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Con Edison helping NYC drivers shift to EVs with more places to charge up

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Less than a year after the first PowerReady project reached completion in a Manhattan apartment building, the program has supported the installation of more than 340 Level 2 chargers and 45 DC fast chargers—including the largest publicly accessible universal charging hub in the Americas, operated by Revel in Brooklyn.

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Audi aims to reduce CO2 emissions by 30% over the vehicle lifecycle by 2025

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The brand is also continuing to develop conventional engines with a focus on universal mild hybridization and the 48-volt electrical system. The proportion of electrified vehicles will then amount to 40% of total unit sales. Plug-in hybrids are also an essential element of the electrification initiative.

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GWU team develops low-cost, high-yield one-pot synthesis of carbon nanofibers from atmospheric CO2

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A team led by Dr. Stuart Licht at The George Washington University in Washington, DC has developed a low-cost, high-yield and scalable process for the electrolytic conversion of atmospheric CO 2 dissolved in molten carbonates into carbon nanofibers (CNFs.)

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The Power Engineer Electrifying John Deere’s Tractors, Trucks, and More

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Department of Energy ’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory to develop a 200-kilowatt, 1,050-volt silicon carbide inverter, which is now used in the 644K and the 944K. This institution became the Madan Mohan Malaviya University of Technology in 2013). Watch this video of a 944K in action.

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Generating Power on Earth From the Coldness of Deep Space

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But we have demonstrated that by directly using power generated by the cold universe, we can chill water to cool buildings by as much as 5 ºC during the day without electricity and light the night without wires or batteries. Rather, the panels reach far beyond Earth’s atmosphere to tap the distant cold of deep space. Sound crazy?

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Natural EV capitalism

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Over three decades later, Martinson reinvented himself, earning an Executive Master of Sustainability Leadership (EMSL) from the School of Sustainability at Arizona State University. All these years later, Martinson and his wife both drive Teslas and their daughter drives a Chevrolet Volt PHEV.

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UK Technology Strategy Board Awards More Than 12M to 22 Projects to Speed Up Development of Low-Carbon Technology for Vehicles; Includes Gas Turbine Range Extender and Li-S Battery Cells

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In addition to helping to meet UK and EU climate change targets, we anticipate this research and development work will create significant market opportunities for UK-based companies. Ionotec Ltd (lead), Dynamic-Ceramic Ltd, Birmingham University, University College London, Aloxsys Inc. GKN Eco-Trailer. EDS TurboClaw.

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