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Aeromexico flying commercial route with 15% blend of Honeywell Green Jet Fuel

Green Car Congress

Aeromexico is using a 15% blend of Honeywell Green Jet Fuel, produced from camelina using process technology from Honeywell’s UOP, on flights on its Mexico City to San Jose, Costa Rica route, marking one of the first uses of renewable fuels in everyday airplane passenger service.

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Best speakers ever

Electric Auto Association

Chapter member Ian Wright cofounded Tesla then later founded Wrightspeed, a company that built large hybrid trucks in San Jose. Val Miftakhov , also a member of the chapter, founded Electric Motorworks , where he first converted BMWs to electric and then moved onto manufacturing JuiceBox charging stations.

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Inventing Postscript, the Tech That Took the Pain out of Printing

Cars That Think

There it is converted into instructions for the printer by the PostScript interpreter, software resident in ROM. There it is converted into instructions for the printer by the PostScript interpreter, software resident in ROM. San Jose, Calif., And when I saw font scaling was possible across such wide ranges, we were sold.”

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Is aviation the best application yet for hydrogen fuel cells?

Charged EVs

Also, probably for private aircraft, which don’t have a lot of utilization, batteries might work as well, subject to range limitations. With biofuels, if you look at the relative efficiency of converting solar energy into biofuel versus solar energy into hydrogen, it’s not even a comparison, it’s ridiculous, it’s 500 times difference.

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Elon Musk wants Tesla Service to fix two-thirds of cars in the same day

Teslarati

According to Autoblog , of the top 5 most common car repairs – oxygen sensor replacement, inspection of loose fuel cap causing engine light, catalytic converter replacement, mass airflow sensor replacement, and spark plug replacement – none of them are even possible on an electric vehicle.

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Road Test: 2024 Toyota Mirai Limited FCEV

Clean Fleet Report

When we took delivery of the Mirai, the dash gauge read 345 miles of estimated range, which means we could have driven from Los Angeles to the Silicon Valley and had a few miles to spare. With the electric driving range exceeding 400 miles means you don’t necessarily need to live near a dealership, but Toyota will strongly recommend you do.

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EAA National Board nominations from across North America

Electric Auto Association

In my conversations, I focus primarily on the overall total cost of ownership and I have encouraged some friends to convert. I have firsthand customer knowledge of EV purchases, range anxiety, trepidations about the experience. I am constantly promoting the positive experience I have with EVs.