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A cheap Toyota EV? Not right now, the company says

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Toyota has no current plans to launch a cheap EV despite demand building. Toyota says no small, cheap EV is in the works Although many automakers, including VW, Stellantis, and Kia, have revealed plans to launch low-cost EVs under $30,000 (£25,000), Toyota says not so fast. The post A cheap Toyota EV?

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The Toyota FT-Se Concept Probably Isn’t the Next MR2

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The Toyota FT-Se Concept that debuted at the Japan Mobility Show recently probably isn’t going to be the MR2 successor everyone has been hoping it would be. Still, it’s always smart to remain cautious when dealing with concept vehicles. An argument could be made that electrification could be used to help keep the car cheap to operate.

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Chalmers team identifies two main challenges for bio-hydrocarbon fuel production from cheap sources

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Researchers at Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, have identified two main challenges for renewable biofuel production from cheap sources: lowering the cost of developing microbial cell factories; and establishing more efficient methods for hydrolysis of biomass to sugars for fermentation.

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Race to break the $30K barrier: Volkswagen will launch ID.1 budget-buy in 2027

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The iD1 is designed to help the German brand fight off the invasion of cheap Chinese imports such as the MG2 and rival European cars like the incoming Renault Twingo and the Dacia Spring EV that’s already on sale. 2all concept previews sub-$40,000 electric hatchback for 2025 Confirming the ID.1

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Lockheed Martin pursuing compact nuclear fusion reactor concept

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Our compact fusion concept combines several alternative magnetic confinement approaches, taking the best parts of each, and offers a 90 percent size reduction over previous concepts. The smaller size will allow us to design, build and test the CFR in less than a year. based on the figure I see one problem.

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New nanolithia cathodes may address technical drawbacks of Li-air batteries; scalable, cheap and safer Li-air battery system

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An international team from MIT, Argonne National Laboratory and Peking University has demonstrated a lab-scale proof-of-concept of a new type of cathode for Li-air batteries that could overcome the current drawbacks to the technology, including a high potential gap (>1.2 V) g cm −3 , and a practical discharge capacity of 587 Ah kg −1 at 2.55 V

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Cheap, Easy, and Underutilized Online Communication for Nonprofits

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At the presentation of the concept in Germany earlier this year, VW had said the EV would launch on the market in 2013. The concept car’s 30 battery modules—comprising 180 lithium-ion cells—were installed in spaces adapted to the vehicle architecture: in the floor of the trunk (fully usable cargo capacity: 275 liters, 9.7

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