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Drive Notes: 2024 Alfa Romeo Tonale eAWD

The Truth About Cars

I've been harsh on the Hornet R/T -- I prefer the internal-combustion GT -- but the driving experience was different with the Alfa. Even on slow charging, you'd be able to juice up overnight. Thankfully, one could just put the climate control back to auto and all would be good again. This setup mates a 1.3-liter

Dodge 94
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2022 Volvo C40 Recharge Twin Ultimate – Not Quite Fully Charged

The Truth About Cars

It’s already an EV, you’re not waiting for an internal-combustion engine to turn over and fire. The dual electric motors (front and rear) that provide the car with all-wheel drive get their juice from a 78 kWh lithium-ion battery, and the system’s output is 402 horsepower and 486 lb-ft of torque. It shuts down once you do.

Recharge 101
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Biofuels- paving the way for low carbon future in mobility – ET Auto

Baua Electric

Globally there has been an increasing focus on low or zero emission powertrains, driven by climate concerns. The impact of the feedstock challenge is already visible, with the government restricting use of sugarcane juice and syrup for ethanol production in 2023-24 to keep sugar prices in check.

Carbon 52
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Study Suggests That Use of Land-Efficient Animal Feed Technologies and Double Cropping Could Reconcile Large-Scale Biofuel Production With Food Production

Green Car Congress

Our analysis shows that the US can produce very large amounts of biofuels, maintain domestic food supplies, continue our contribution to international food supplies, increase soil fertility, and significantly reduce GHGs. The resulting protein-rich juice is then coagulated and dried.

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Cleantech Blog: Smart Grids and Electric Vehicles

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Cleantech Blog Cleantechblog.com, the premier cleantech site for commentary on news and technology relating to clean tech, greentech, energy, climate change and carbon, and the environment. Ontological Shock An Open Letter to Fred Krupp Report from GridEcon Conference SGS Climate Change Head on the First Carbon Credit. SZ (1) 6753.T

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Al Muratsuchi Votes To Kill Community Choice Then Finds Out He Was Duped & Calls Me To Apologize

Creative Greenius

You’d think the International Brotherhood of ELECTRICAL workers would be smart and strategic enough to have unionized the solar installers and would be aware of the UCLA Luskin report that says that putting solar on only 5% of L.A. roofs would generate 29,000 new jobs. . I’ll make the appointment for you.

Solar 380
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Perspective: Why Carbon Emissions Should Not Have Been the Focus of the UN Climate Change Summit and Why the 15th Conference of the Parties Should Have Focused on Technology Transfer

Green Car Congress

Oceans, already expanding from warmth and melting glaciers, would rise, increasing coastal flooding; a chain reaction of climate changes is projected to lead to harsher, more widespread droughts and more powerful storms. Reductions in Emissions. C to 2 °C above pre-Industrial Revolution levels.