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China Will Attempt First Carbon-Neutral Winter Olympics

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About 160 kilometers northwest of Beijing, the city of Zhangjiakou with its rugged terrain boasts some of the richest wind and solar resources in China. Renewables account for nearly half of the city’s electricity output with less than a third of its full solar and wind potential of 70 gigawatts installed so far.

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Mercedes-Benz Cars plants in Germany to be supplied with CO2-neutral energy from 2022

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In the future, 100% of additional purchased electricity will come from verifiable renewable sources, such as wind- and hydropower. The production hall uses renewable energy and reduces water consumption and waste significantly. This corresponds to about three quarters of the required electricity in the German plants.

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DOE awards $3.9M to 13 projects using high performance computing in manufacturing; Ford, LanzaTech

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will partner with LLNL and ORNL to develop new lightweight alloys in a project titled “Computational Modeling of Multi-Strand Aluminum DC Vertical Casting Processes Incorporating Cast Structure and Thermal Treatment Effects Contributing to Rework Energy Losses.”. Arconic, Inc. Arconic, Inc.

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Must Read 40+ Electric Vehicle Interview Questions & Answers

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4 Onboard Charger: The onboard charger converts AC (alternating current) power from an external charging station or electrical outlet into DC (direct current) power to recharge the vehicle’s battery pack. 7 DC-DC Converter: A DC-DC converter converts high voltage DC supply from the battery to low voltage supply.

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CPT presenting two papers at SAE World Congress on SpeedStart and TIGERS for 48V mild hybrid systems

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An SR based B-ISG is a relatively simple mechanical design construction consisting of a wire wound stator and central laminated rotor with no windings. Due to the absence of rotor windings, SR machines possess low rotating inertias thus minimizing rotor losses.

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European version of the BYD Seal is unveiled

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Appealing, dynamic, sporty, technologically advanced full-electric D-segment sedan Available with a highly efficient Blade Battery – 82 kWh with up to 570km range (WLTP) and DC Charging (30-80%) up to 150 kW in just 26 minutes Available in rear-wheel and all-wheel drive configurations Advanced Cell-to-Body technology and BYD e-Platform 3.0

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PHEVLERs are the Zero CO2 Clean Green Machines of the Future

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On the other hand, drivers of other vehicles waste considerable time making special trips to refuel their internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles at the liquid fuel station or their battery electric vehicle (BEV) at the rapid recharging station. 5 ] Increasing numbers of drivers can get PEV charging at their workplace. [ 23 ] , [ 24 ].

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