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A whirlwind of Music and Danish EVs

Revenge of the Electric Car

He and his crew profiled a young American band from New Jersey, Titus Andronicus , as they arrived at the Roskilde Music Festival to play one of Europe’s biggest music festivals. One of the highlights was an electric car “ Co2 Race &# presented by our friends Michael and Jacob on the final day of the festival.

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Why Hydrogen power is not the answer

EV Info

Note the clarification of Zero Co2 at the point of use. For example, converting a two-engine turboprop from kerosene to hydrogen, increases the weight of the engine from two tonnes to 13 tonnes. On May 6, 1937, the world’s largest hydrogen-floated dirigible airship went up in towering flames in New Jersey.

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US DOT Awards $100M in Recovery Act Funds to 43 Transit Projects to Reduce Energy Consumption and Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Green Car Congress

The new Fisher buses will provide more than triple the equivalent fuel economy in all-electric mode and reduce CO2 emissions due to the extensive use of lightweight materials and the large capacity battery system. NJ Transit, New Jersey: $250,000. Greater Lafayette Public Transportation Corporation, Indiana: $2,180,000.

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Honda launches new “Green Path” initiatives for manufacturing and operations; new $210M paint line at Marysville with new 4C2B process

Green Car Congress

In 2013, Rossi Honda in Vineland, New Jersey, became the first electric grid-neutral new automobile dealer in America, producing more energy from on-site solar panels than it takes from the public utility grid.​ million dollars. Source: Honda North America. from a high of 755 kg/auto in FY11.

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