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NACFE releases guidance report on hydrogen fuel cell heavy-duty trucks

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Many factors will influence this, including emissions regulations, infrastructure, hydrogen availability and total costs of ownership. Hydrogen is a regional solution, cheap hydrogen even more so. In a zero-emission future world, as in California’s plans, diesel does not exist. of hydrogen adoption in 2030.

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Honda looks to build a $14 billion EV and battery plant in Canada

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After calling off beats with GM to “beat out Tesla” with a cheap SUV, it has now emerged with news that it is mulling over a $14 billion EV and battery plant in Canada. If all goes according to plan, Honda will produce in-house batteries at the plant, which would be the company’s second EV plant in North America.

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Mitsubishi Mirage to Be Discontinued by 2025

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While the Mirage of the 1990s was fairly reliable, affordable, and even made a great little tuner car if you happened to be a Mitsubishi or Diamond-Star Motors fan with a penchant for forced induction, the current generation basically exists so Mitsubishi could adhere to emissions rules that would allow the vehicle to be manufactured in Thailand.

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Q&A with CharIN North America President: It’s all about interoperability

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CharIN recently decided to establish a North American division, in order to more effectively address local infrastructure issues. Oleg Logvinov, co-founder, President and CEO of charging technology startup IoTecha, was chosen as the new President of CharIN North America.

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2022 GMC Hummer EV: the biggest, baddest, butchest EV to hit the market?

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For North America, the electric Hummer is the first of a promised 20 or so GM EVs based on the company’s new Ultium battery and powertrain technology. It’s also startlingly fast, and zero-emission, but we’ll get to that.) It’s big, bold, brassy, and in your face—an EV for truck people.

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Clearing the roadblocks to electrification of heavy-duty trucks

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Therefore, electrifying them is critical to reducing emissions. When Charged first spoke with him in 2021, he was the Charging Infrastructure Lead at Daimler Trucks North America, and also the Chair of CharIN’s Megawatt Charging System (MCS) task force. However, the electric road ahead is not exactly clear.

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Roskill: Green magnesium moving to commercial reality; China’s dominance under threat?

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In the 1990s, the magnesium metal market was dominated by supply from North America (46%), what is now the CIS (25%) and western Europe (19%). Based on silicothermic reduction of magnesium oxide, the Pidgeon process is cheap but has a high energy demand: 366 MJ/kg Mg , compared to other common metals.

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