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

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I knew I wanted something for her that was cheap to maintain, had a reliable automatic transmission, came with cruise control, AC. On the way there, I made a pit stop at a gas station to buy a bottle of champagne as a gift, hoping to start out a conversation with a stranger on the right foot. It was time to buy our first car.

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Researchers develop efficient single-atom Ni catalyst for conversion of CO2 to CO

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While Ni metal catalyzes the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) exclusively under CO 2 RR conditions, Ni single atomic sites present a high CO selectivity of 95% under an overpotential of 550 mV in water, and an excellent stability over 20 hours’ continuous electrolysis. The current density can be scaled up to more than 50 mA cm?2

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New plasma synthesis process for one-step conversion of CO2 and methane into higher value fuel and chemicals

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Instead of using H 2 , direct conversion of CO 2 with CH 4 (dry reforming of methane, DRM) to liquid fuels and chemicals (e.g. natural gas, shale gas, biogas and flared gas). acetic acid) represents another promising route for both CO 2 valorisation and CH 4 activation.

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Fraunhofer suggests e-scooters as application for its magnesium hydride paste hydrogen storage technology

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Fraunhofer’s POWERPASTE releases hydrogen on contact with water. Specific energies and energy densities including conversion losses. Refueling would be simple; riders merely have to replace an empty cartridge with a new one and then refill a tank with water. It has a hydrogen capacity of about 10 mass-% (i.e. 10 kg POWERPASTE ?

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Lux Research: cost of electrofuels remains far from viable

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The cost of electrofuels—fuels produced by catalyst-based systems for light capture, water electrolysis, and catalytic conversion of carbon dioxide and hydrogen to liquid fuels—remains far away from viable, according to a new analysis by Lux Research. Hydrogen-to-fuels. Biotech Fuels Solar'

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Univ. Houston, Caltech team develops new earth-abundant, cost-effective catalyst for water-splitting

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A team of researchers from the University of Houston and the California Institute of Technology has developed an active and durable earth-abundant transition metal dichalcogenide-based hybrid catalyst for water-splitting that exhibits high hydrogen evolution activity approaching the state-of-the-art platinum catalysts. —Zhou et al.

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Blue World Technologies takes 15% stake in Danish Power Systems; methanol fuel cell vehicles

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The complete Blue World system includes the fuel cell stack, the methanol reformer, heat-exchanger, power conversion units and a set of power and operation controllers, and balance of plant. Methanol reforming converts a mix of methanol and water into a hydrogen-rich gas.

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