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Osaka Gas launches pilot project in Thailand to supply vehicle natural gas fuel from biogas

Green Car Congress

The project will focus on a verification of a long-time based stable operation and methods to minimize the cost of producing methane gas, as well as determine the effectiveness of the methane produced as a vehicle fuel. These include palm residue, the remnants of sugarcane crushed to extract juice, and food factory wastewater.

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The trials of public charging, part 2 (of many to come)

Plugs and Cars

I wrangled a few hours of charging back in December from Bob Hayden, the SF Department of the Environment's EV Czar. San Francisco's Department of the Environment just received its first LEAF, which now uses one of these spaces. Juice flows. A threat taken seriously in San Francisco. Take that every way it can be taken.

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Lessons from a year with solar power

EV Info

According to the Department for Business, the average cost for standard electricity in the UK in 2020 was 17.2p/kWh. That rate would give the LEAF a cost of 17.2 * 24 to drive 100 miles. Then as the sun sets in the West, hopefully the battery pack would have enough juice to power the house for the rest of the evening. .

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Electric Car Watch #1: Electric Car Disruption will destroy ICE Car Market | ? ?

Plug In India

In the coming decade, battery prices will go down, whereas the cost of petrol will keep going up. Not because they are inexpensive to run, not because they are better for the environment, but because they are superior machines compared to the ones that run on dinosaur juice. ​ These are the real facts. More convenient.

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Tigor EV Highway Drive: Bengaluru - Coimbatore - Ooty - Mysuru

Plug In India

Throw in costs of the driver, electricity and maintenance, that would mean a minimum revenue required of Rs. Guests are not allowed to get their dogs along, so Jungle Hut environments are deer friendly. The price point is such that the cab operator would have to be charge at least Rs. 15 to 20 per km to recover investments.

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World Earth Day & The Green Reset

My Energi

It’s no secret that our modern lifestyles put significant pressure on the environment. Step away from them screens for a few hours and get your creative juices flowing! myenergi and #TheGreenReset: Your guide to eco-friendly living. But while making positive, meaningful changes, it is also fairly easy to put them off.

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Cleantech Blog: Smart Grids and Electric Vehicles

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Cleantech Blog Cleantechblog.com, the premier cleantech site for commentary on news and technology relating to clean tech, greentech, energy, climate change and carbon, and the environment. Annual use of an EV should be less than the average cost of $8,000 per year for using a gasoline in many countries including the USA. SZ (1) 6753.T

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