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

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Their goal is to test an innovative electrolyzer concept for the cheap production of green (CO 2 -free) hydrogen for a decarbonized future. rechargeable battery?technology?that EV Life, LLC is building the first online platform that gives drivers everything they need to switch from gas to an electric car. Innovasion Labs PINC, Inc.

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Perspective: Drive Star Conversion Program Could Cut US Oil Use in Half by 2020

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And oil only seems cheap. We won’t need new power plants, since we have enough off-peak electricity to recharge as many retrofits as we can build. Retrofitters can partner with energy service companies to finance those costs, backed by federal loan guarantees. But let’s realize: defending our nation is never cheap.

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Wall Street Report

Plug In Partners

He called his new configuration the "plug-in hybrid" because it allowed homeowners to recharge the car's batteries by plugging into an electrical outlet. Dr. Frank estimates that if drivers regularly recharge their batteries at home, plug-ins may get well over 100 miles per gallon. Hybrid automobiles work with two engines.

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Apollo Pro promises to be the first electric hyper scooter

Green Authority

The re-gen even gets its throttle which recharges your battery up to 10% while pressing it. The large 30 Ah battery means riders can either use the scooter at legally mandated speeds for days or weeks without recharging or ride as hard and fast as they can all day on a single charge. At least financing is available for $90 per month.

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Urban transport | Two wheels good | The Economist

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Recharging a battery can take 5-8 hours, but costs only a few cents a day. Safe places to park and recharge are also needed. Our mission is to prepare students for top careers in finance. Every big carmaker seems to be developing one, and governments are vying with each other to support them. Exchange ideas in the boardroom.

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Clearing the roadblocks to electrification of heavy-duty trucks

Charged EVs

If we’re going to hit the numbers we need to hit for fleet adoption, we need as many places for those vehicles to recharge as possible. Those guys don’t have the wherewithal to finance a battery-electric truck that costs twice as much as a diesel truck, and they’re usually buying third- or fourth-owner diesels anyway, that are super-cheap.

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IEA World Energy Outlook view on the transport sector to 2035; passenger car fleet doubling to almost 1.7B units, driving oil demand up to 99 mb/d; reconfirming the end of cheap oil

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Oil and the Transport Sector: Reconfirming the End of Cheap Oil. Providing the recharging infrastructure will require roughly an additional $50 billion. Key challenges for Russia are to finance a new generation of higher-cost oil and gas fields and to improve its energy efficiency. Click to enlarge.

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