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Geely just unveiled the Panda Kart mini EV and it’s sporty cute

Baua Electric

Image: Geely Geely released images today of the Kart Edition of its Panda Mini EV – and this one is definitely for China’s trendy kids. The central control screen supports wireless connection, voice control, navigation, and multimedia entertainment. inch LCD instrument panel. Get started here. –

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Sandia team puts power into local grid with supercritical CO2 closed-loop Brayton-cycle turbine

Green Car Congress

Partially because of this heat, the Brayton cycle has the potential to be much more efficient at turning heat from power plants—nuclear, natural gas or even concentrated solar—into energy than the traditional steam-based Rankine cycle. Maybe it’s just a pontoon bridge, but it’s definitely a bridge.

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This $680 4-seater electric swan boat makes my own Chinese e-boat look luxurious

Baua Electric

The other small issue is that there’s not a great way to connect a bow line while on the boat. Assuming the boat truly is electric, that canopy seems like a lot of wasted space that could be well spent holding up some solar panels. Though for under $700 for an electric boat, I don’t think we can make too many extra requests here.

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Study suggests energy and GHG impacts of synthetic hydrocarbon fuels from CO2 are greater than impacts of existing hydrocarbon fuels

Green Car Congress

Synthetic fuel production from fuel-combustion-based energy and CO 2 (top) and from atmospheric CO 2 using solar electricity (bottom). That solar fuels offer the promise of solar energy storage—a key challenge in a world predominantly relying on renewables. Credit: ACS, van der Giesen et al. Click to enlarge.

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Albemarle granted permit to increase lithium brine extraction rates in Chile; MOU for 27-year lithium quota

Green Car Congress

The MOU provides for commission payments to the Chilean Government based on sales price/MT and Albemarle’s support of research and development in Chile in lithium applications and solar energy. The definitive agreement is expected to be executed by the end of the first quarter 2016.

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New York access for all

Electric Auto Association

We connected with the head of public works and then the head of sustainability, who introduced us to the mayor. Leitman pointed out that Mount Vernon, while still needing assistance, now knows what is necessary to support its efforts when it comes to EVs, renewable microgrids, solar incentives, and energy storage.

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Africa’s Electricity-Access Problem Is Worse Than You Think

Cars That Think

Both are easy to define—a population’s share connected to the national grid or to a local source of electricity, and the ability to read and write—but such definitions do not make it possible to get a truly informed verdict. We measure access to electricity no better than we do the rate of literacy.