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Chinese Ehang EVTOL & Customer Cuisinart Certified As Rural Toy, Undercapitalized

CleanTechnica EVs

In the past couple of years, far too much digital ink and far too many investment dollars have been wasted. continued] The post Chinese Ehang EVTOL & Customer Cuisinart Certified As Rural Toy, Undercapitalized appeared first on CleanTechnica.

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Waste-to-biofuels company Enerkem raises C$280M, its largest financing round

Green Car Congress

a leading waste-to-biofuels and chemicals producer, has completed a C$280-million (US$223 million) investment round—its largest to date. The technology converts non-recyclable, non-compostable municipal solid waste into methanol, ethanol and other widely-used chemicals. Canada-based Enerkem Inc.,

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Comment on Nio App stops showing delivery wait times as Chinese New Year holiday approaches by Tommy

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Europe is another huge waste of money and Nio will never step foot in the United States. Receivership to Chinese government and folded into one of their large state owned manufacturers to make use of the charging infrastructure? Alps will be an ET5/7 type disaster especially given it has to be Nio's thinnest margin model already.

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China researchers hydrotreat waste engine oil and scrap tire oil blend to produce diesel- and jet-range fuel

Green Car Congress

Researchers at Henan Polytechnic University in China have hydrotreated the oil derived from hydrothermal liquefaction of scrap tires (STO) with waste engine oil (WEO) using five different activated carbon-supported noble metal catalysts—Pd/C, Pt/C, Ru/C, Ir/C, and Rh/C—for the production of liquid fuels. —Lou et al.

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Toyota says it would rather buy credits than ‘waste’ money on EVs

Baua Electric

As the car industry’s largest hybrid pusher, Toyota says it is better positioned to just buy credits to close the EPA gap rather than “waste” money on BEVs, its CEO said. Wasted investment is worse than the credit purchase,” he added. That’s a tough question. It’s difficult to say, but it’s not better.” Get started here.

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This $680 4-seater electric swan boat makes my own Chinese e-boat look luxurious

Baua Electric

But after buying an ultra-cheap Chinese electric boat last year , this new one makes my own lazy lake cruiser look like a luxury yacht. Assuming the boat truly is electric, that canopy seems like a lot of wasted space that could be well spent holding up some solar panels. FTC: We use income earning auto affiliate links.

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Comment on Nio exec explains how its factories use humanoid robots by Frank

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Years of endless waste lighting shareholders capital on fire with mind numbing projects that do nothing to deliver what consumers need and want. Ask a Chinese citizen EV shopping if they give one iota about a robot in the factory? The hits just keep on coming. Instead you get a race car team. Chips and t-shirts. Day care service.

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