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UCLA Health Center receives electric Winnebago as mobile surgical instrument lab; MOTIV EPIC chassis

Green Car Congress

The Motiv system features a TM4 electric drivetrain with 250 kW and 2,300 N·m peak motor and a 127 kWh sodium-nickel battery system. gallon ultrasonic cleaners, among other custom cabinetry and equipment. The vehicle upfit includes two desks in the slide-out area, two workbenches, an industrial sink and two stations for 5.5

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A Rich Harvest in the Desert

Cars That Think

The area, said to be the driest region on earth, has long been a premier source of sodium nitrate, or saltpeter. The level of detail in this image is startling, considering that it would take 9,100 years of travel at the speed of light to reach this gas cloud from Earth. Initially, the liquid is a dark blue color.

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Top Factors Affecting EV Adoption

EV Connect

Given that the average lifespan of a car is just 12 years, the proportion of EVs on the road will spike dramatically as new stock replaces gas-powered vehicles phased out of service. older) drivers away from gas. However, while EVs are still under-represented on the highway, they’re set to dominate on the sales forecourt.

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Strong support for EV ambitions | Autocar Professional

Baua Electric

Sectoral expansion The PLI scheme is anticipated to drive growth in key industrial sectors such as construction, oil and gas, metals, electronics, pharmaceuticals, textiles, and energy. Instead, the focus is on incentivising the production of ATVs to align with global trends towards cleaner and greener mobility solutions.

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MIT and Moscow State collaborating on advanced batteries, metal-air batteries and reversible fuel/electrolysis cells

Green Car Congress

Other work focuses on sodium as an earth-abundant alternative to lithium, but while it could lower cost, sodium ions also carry just a single charge. We need a way of producing alternative cleaner fuels, minimizing use of hydrocarbons, or at a minimum recycling the carbon dioxide to form these more useful fuels. earlier post ).

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Electric Scooter vs Petrol Scooter : Huge benefits for India

Plug In India

Your EV will get cleaner in time. And with millions of these being added to our roads, our cities are becoming gas chambers and this cannot continue. . Also note that there are many promising battery research projects that are going on like Al-Air batteries or Sodium-Ion batteries. Ultimately petrol scooters are unsustainable.

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How clean is EV battery manufacturing?

Electric Auto Association

It’s getting cleaner and prospects are improving BY TIM BENFORD: PRESIDENT OF DRIVE ELECTRIC DAYTON, PAST VICE-PRESIDENT OF ELECTRIC AUTO ASSOCIATION. Scientists inform us that today’s transportation sector is the largest contributor to US greenhouse gas emissions driving climate change, but how clean are lithium-ion batteries? /km,

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