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What One Man Can Do About The Climate — More Than Dream

CleanTechnica EVs

It’s easy to look at the daily news reporting on climate crisis after climate crisis and despair. It was cheap at the time, in the outer suburbs of Brisbane, the sub-tropical […]. Is it too late? What can one person do? My house was built 50 years ago — two stories, brick and glass.

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Looking to get in a hybrid for cheap? Used Toyota Prius 1.5 HSD 2004-2009 Review

Green Car Congress

It was time to buy our first car. I knew I wanted something for her that was cheap to maintain, had a reliable automatic transmission, came with cruise control, AC. I’ve never seen climate controls in any other car that were placed on the steering wheel for easy control. The car doesn’t look as big as it really is.

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How Long Does an Electric Car Battery Last?

EV Connect

As electric cars and other electric vehicles (EVs) become more popular, many consumers hoping to make the switch want to know: How long does an EV battery last? A lithium-ion battery’s high energy density means it produces more power for its size, making it ideal for an electric car. How Do EV Batteries Degrade?

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KU Leuven team creates solar panel that produces hydrogen from moisture in air

Green Car Congress

Twenty of these panels produce enough heat and electricity to get through the winter in a thoroughly insulated house and still have power left. Add another twenty panels, and you can drive an electric car for an entire year. —Grey hydrogen gas, in other words—not a big win for the climate or the environment.

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Choosing the best EV charger for your electric car

Green Charging

A tethered charger, on the other hand, is the ideal option for you if you are planning to only charge one electric car type without the requirement to charge a different type of EV. When it comes to picking the best charger type for your electric car, you must opt for the one designed by a top-rated manufacturer.

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CalSEED awards $4.2M to early-stage clean energy innovations

Green Car Congress

Five of the 28 innovations will help protect the grid from wildfires/PSPSs, four of these five will provide climate and weather risk prediction to electric infrastructure and services, and one is a hard tech innovation to reinforce transmission lines. Leap Photovoltaics Inc.

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Bloomberg NEF forecasts falling battery prices enabling surge in wind and solar to 50% of global generation by 2050

Green Car Congress

The arrival of cheap battery storage will mean that it becomes increasingly possible to finesse the delivery of electricity from wind and solar, so that these technologies can help meet demand even when the wind isn’t blowing and the sun isn’t shining. Coal emerges as the biggest loser in the long run.

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