CleanTechnica EVs

JANUARY 27, 2023

At the coal face of a conference that involved governmental figures, academics, logistics customers and OEMs, the detailed technical conversations are almost all about how battery electric trucks will work in the coming decades.

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International Coal Batteries Battery 144

Green Car Congress

JULY 20, 2012

Emissions from OECD countries now account for only one third of global CO 2 emissions—the same share as that of China and India. India (6%). CO 2 emissions increased by 150% in China, and in India by 75%. Coal consumption increased globally by 5.4 % in 2011, which is an above average growth, and accounts for 30.3%

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2011 Emissions CO2 Global 236

Green Car Congress

JUNE 10, 2011

The new report, part of the World Energy Outlook (WEO) 2011 series, examines the key factors that could result in a more prominent role for natural gas in the global energy mix, and the implications for other fuels, energy security and climate change.

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MIT Gas Climate Gas-Electric 210

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

Today BYD employs 130,000 people in 11 factories, eight in China and one each in India, Hungary, and Romania. Near the end of our conversation, I ask Wang about the company name. His people at MidAmerican have studied clean technologies like batteries and wind power for years because of the threat of climate change.

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BYD 2009 Companies Electric Cars 62

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

Even if you charge your EV with electricity made from coal fired generators you reduce your car’s pollution by half. In most conversions cost is about the same because of needless weight. How will the pressures of climate change, limited fossil fuel resources and the mainstreaming of "green" consciousness reshape society?

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Oregon Green Electric Cars Lead Acid 58