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Study first to quantify amount of US pollution resulting from Chinese manufacturing for exports

Green Car Congress

Average annual percentage of black carbon pollution related to Chinese exports. Given the complaints about how Chinese pollution is corrupting other countries’ air, this paper shows that there may be plenty of blame to go around. Maximum daily percentage of sulfate pollution in US related to Chinese exports. Credit: Lin et al.

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Can Flow Batteries Finally Beat Lithium?

Cars That Think

Nanofluids suspended in water-based electrolytes were first investigated for this application in 2009 by researchers at Argonne National Laboratory and the Illinois Institute of Technology. One report from researchers at the Chinese Academy of Sciences boasts of a 711 Wh/kg lithium-ion battery.

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The Tailwinds Behind Massive Growth of EV Charging

EV Connect

In January of 2020, the European Union implemented new vehicle emission standards which mandated electric vehicles into automaker model portfolios. will adopt a national policy similar to the rigorous standards in California and the other Zero Emission Vehicle (ZEV) states. Louis and Boston to Florida and Illinois.