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What Are The Benefits of Driving an Electric Car?

Drive Electric

There’s currently a premium price-tag on traditional automatics due to their ease of use, allowing the driver to concentrate on driving rather than gear-selection. Safety First. As for pedestrian safety , EVs have a trick up their sleeve there too. Take the (lack of) gearbox for example. EVs are the same. Availability.

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Perspective: US Needs to Transition to Hydrous Ethanol as the Primary Renewable Transportation Fuel

Green Car Congress

The Model T Ford, which debuted in 1908, was originally designed to operate on alcohol. The Model T and Model A Fords were later designed to operate on either alcohol or gasoline or a blend of alcohol and gasoline. Current Legal Requirement for Use of Anhydrous Ethanol in the United States. 40 CFR § 80.27 40 CFR § 80.27(d)

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Solar Smackdown in Torrance – Installer Sues City on Behalf of the Sun

Creative Greenius

And then the senior gentlemen in the building with the Safety Dept. I said I would consider it, but that I was really hoping to establish a precedent, legally speaking, beyond Torrance. Lillian Light (President of the EPN) arranged something with another person. What happened?”. I want it to be all of California.

Solar 210
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Audi TechDay e-mobility, Part 2: systems and components

Green Car Congress

Asynchronous motors (ASM) have no permanent magnets and are simple in design, sturdy, low in maintenance and long-lived. The higher power density of permanently excited synchronous motors (PSM) allows a more compact and lighter design, depending on the application. Power electronics and electric machines. kWh per kilogram.

Audi 210