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Green Car Reports
SEPTEMBER 13, 2013
Every so often, electric-car skeptics will attack the idea of using grid electricity to power a car by bringing up coal. Yeah," the argument goes, "but you''re just burning coal instead of gasoline in your electric car--so how''s that any better?"
Green Car Congress
DECEMBER 7, 2009
In this topic, ARPA-E seeks to develop a new generation of ultra-high energy density, low-cost battery technologies for long electric range plug-in hybrid electric vehicles and electric vehicles (EVs). Coal-fired power plants currently generate approximately 50% of the electricity in the United States. Earlier post.)
Cars That Think
MARCH 6, 2024
Normally, we deep dive into exploring one topic, but that does mean that some really interesting things get left out for the podcast simply because they wouldn’t take up a whole episode. So here today to talk about some of those interesting things, I have Spectrum ‘s Editor in Chief Harry Goldstein. Welcome to the show. Happy to be here.
Cars That Think
NOVEMBER 20, 2023
Jenkins has also helped push Congress to think more seriously about the power grid, releasing a report last year that showed that much of the 43 percent emissions reduction expected by 2030 would be squandered if the United States doesn’t double the pace of transmission upgrades. In the past two years, the U.S. C in this century.
Green Car Congress
JULY 31, 2009
Developing technologies for the conversion of biomass and coal-to-liquid fuels. By 2035, cellulosic ethanol and/or coal-and-biomass-to-liquid (CBTL) fuels with carbon capture and storage could replace about 15% of current fuel consumption in the transportation sector (1.7–2.5 Source: America’s Energy Future, Fig. Click to enlarge.
Get Electric Vehicle
FEBRUARY 16, 2022
Here is a collection of the project ideas related to the electric vehicle. We have published a video “ Top 75 electric vehicle related project ideas ” on our YouTube channel “ Get Electric Vehicle ” Now, here is a collection of the comments and responses to those comments in that video.
Green Car Congress
JULY 28, 2009
The environmental benefit of a large-scale deployment of plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) in the Canadian province of Alberta could vary significantly, ranging from a 40% to a 90% reduction in greenhouse gases, according to a study by electrical engineers at the University of Calgary’s Schulich School of Engineering. Hamid Zareipour.
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