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

Green Car Congress

This means that POWERPASTE can offers a range comparable to—or even greater than—gasoline. It can therefore be supplied by a standard filling line, using relatively inexpensive equipment. POWERPASTE is also cheap to transport, since no costly high-pressure tanks are involved nor the use of extremely cold liquid hydrogen.

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Will Cheap Gas, Soaring SUV Sales Sink Fuel-Economy Goals?

Green Car Reports

Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards require carmakers to achieve a fleet average of 54.5 Hits New All-Time High; Gasoline. emissions regulations are forcing carmakers to make their products more efficient over the next decade. mpg by 2025. That's equivalent to roughly 40 mpg on the window sticker.

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Consumer Reports Says EVs Less Reliable Than Traditional Automobiles

The Truth About Cars

However, standard hybrids actually outperformed every other group with 26 percent fewer problems than vehicles wholly reliant on gasoline. But it also left your author wondering why standard hybrids weren’t seeing the same number of problems. Plug-in hybrids were even worse with 146 percent more issues.

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HeatReCar project demonstrates technical feasibility of thermoelectric generator for waste heat recovery; economic case more difficult

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Sintering is a standard method for consolidating powders without melting them. to US$2) per W e using cheap thermoelectric material and automating the thermoelectric module manufacturing process. This requires cheap, lightweight thermoelectric material standing temperatures up to 650 ?C. Fuel Efficiency Waste Heat Recovery'

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Opinion: Why Buffett Bet A Billion On Solar: Miles Per Acre Per Year

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During the late innings of the ICE-age (as in the Internal Combustion Engine age) it has become clear that feeding gasoline and diesel to the next billion new cars is not going to be easy, or cheap. By contrast, at 25 miles per $3 gallon of gasoline, those miles cost 12 cents each. by Henry Hewitt for Oilprice.com.

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Feature: The Genesis Experience

Clean Fleet Report

Not all succeed as talk is cheap, actions are tough, and many don’t do so well following through. The current line-up, a combination of gasoline-powered and battery electric sedans and SUVs, will be all-electric in 2030. In this time Genesis went from being a model in the Hyundai line-up to becoming a car company on its own.

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Price drop on Tesla Model 3 - is now the time to buy?

EVolution

Tesla’s aren’t cheap, we all know that, but this recent price drop has made the Model 3 slightly more affordable. The Model 3 has three varieties, the ‘Standard Range Plus’, the ‘Long Range’, and the ‘Performance’ models. This might put the Standard Range Plus in the minds of many more buyers.

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