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Why Are Modern Vehicles So Much Bigger?

The Truth About Cars

Safety standards have required the implementation of systems that often won’t fit into older/smaller designs and loopholes in the Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards have resulted in manufacturers sizing up models to exploit regulatory blind spots. But that doesn’t mean it hasn’t been taking place over the last few decades.

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Fuji Pigment unveils rechargeable Aluminum-air battery; targeting initial commercialization this spring

Green Car Congress

Aluminum is an abundant, attractive anode material for energy storage and conversion because of its high specific capacity and highly negative standard electrode potential. In addition, aluminum is the most recycled metal in the world and is economically cheap. Earlier post.).

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Budget Drones in Ukraine Are Redefining Warfare

Cars That Think

Like fighter planes, military drones started cheap, then got expensive. Unlike the fighters, though, they got cheap again. Like fighter planes, military drones started cheap, then got expensive. Unlike the fighters, though, they got cheap again. That’s not cheap, except by U.S. Reaper, which it broadly resembles.

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Seres 3: Why this Chinese SUV is the worst EV I’ve driven

EV Central

Our Seres 3 Luxury grade wasn’t short on standard inclusions – heated and power faux leather seats included. It appears the model sells, or has sold, in France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Spain and Israel. Seres is a subsidiary of Chinese auto giant Dongfeng, and the Seres 3 has sold in China as the Fengon E3 since 2019.

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Slow start for charge of the electric cars - Times Online

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Cheap to run but expensive to buy, they offer theprospect of low or zero carbon emissions, but manufacturers won’t sell themunless motorists want to buy them – and motorists won’t buy unless the priceis right and there are enough places to charge the batteries. Walkout at UN conference after Iran.

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Cleantech Blog: Smart Grids and Electric Vehicles

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Review of Forestry Carbon Standards 2008 Ford Partners to Commercialize Electric Vehicles A New "Green" Deal.Direction for the economic re. Driving range will no longer be an obstacle, because customers will be able to plug their cars into charging units in any of the 500,000 charging spots in Israel. Remember its PURE D.C.

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The right way to get oil-rich West Asia to pressure electrical vehicles? Chinese language EV makers contemplate

Baua Electric

s top class Zeekr emblem have began promoting in Israel and planning to make bigger into extra international locations within the patch, together with Qatar and Bahrain. There’s also the threat of the Israel-Hamas war escalating. While it’s still relatively cheap to run a gas-guzzler in many places — petrol costs between $2.18