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The Technical Failure That Could Clear The Oil Glut In A Matter Of Weeks

Green Car Congress

OPEC exports have come under pressure this week from technical threats to oil fields, with Saudi Arabia’s Manifa problems grabbing the headlines. Maintenance of the field is expected, resulting in a shut-down of production—something that has been confirmed by Sadad Al Husseini, former VP Aramco.

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Electric Scooter vs Petrol Scooter : Huge Money Savings

Plug In India

Cost of electricity is fairly cheap at Rs 10 per unit in the commercial location of cities and Rs 3 - 4 small towns and villages. Maintanance Expenses Let’s talk about maintenance costs associated with this petrol scooter for a period of 5 years. Petrol scooters have a lot of complex parts and an engine that needs oiling.

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10 Reasons Your Next Car Should Be an EV

Plug in America

EVs Cost Less to Maintain A recent study by Consumer Reports on repair and maintenance data from thousands of drivers shows that EV drivers pay about half of what drivers of fossil-fuel-powered vehicles pay for maintenance and repairs. Being an EV driver means no oil changes, no transmission fluids, and no radiators.

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Five-year Update: Your Author's 2015 Lexus GS 350

The Truth About Cars

In August 2021 it had a tire rotation and oil change at 45,934 miles at the dealer. In August 2023 at 52,885 miles, I took it to a local indie mechanic for another oil change and a coolant service. At home I swapped out the cabin filter and air filter, both parts were of course cheap and readily available.&

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Naysayer Alert – the hydrogen red herring

My Electric Car

Hence its supply would not be cheap, renewable nor sustainable in the long term. The mandating of any system such as this would only be about looking after the interests of ‘middlemen’: oil and gas invested companies who would invariably transition into this market as both supply and/or demand for oil recede. .

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Power Electric Scooter Buyers Guide | 2022

Plug In India

This increases efficiency and less maintenance compared to belt based drivetrains. Many scooter companies provide a cheap GPS tracker and call themselves a connected scooter. It’s time to switch and ditch the oil habit! Chetak has a unique swing arm motor with no belt. Major and minor components are made locally".

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Grabbing the prime real estate for electric truck charging hubs

Charged EVs

It makes sense for organizations to focus on their core activities, so just as they outsource things like IT or building maintenance, many want to outsource the charging infrastructure for their electric fleets. Washington state has an abundance of power very cheap from all the hydro. Another snake oil sales group is the battery guys.