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Opinion: Are Chinese electric cars really spyware on wheels? Or is it all tin-hat conspiracy at its finest?

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I often face-palm while reading the comments below EV reviews from people who say they refuse to buy Chinese cars because the communists are definitely coming for us, and electric vehicles are just bigger, smarter versions of the malware Huawei was trying to sneak into our 5G networks.

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Baker Institute report: China has positioned itself as a gatekeeper to the energy transition; nickel case study

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How Electrifying Transport and Chinese Investment are Playing Out in Indonesia —focuses on nickel as a critical mineral, but has implications for the broader minerals and materials supply chains needed for broad-scale energy transition. Global Nickel Trade and Chinese Dominance. The detailed report— Need Nickel?

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Geely supporting Danish initiative on e-methanol with vehicle trials in Aalborg

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While the country is one of the world’s largest producers of wind and solar renewable energy, it faces the issue of renewable energy being weather-dependent and prone to fluctuation. In the quest to reach carbon neutrality, methanol and electric vehicles are two powerful tools in the toolshed.

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HVDC Networks Come to Europe

Cars That Think

Starting around the middle of 2024, the Shetlands—and also part of mainland Scotland—will be powered by the 443-megawatt Viking wind farm , consisting of 103 wind turbines on the main island of Shetland. According to Plet, wind energy is driving an acceleration of HVDC installations in Europe.

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Geely invests in Carbon Recycling Intl.; vehicles fueled by methanol from CO2, water and renewable energy

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In late April 2015, Geely Auto deployed a first-of-its-kind fleet of 150 methanol-fueled taxis in the southern Chinese city of Guiyang in cooperation with the municipal government. Vulcanol is CRI’s brand name for renewable methanol, produced from CO 2 and hydrogen from renewable sources of electricity (hydro, geothermal, wind and solar).

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PHEVLERs are the Zero CO2 Clean Green Machines of the Future

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PHEVLERs make our electric grid more efficient. [ 15 ] Electric power grids are designed with capacity to serve the highest power peaks demanded (e.g. For maximum efficiency the recharging of electric vehicles should be managed via the electric power companies and regulated by the public utility commissions. [

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Two-way charging is becoming increasingly popular among EV owners

Setec Powerr

As freezing winds blow across his construction site in northern China every morning, Liu Jianhong gathers his workers for hot tea. Liu, whose business in Shaanxi province often operates beyond the reach of power grids, plugs a hairdryer-like charger into his hybrid electric car, a sport utility vehicle from Chinese automaker BYD Co.