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ICL researchers develop new membrane-based system for cheap, efficiently made biofuels

Green Car Congress

Because they are expensive, biofuels are usually combined with petrol or diesel to make them ‘go further’. Our new technology could help to drive down the cost of biofuels so that they eventually replace fossil fuels in transport and aviation—a much happier situation for the environment and one we are all working towards.

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The environmental impact of electric cars

Drive Electric

That’s why the UK Government has banned the sale of new petrol and diesel cars from 2030. This is cleaner and better for the environment than producing petrol and diesel. Regenerative braking is built into all electric vehicles and is a feature that helps you maximise range, and makes the process of braking less wasteful.

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Driving the Tesla Model 3 in Australia

My Electric Car

Plug and forget – takes all of ten seconds and no smelly petrol stations to contend with and so much cheaper to fuel (around a quarter to a third the cost of petrol for equivalent distance). Any downsides? None that we could find in the limited time we had with the car.

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Lithium Battery Recycling is happening in 2022 | Attero in India | Redwood Materials

Plug In India

Because we are sick and tired of listening to petrol heads who complain about batteries. Have you ever heard of a similar effort to take the exhaust smoke from pollution cars and then try to create petrol? And we are glad JB left Tesla to start this important company. Have you seen any such company do that? We have great news!

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[PRESS RELEASE] Emissions Reduction Plan: Electric Vehicles will drive a low emissions future

Drive Electric

Drive Electric Chair Mark Gilbert says, “If you watch the global automotive market – we’ve been seeing for some time that EV technology will replace petrol and diesel cars. EVs will drive down the costs of owning a vehicle and give New Zealand more energy independence. This may happen faster than you might think.

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Why Businesses Should Adapt EVs to Their Fleet?

Get Electric Vehicle

EVs’ initial costs are decreasing as their popularity and numbers grow, and battery costs also keep falling. Several countries, ranging from China to the United Kingdom, have proposed banning the sale of petrol and diesel cars over the next twenty years and some as early as 2025. Reduction in Overall Operational Costs.

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Looking to get in a hybrid for cheap? Used Toyota Prius 1.5 HSD 2004-2009 Review

Green Car Congress

petrol engine is not running. The cost of that usually starting just below $1,000 or changing the faulty modules (28 modules in a pack) individually that is much cheaper. The Atkinson cycle petrol engine was made for regular stop-starts and is very reliable. ICEs are just boring and inefficient in the sense of wasting energy.

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