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How EVs Are Reducing Carbon (CO2) Emissions

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The Environmental Protection Agency notes that in recent years, trends in the vehicle market shifted from smaller sedans and wagons to SUVs and pickup trucks, with SUVs making up 45% and pickups making up 15% of the model year 2021 light-duty vehicle market in the United States. mph” in the United States.

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DOE ARPA-E awards $156M to projects to 60 projects to accelerate innovation in clean energy technologies

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Thermal Fuel: HybriSol Hybrid nanostructures for high-energy-density solar thermal fuels Using innovative nanomaterials, MIT will develop a thermal. stores energy from the sun to be released onto the grid at a. Concentrating Solar Power/Nuclear: Metallic composites. develop processes that use water and recycled CO2 as the.

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

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The utility.will get a Ford plug-in hybrid vehicle by the end of this year and as many as 20 by some time in 2009 to test their durability, range and impact on the power grid, said Susan M. But we want to give them cause to continue to press forward." ( MIT Technology Review ). By partnering with these two industries.

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