next 40 years. But theyve needed definitive proof that PHEVs wont increase pollution.

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