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BYD Says Inflation Reduction Act Keeping Out Cheap EVs — Does That Make Sense?

CleanTechnica EVs

Chinese electric vehicle giant BYD thinks the USA’s Inflation Reduction Act is preventing the sale of cheap electric cars in the United States. Does this make sense? We asked BYD’s CEO whether or not the company would bring its popular electric vehicles (EVs) to the US a couple of times in the past decade.

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Cheap, Safe, Regional Electric Flying is Coming, & Kevin Antcliff Of Xwing Is Automating It

CleanTechnica EVs

It suggests that the economics will be as cheap as cars, but a lot faster, and time has value. . There was a real knee in the curve at 40% that led to much even more value for smaller aircraft.

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Study suggests widespread use of EVs may negatively impact land use

Green Car Congress

Lyon, France; Tampa, FL, USA), a mere 0.5 % increase of these would imply the loss of 1.5 Impacts would be particularly bad in North American cities, where increases in artificial land area of 1% or more would be almost inevitable if BEV use became widespread, and still probable if their diffusion were moderate and electricity cheap.

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Chemists develop cheap alternative fuel cell catalyst

Green Cars News

Chemists at Brown University in Rhode Island, USA, have developed a cobalt-graphene combination catalyst which works a little slower traditional platinum catalysts, but is longer-lasting and more sustainable-overcoming [.].

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Young Drivers Want V8s, Right? Nope: Hybrids, Says Study

Green Car Reports

Times change however, and these days it's not as easy to get behind the wheel - and certainly not as cheap to keep those cars running. According to USA Today, a new study from Deloitte has revealed that 6 out of 10. Many of us remember the excitement of learning to drive, and then going out and choosing that first car.

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Underground Coal Gasification Company In Partnership to Test Alkaline Fuel Cells for Power Generation

Green Car Congress

At Linc Energy’s site in Orroroo, South Australia and at many of Linc Energy’s Wyoming (USA) sites, the nature of the coal is such that Linc Energy will be producing hydrogen rich-UCG gas.

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EV ute overload: The electric pickups coming soon

EV Central

On-sale in the USA from late 2021, the Hummer lobs with super-expensive launch pricing and immense capability courtesy of a 745kW tri-motor powertrain. The so-called H2X Warrego clearly won’t be cheap – about $190,000 – when a limited run of 250 vehicles is due in mid-2023. We’re watching on with interest.

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