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Living Electric in Alaska: An Anchorage Owner's Experience

Electric Auto Association

He emphasizes the need for self-reliance and improvement to infrastructure beyond Anchorage, where cellular network coverage can be spotty, affecting charger connectivity. Dak recalls a particularly brutal ice storm that coated his trucks in four inches of ice. Dak's experience highlights the nuances of EV ownership in a cold climate.

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World Engineering Day Focuses on Shaping a Sustainable Future

Cars That Think

A humans well-being and socioeconomic progress are deeply connected to the environment. Peoples livelihoods, businesses, industries, and biodiversity depend on a stable and healthy environment. It contributes to a sustainable environment in several ways: Digital transformation. If not now, when?

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USD$90 Billion Market opportunity by 2045 in micro EVs segment

Baua Electric

Environmental Benefits With the growing concern over climate change, many people and governments are looking for cleaner transportation options. Technology and Innovation in Micro EVs The rise of micro EVs is closely connected to the development of autonomous driving technologies.

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Renault and French Atomic and Alternative Energy Commission Sign RD Agreement on Cleaner Vehicles and Sustainable Mobility

Green Car Congress

Renault and the CEA (French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission, le Commissariat à l’énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives) have signed a cooperative research and development agreement that encompasses work on electric vehicles, new energies, and cleaner combustion engines. connected vehicles. Earlier post.).

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Novel adaptation for existing blast furnaces could reduce steelmaking emissions by 88%; closed-loop carbon recycling

Green Car Congress

Devised by Professor Yulong Ding and Dr Harriet Kildahl from the University of Birmingham’s School of Chemical Engineering, the system is detailed in an open-access paper published in the Journal of Cleaner Production. The perovskite can be regenerated to its original form in a chemical reaction that takes place in a low oxygen environment.

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Geely testing Emgrand methanol hybrid sedan in -40 C conditions

Green Car Congress

Previous generation methanol vehicles faced difficulties with cold starts but with Geely Auto’s NordThor Power (previously called Leishen Power) hybrid technology and the latest generation methanol powertrains, issues with extreme cold environment performance have been eliminated, the company said. The sedan houses a 1.8L

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12 natural gas Ford Transit Taxis to enter service in Chicago

Green Car Congress

Taxi Medallion Management in Chicago has purchased 12 Ford Transit Connect Taxis running on compressed natural gas (CNG) for its fleet. According to the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), CNG is less expensive and burns cleaner than gasoline, resulting in 30 to 40% less greenhouse gas emissions.

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