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Tesla sales, VW chargers, coal pollution, used electric values: Today's Car News

Green Car Reports

Volkswagen has developed a mobile juice pack for electric cars. The EPA continues to roll back regulations on coal plants to allow them to emit more pollution. Tesla released sales numbers for the last quarter of 2018. For the first time dramatic depreciation on electric cars has begun to reverse.

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California ARB considering four new low-carbon fuel pathways; Neste renewable diesel and sugarcane molasses ethanol

Green Car Congress

After the sugarcane has been crushed, all of the cane juice is sent to sugar production. Pantaleon Sugar Holdings (Bio-Etanol S.A) is a company based in Guatemala that produces and exports ethanol derived from sugarcane molasses. Sugarcane is harvested on company-owned and partnership farms, and then transported to the sugar mill.

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ARB posts six new LCFS pathway applications for comment; new PFAD biodiesel approach

Green Car Congress

The plant was originally fueled by coal but was converted to natural gas in 2010. After the sugarcane has been crushed, the cane juice is filtered, treated with calcium hydroxide, decanted, and then sent to sugar production. Nameplate capacity is 50 million gallons per year of denatured ethanol.

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Lessons from a year with solar power

EV Info

Then as the sun sets in the West, hopefully the battery pack would have enough juice to power the house for the rest of the evening. . Apparently in total this equates to a saving of 715 KG of coal burning and a saving of 1.8 So far in 2021 another 170WKh has come from the Winter sun. . Tons of CO2. . Solar Panels: JA Solar.

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Mumbai - Kalaburagi - Mumbai : 1200 km trip in the MG ZS EV

Plug In India

I have been on exactly one ICE (dinasour juice* consuming Internal Combustion Engine vehicles) roadtrip prior to this. Given the coal shortage and power cuts across the country + the fact that there are little to no power cuts in Bombay, it felt like accepting harsh realities. The car that I am taking on this trip is 2022 MG ZS EV.

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Automakers agree on common plug to recharge electric vehicles

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

That being said, even a car that derives its energy from coal power plants would be far more clean. Having centralized energy production in that way allows for centralized pollution control measures, filters, so-called "clean coal" rather than depending on X number of cars, manufacturers, and consumers to deal with pollution control.

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Greentech Media | ECOtality CEO: Fast Charging and Why Battery Swapping Is Doomed

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

You will be able to charge your car at home at night in three to eight hours, but never be in fear of “running out of juice” because a fast-charge opportunity will be available right around the corner at Starbucks, Safeway, Wal-Mart or your local shopping mall.