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U.S. Taxis Get Greener; Hybrid & Electric Cabs Increasing

Green Car Reports

For decades, the stalwart of the taxi ranks has been the full-size sedan. Sturdy, simple and cheap to buy, cars like Ford's Crown Victoria have become part of the landscape in cities like New York. While not yet a dominant force in taxi fleets, hybrid and electric.

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

Green Car Congress

The project “Reduced energy consumption by massive thermoelectric waste heat recovery in light-duty trucks” ( HeatReCar ) focused on thermoelectrics to provide electricity, either to on-board components or to the power train of hybrid electric vehicles. This requires cheap, lightweight thermoelectric material standing temperatures up to 650

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A just transition

Clean Car

The UK Government has committed to banning the sale of new ICE vehicles (and hybrids) from 2035. For people who rely on cheap-to-run diesel vans or cars to get about or run their business the coming years will be a challenge. We all know it is coming and probably sooner than we think.

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EV Chargers for All!

Cars That Think

Only 76 percent of apartment households own a vehicle compared to 92 percent of all households; yet NHMC data also show 66 percent of apartment households still travel by car, truck, motorcycle, or taxi to work, which is comparable to 76 percent of all U.S. households. on Friday, 27 January 2023.

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Why Warren Buffett is investing in electric car company BYD - Apr. 13, 2009

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

They generate fewer greenhouse gas emissions than cars that burn gasoline, and they have lower fuel costs, even when oil is cheap. BYDs first plug-in hybrid, called a dual-mode car, is designed to run primarily on electricity, with an internal- combustion engine for backup. Electric cars will be one answer.

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Buffett's Chinese electric car company

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

The Shenzhen manufacturing region, where the company is headquartered, is known for cheap unskilled labor, but BYD’s competitive advantage derives from its cheap skilled labor. They are the top of the top,” Mr. Wang told me, when I visited BYD last year.

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2020 Top 10 Countries in the Global EV Revolution

EV Sales

The LEVC electric taxi might still be the only EV that both designed *and* produced on UK’s home turf. But this still doesn’t take away from a 47% EV market share, more than double 2019’s, and also a sharp shift in composition from a plug-in hybrid (PHEV) dominated island to an evenly balanced 2020 mix (yes, there are points for that too).

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