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NTSB Chair questions safety impact of heavy EVs

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The electric F-150 weighs 700 kg more than its petrol-powered predecessor. Smaller electric cars are heavier than their petrol equivalents, too. A focus on driving lighter, safer, cleaner and less can ensure a better future for everyone. —Jennifer Homendy. Why does this matter? First and foremost is safety.

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Universities of Birmingham and Warwick launch new fuels lab

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The UK Universities of Birmingham and Warwick launched a new lab to support investigations into the dynamic aspects of combustion of alternative fuels, as well as gasoline and diesel, with the aim of reducing harmful vehicle exhaust emissions, particularly greenhouse gasses.

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How EVs Are Helping Humanity & Saving Lives?

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Air pollution from cars running on petrol and diesel contributes to early mortality, cancer, bronchitis and asthma. According to a Harvard University study, there is a striking association between long-term exposure to harmful fine particulate matter and COVID-19 mortality in the United States. fine particulate matter pollution).

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Researchers successfully engineer E. coli to produce renewable propane; proof-of-concept

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Researchers from the University of Turku in Finland, Imperial College London and University College London have devised a synthetic metabolic pathway for producing renewable propane from engineered E. coli bacteria. an aldehyde-deformylating oxygenase (ADO) to form the final product, propane.

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Debunking the Lithium "Mining" FUD

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The interesting thing is before electric cars were popular, no one in the auto industry or mainstream media even questioned where petrol or the metals used in engines are coming from. A typical petrol-powered ICE car emits about 4.6 So an ICE car running on petrol over a period of 8 years, a petrol car will emit 40.56

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Ford Europe leading project investigating DME and OME1 as low carbon, near zero particulate fuels; power-to-liquids pathways using CO2

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Methanol is a petrol and not suitable as a diesel fuel component, but can be dehydrated to form dimethyl ether (DME) with a high cetane number. DME is safe, burns cleaner than conventional diesel, and most importantly is versatile. The comparative figure for diesel is 113 g/km CO 2.).

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Congestion charge and electric vehicles: Everything you need to know

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Everyone pays the charge, although there are some exceptions to an otherwise universal charge. There’s also a cleaner vehicle discount of 100% which applies only to battery electric or hydrogen fuel cell vehicles from 25 October 2021. This continues in October when low-emission petrol and diesel must start to pay.