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Think the plug-in Ford Ranger PHEV isn’t capable enough? I just drove one up an active volcano in Iceland!

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That’s more powerful than any diesel Ranger, and more torque even than the bonkers Ranger Raptor. Should you use up more battery juice than you’d like, sling it into EV Charge and the petrol engine works as a generator to recharge the battery while also turning the wheels. 2025 Ford Ranger PHEV Stormtrak in Iceland.

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Fast-Charging vs. Home-Charging: What Is Better for EV Owners?

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Understanding Fast Charging Fast charging, or DC fast charging, is a high-power, quick way to add juice to an EV battery. Like Fuel Stations – Like fueling a diesel tractor at a petrol pump, fast charging enables users to charge rapidly and get back on the road.

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2025 Volvo EX90 Twin Performance Seven-Day Test: Serene and spacious, but where’s the Swedish soul?

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We end up spending 50 minutes at one to guarantee we’ve enough juice to get us home with no more stops. I’ll be honest, after a busy weekend, I was longing for a petrol or diesel and to be on my way. Range anxiety has set in, and our only public charging options are 50kW “slow” fast chargers. Next time, better planning.

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Kia EV5 Earth Long Range Review: To the top of Australia and down the other side in an EV

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We watch as the diesel trucks and utes refuel and head on their way, as do the family loads of petrol SUVs. After a bit of mucking around the charger fires up I quietly fist pump and it delivers juice to the EV5 at a rate of up to 119kW. But the family in the Polestar 2 who arrives just after us does. What infrastructure shortage?

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Tsinghua Researchers Find that Sugarcane Juice is a Good Fermentation Feedstock for Algal Biodiesel

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Researchers at Tsinghua University in China have shown that sugarcane juice is a good feedstock for biodiesel production, when used to support the growth of the alga Chlorella protothecoides by heterotrophic fermentation. Conversion ratios of sugar/biomass and sugar/oil using SCH were 15.2 higher than that using glucose, respectively.

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Amyris processes Ceres sweet sorghum into renewable diesel using soluble and cellulosic sugars

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into renewable diesel in a US Department of Energy (DOE) funded biorefinery project. To process the soluble sugars that accumulate in the plants, the sorghum juice was first extracted from the stems and concentrated into sugar syrup by Ceres. Amyris modifies farnesene to become renewable diesel. Source: Amyris. Click to enlarge.

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California ARB considering four new low-carbon fuel pathways; Neste renewable diesel and sugarcane molasses ethanol

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Among the new pathways to be considered is the production of renewable diesel from Australian tallow at Neste Oil’s Singapore plant. g CO 2 e/MJ; for diesel fuel, it is 94.71 Neste Oil renewable diesel: 33.46 produces NExBTL non-ester renewable diesel (RD) from multiple feedstocks at its plant in Singapore. Earlier post.)

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