Cars That Think

AUGUST 16, 2021

Although military aircraft were breaking the sound barrier daily during the 1950s and '60s, commercial passenger flights during this time remained limited to subsonic speeds. Now, several aircraft manufacturers and NASA are intent on ushering in a new era of supersonic commercial aviation. Kennedy announced plans to develop a U.S.

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Oklahoma City Ozone Oklahoma Fuel 106

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 8, 2019

Organic pollutants, such as nitrogen oxides and volatile compounds, are a major cause of this, and they are mostly emitted by vehicle exhausts and industry. They also used rhodamine B as a model for volatile organic pollutants, as its molecular structure closely resembles those of pollutants emitted by vehicles, industry and agriculture.

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Cars That Think

MARCH 4, 2023

Using robots to scale up existing climate solutions To understand why robotics is crucial for tackling climate change, we should look to an analogous case: the automotive industry. Climate tech is in a state similar to that of the early automotive industry. Renewable-energy facilities need routine maintenance to stay efficient.

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Climate Change Climate Wind Renewable 89

Electra Vehicles

JULY 21, 2021

Commercial fleet operating companies lead the electrification movement, pushing for innovative electric vehicle technology and solutions across geographic markets that passenger vehicles have yet to embrace. What is it about fleet companies and the current market landscape that drives this trend in the EV industry?

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Cars That Think

OCTOBER 26, 2021

John Voelcker has been reporting on cars and the automotive industry for almost as long as he's been driving. in Industrial Engineering from Stanford. It is—as with a few things Tesla—it provided the model for what the rest of the industry is now trying to do. He's an actual engineer, with a B.S. John, welcome to the podcast.

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Electric Vehicles Charging Vehicles Electric 89

Cars That Think

OCTOBER 26, 2021

John Voelcker has been reporting on cars and the automotive industry for almost as long as he's been driving. in Industrial Engineering from Stanford. It is—as with a few things Tesla—it provided the model for what the rest of the industry is now trying to do. He's an actual engineer, with a B.S. John, welcome to the podcast.

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Electric Vehicles Charging Vehicles Electric 87

Cars That Think

JANUARY 23, 2023

Many in the auto industry are warning that realistic BEV range numbers under varying conditions need to be widely published , else risk creating a backlash against EVs in general. It has already started to increase the cost of its Chevrolet Bolt EVs , which it had slashed last year, “due to ongoing industry-related pricing pressures.”

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

This is from "Commercializing Plug-In Hybrids" (pdf), the current CalCars 24-slide presentation about PHEVs available along with other documents at CalCars Downloads. Several after-market companies have done PHEV conversions of the Ford Escape hybrid and one has done a retrofit of the F-150 pickup -- see Where PHEVs Are and ICE-Conversions.)

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