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Comment on BYD investor event: 5th-gen DM hybrid tech, sales target, and more by AMortalDefiant

CN EV Post

As a BYD investor, I'm upset to see them waste so much money on dead technologies like PHEVs/EREVs. Swapping out CO2 for other toxins like ozone and nitrogen oxides is not a solution. As the economies of scale disappear for ICE, so too will they disappear for hybrids that depend on the existence of ICE.

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Comment on BYD investor event: 5th-gen DM hybrid tech, sales target, and more by AMortalDefiant

CN EV Post

As a BYD investor, I'm upset to see them waste so much money on dead technologies like PHEVs/EREVs. Swapping out CO2 for other toxins like ozone and nitrogen oxides is not a solution. As the economies of scale disappear for ICE, so too will they disappear for hybrids that depend on the existence of ICE.

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Mercedes-Benz Cars plants in Germany to be supplied with CO2-neutral energy from 2022

Green Car Congress

Today, new plants in Europe are already planned with a CO2-neutral energy supply from the start. With a CO2-neutral energy supply of the plants, we are consistently pursuing this approach and are actively driving sustainability in production. The decision also fits with our overall strategy.

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North America just got its first recycled Li-ion battery materials plant

Baua Electric

Photo: Green Li-ion Green Li-ion has launched North America’s first commercial-scale plant to process unsorted battery waste, or “black mass,” from used lithium-ion batteries.

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BMW Outlines Intelligent Heat Management Applications for Reducing Fuel Consumption and CO2; New Thermoelectric Generator Unit Integrated with EGR

Green Car Congress

BMW dedicated a portion of its recent Innovation Days 2009 event to the topic of Intelligent Heat management as a mechanism for reducing fuel consumption and CO 2 emissions. The remaining two-thirds are lost as waste heat going into the environment through the car’s exhaust emissions and through the radiator. Heating with waste heat.

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‘We built a profitable model without subsidy on battery or scooter’: Yulu’s Amit Gupta | Autocar Professional

Baua Electric

Without subsidy on battery or on the scooter, we have built this profitable model,” he said at the Inner Circle event organised by Autocar Professional in collaboration with AutoDesk. Yulu riders have travelled more than 450 million km and helped save over 20 million kg of Co2 emissions to date.

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EEA says industrial air pollution cost Europe up to €169 billion in 2009; some 37% attributed to CO2

Green Car Congress

This uncertainty is unavoidable, as the extent of damage will be dependent on the future development of society, particularly with respect to population and economic growth, but also how much value is attached to future events. —Revealing the costs of air pollution from industrial facilities in Europe.

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