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BYD and Hertz partnering on EV rentals in China

Green Car Congress

BYD and The Hertz Corporation, the world’s largest general use car rental brand, announced a strategic partnership to promote new energy applications to propel the development of the EV markets in China. The BYD e6 has been in use in Shenzhen taxi fleets for more than a year; the first fleet of 50 e6 taxis have now surpassed 2.5

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Geely invests in Carbon Recycling Intl.; vehicles fueled by methanol from CO2, water and renewable energy

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In late April 2015, Geely Auto deployed a first-of-its-kind fleet of 150 methanol-fueled taxis in the southern Chinese city of Guiyang in cooperation with the municipal government. Vulcanol is CRI’s brand name for renewable methanol, produced from CO 2 and hydrogen from renewable sources of electricity (hydro, geothermal, wind and solar).

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PHEVLERs are the Zero CO2 Clean Green Machines of the Future

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Vehicle-grid-integration [ 16 ] uses electric vehicles with low power bidirectional chargers to balance an electric smart grid, absorb and redistribute the renewable energy from intermittent sources such as solar and wind. Frank (2012) Electrification of Taxi Cabs in Major Chinese Cities with Range Extended Electric Vehicles.

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The Kiwi business journey to Carbon Zero

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If your staff are using taxis, Ubers and subsidised public transport to get around and what impact that has on cost and emissions. For example, if you install solar panels on your office roof or make energy efficiency improvements at your facilities, then you might not need to upgrade your main electricity supply.

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EV's and Indian Manufacturing: Prof. Ashok Jhunjhunwaala | Visit to IIT Madras

Plug In India

As more and more of us put solar panels on our roofs, we can move away from our grid driven AC to battery driven DC lights and appliances. In order to quantify a collaboration metric, corporate research labs have to earn 150 credit points for every 1000 sq ft of space that they occupy. 93 are still in the incubation phase.

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EADS demonstrating electric and hybrid aviation propulsion; innovative distributed propulsion series hybrid

Green Car Congress

The Elektro E6 is envisioned to feature a full carbon composite structure, two motors, high wing propeller, solar cells technology, 6 seats, 480 kg (1,058 lb) payload and 500-km (311-mile) range. The two-seat E-Fan has undergone a very intensive development phase of only eight months.

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2020 Electric Vehicle Industry Report Card and trends for the new year

Plug In India

What we have realized that, our EV industry is way ahead of the game in terms of localisation compared to many other industries like Solar, Phones, Consumer Electronics. Many corporates in multiple industries have setup work from home policies. For example, the Indian pharma industry is heavily dependent on China. We had lockdowns.

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