Cars That Think

AUGUST 18, 2022

In a simulated fallout map produced by Ukraine’s national weather service and posted Sunday, a radiation plume spreads northwest and reaches Poland and Lithuania within 72 hours. To date, plant operators have continued to respond to orders from Ukraine’s grid operator.)

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Ukraine Energy Russia Grid 141

Cars That Think

MARCH 18, 2022

Just a few hours before massed Russian troops and missiles surged over borders with deadly force last month, Ukraine’s grid operator opened a series of high-voltage breakers, disconnecting the nation’s grid from those of Belarus, Russia and the rest of the giant UPS/IPS synchronous AC power zone controlled from Moscow.

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Ukraine Russia Lithuania Energy 102

Cars That Think

JANUARY 28, 2023

It is completely wrong,” Fatih Birol , Executive Director of the International Energy Agency (IEA), has stated. In Poland and China, for example, an EV would need to be driven 78,700 miles to break-even. “Electric cars will not save the climate. If Birol were from Maine, he might have simply observed , “You can’t get there from here.”

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Climate Change Climate San Diego Emissions 136

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

A similar plant in China and Poland would cost an estimated $112 million and $65 million, respectively. Precursor material produced at plants in the DRC could be cost competitive with material produced in China and Poland but with a lower environmental footprint. —James Frith, head of energy storage at BNEF. Source: BNEF.

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Africa Supplies Emissions Poland 221