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Behind the Wheel, Under the Hood of World’s First 500-Mile EV

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But its technological advantages are settled: With an EPA-rated range of up to 837 km ( 520 miles ), the Lucid Air sedan can travel farther on a charge, and charge faster, than any EV in history. And home charging is healthier for the battery, anyway." Lucid plans additional factories in Europe, China and Saudi Arabia.

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Penn State team develops more environmentally friendly method for separating bitumen or oil from sands using ionic liquids

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The separation takes place at room temperature without the generation of waste process water. Canada is the world’s major producer of unconventional oil from sands, and the US imports more than 1 million barrels of oil per day from Canada, about twice as much as from Saudi Arabia.

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Auto Racing Test Drives Its Own EV Future

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In Formula E’s early years beginning in 2014, drivers actually had to jump into a second car in the pits around the event’s midpoint, because a single car couldn’t complete a full race on a single charge. Ultra-fast charging at 600 kW nearly doubles the most powerful public chargers for civilian drivers. gallons) of fuel. “We

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Obama Announces Steps to Boost Biofuels, Clean Coal; RFS2, BCAP, BIWG and Carbon Capture and Storage Task Force

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It’s been said that the United States is the Saudi Arabia of coal—and that’s because, as I said, it’s one of our most abundant energy resources. Biodiesel from soy oil and renewable diesel from waste oils, fats, and greases complies with the 50% GHG threshold for the biomass-based diesel category.

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