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Hertz massively expands Uber EV partnership with 25,000 more vehicles

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Hertz has massively expanded the number of EVs available to Uber drivers in Europe to help both organizations achieve their respective climate goals. This program will begin in London, England, but will quickly expand to Paris, France, and Amsterdam, Netherlands, in the coming year.

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Revamping an Art Deco Masterpiece

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This beautifully outfitted room is the newly restored Control Room A at the Battersea Power Station in London. For half a century, the electric power hub controlled the flow of current that met one-fifth of London’s electricity demand. Enjoy the latest images, and if you have suggestions, leave a comment below. James Parsons.

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Honda May Develop Plug-In as Obama Alters U.S. Policy (Update2) - Bloomberg.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

General Motors Corp., Toyota Motor Corp. and startups Tesla Motors Inc. I haven’t heard any discussion of hydrogen since the Bushadministration was getting ready to leave,” said Dan Becker ,director of the Safe Climate Campaign , a group in Washingtonthat works for environmentally “clean” cars. “It

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Inside the Global Race to Tap Potent Offshore Wind

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But the shallow waters east of London are already packed with wind turbines. To arrest the accelerating pace of a changing climate, the world needs a lot more clean energy to electrify heating, transportation, and industry and to displace fossil-fuel generation. Scotland’s deeper waters are therefore the U.K.’s s next frontier.

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Battery metal price plunge is closing mines and stalling deals – ET Auto

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last year put itself up for sale after a slump in the cobalt price left it struggling to finish key projects in the Democratic Republic of Congo, and London-based Horizonte Minerals Plc scaled back work on its Brazilian nickel mine as it searches for funds to complete construction, and announced an emergency USD 20 million financing late last year.

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Manganese Could Be the Secret Behind Truly Mass-Market EVs

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Even that piddling storage and range rapidly degraded, especially in the southwestern United States and other searing climates, leaving customers howling. (It Those energy-poor packs brought just 24 kilowatt-hours of storage and a 117-kilometer (73-mile) driving range. Low-cobalt batteries have been the response.

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GM, Segway partner on two-wheel city vehicle | Green Tech - CNET News

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Credit: GM) General Motors and Segway plan to take a two-wheel concept vehicle for a spin around New York City on Tuesday. Minus two when people realize that if theyre going to get stuck in traffic, they might as well do so in the climate controlled comfort of a car. I couldnt use it for 9 months out of the year.

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