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Tesla maintenance and repair costs are lowest in the auto industry: data

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Tesla’s 10-year maintenance and repair costs are the most affordable in the automotive industry, as shown in a new data analysis publicized last week. The total 10-year cost of maintaining and repairing a Tesla is the cheapest in the industry, according to a data analysis shared by Consumer Reports on Friday.

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Porsche, Siemens Energy and partners advance climate-neutral eFuels development; Haru Oni pilot in Chile

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Porsche, Siemens Energy and partners are developing and implementing a pilot project—the “Haru Oni” project—in Chile that is expected to yield the world’s first integrated, commercial, industrial-scale plant for making synthetic climate-neutral fuels (eFuels). Porsche will be the primary customer for the green fuel.

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The Importance of Thermal Management Systems In EVs

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Tesla discovered this at the cost of a series of car fires. EV manufacturers have tried at least six different cooling methods for electric motors and inverters, including forced air cooling, hollow shaft rotor cooling, outer jacket liquid cooling, and a combination of the two, oil spraying or immersion in dielectric oils.

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The Importance of Thermal Management Systems In EVs

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Tesla discovered this at the cost of a series of car fires. EV manufacturers have tried at least six different cooling methods for electric motors and inverters, including forced air cooling, hollow shaft rotor cooling, outer jacket liquid cooling, and a combination of the two, oil spraying or immersion in dielectric oils.

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Navigant Research forecasts new EV global sales of > 346,000 units in 2014; 10 predictions for the year

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Possibilities include dramatic reductions in the cost of EV batteries that lead to more cost- competitive vehicles, greater state or federal incentives, or increasing taxes on fossil fuels. The ICE is also likely to get efficiency improvements from electric oil and water pumps. Tesla Motors will have a bumpy year.

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Using the PHEV (Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicle) to Transition Society Seamlessly and Profitably From Fossil Fuel to 100% Renewable Energy

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The combination of harvesting whole forests and burning long-sequestered carbon sources such as coal or oil has impaired the Earth’s carbon cycle at an increasing pace. The grid then becomes more efficient, thus reducing the cost of delivered electricity to everyone. (In One PHEV company, Efficient Drivetrains Inc.,

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Grabbing the prime real estate for electric truck charging hubs

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It makes sense for organizations to focus on their core activities, so just as they outsource things like IT or building maintenance, many want to outsource the charging infrastructure for their electric fleets. Another snake oil sales group is the battery guys. It’ll charge anything—a bus, a truck, a Porsche, doesn’t matter.