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VW Scirocco gets a completely new range of engines; up to 20 PS more power and 19% more fuel efficient

Green Car Congress

All Scirocco models with power output of up to 162 kW / 220 PS are fitted with a Stop/Start system as standard; these versions use braking energy to charge the battery (recuperation mode) so that the engines are able to work even more efficiently via load point shifting. US buyers will, at least for now, miss out.

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2023’s Top Stories About Energy

Cars That Think

EnerVenue If you don’t discharge and then recharge them all the way, lithium-ion batteries can last for thousands of charge-discharge cycles. Now imagine a battery that can last through tens of thousands of charge-discharge cycles. NASA Battery Tech to Deliver for the Grid EnerVenue’s nickel-hydrogen battery cells are 1.8

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World Bank/ICCT report provides guidance to reducing black carbon emissions from diesels in developing countries

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In 2012 the International Agency for Research on Cancer re-categorized diesel engine exhaust as carcinogenic to humans based on evidence that sufficient exposure is associated with an increased risk of lung cancer. Among non-OECD countries, Brazil has adopted the most stringent fuel and vehicle standards, followed closely by Russia.

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Drive Electric Submission Land Transport (Clean Car) Amendment Bill

Drive Electric

RE: Drive Electric Submission Land Transport (Clean Car) Amendment Bill. These include, but are not limited to: A national public and private charging infrastructure plan and associated investment; The transition of the public sector fleet; Supportive policies to transition private sector fleets (e.g. Committee Secretariat. Wellington.

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How New Eligibility Criteria for the Electric Vehicle Tax Credit Affects You

Blink Charging

Simply put, this means if a manufacturer is mostly based in countries such as North Korea, China, Russia, or Iran, they won’t qualify for the tax credit. These changes might add a bit of complexity, but they’re all part of the plan to create American jobs and strengthen the supply chain in the electric vehicle transition.

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Tesla Q1 2024 Earnings Call Transcript: April 23, 2024

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million vehicles, and we’re seeing about half of people use it so far. For a while there, we were training-constrained in our progress, and we are, at this point, no longer training-constrained, and so we’re making rapid progress. We’re making sure that we’re being efficient as possible in our training.

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The raw materials crunch: How bad, how long, how to solve it?

Charged EVs

Range has increased, access to charging infrastructure has expanded, and major automakers have (finally) begun to actively market their EVs and to prepare for a new era of mass production. Newly charged automakers are finding themselves to be production-constrained , as EV trendsetter Tesla has been for some years.