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New photocatalytic system converts carbon dioxide to valuable fuel more efficiently than natural photosynthesis

Green Car Congress

The hierarchical self-assembly of the system offers a promising bottom-up strategy to create a precisely controlled, high-performance artificial photocatalytic system based on cheap, Earth-abundant elements, like zinc and cobalt porphyrin complexes. 2023) “Artificial spherical chromatophore nanomicelles for selective CO2 reduction in water.”

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Sodium-Ion Powered EVs Roll off From Chinese EV Factories

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It is one of the oddest combinations in the car manufacturing industry as the other half of JAG is owned by the Chinese government. Another Sodium-ion Powered EV From China Chinese car manufacturer JMEV rolled off their sodium-Ion battery-provided EV on December 28, 2023.

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Cheaper than a BYD Dolphin or MG4! New Renault Twingo to be reinvented as $33,000 electric vehicle

EV Central

Widely seen as a French fight back against the influx of cheap Chinese imports in Europe, when it lands the next-gen Renault Twingo is primed to cost less than €20,000 ($A33,000) before subsidies – around $5000 cheaper than the current BYD Dolphin in Australia. 2 and at least two affordable rivals from the Hyundai and Kia.

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ACS Meeting Symposium Focuses on Conversion and Utilization of CO2 for Fuels and Chemicals

Green Car Congress

CO 2 conversion to hydrocarbons over catalysts has been known for several decades but has been shown very little research and development attention, as other technologies have been much cheaper and efficient in yielding cheap oil. Earlier post.).

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ECE / Featured / Hybrid & Electric / Themes / Welcome - Minds in Motion

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Photo: CC DigitalK) Profile-raising Hjalmar readily admits that major CO2 reductions will not realistically be achieved by the introduction of electric Lotus Elises. And they will probably come from China, if we do not start creating a really dutch alternative, cheap, simple, ultra lightweight and modularized.

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Dodge Circuit EV First Drive: electric car makes grand promises on Earth Day

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

I also think it will be cheap, which is why I think someone will buy the group. Reply ↓ ↑ report 17 DRK_ILLIDAN 1:09AM (4/24/2009) Stop makin f*kn battery powered cars there not gonna work, yeah woo zero emissions remember where the powers coming from rite now nim rods, you still have tins of co2 at the power plant.

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Forget the MG4, BYD Dolphin and GWM Ora, buy a $40k Mazda MX-30 EV instead | Opinion

EV Central

A challenge to Chinese cheapies Head to carsales.com.au All the above Chinese EVs have their merits, but for right or wrong, there’s a sector of the Australian buying market who won’t consider buying from China. This considered CO2 produced over a car’s full life cycle, from materials extraction to disposal.

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