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Tale of Two 2,000-mile EV Rural Road Trips

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Tale of Two 2,000-mile EV Rural Road Trips A Two-Country Kia EV6 Experience Last year I set out to see what it would be like to take a couple of long road trips in a Kia EV6–one in the UK and the other in the U.S. Fortunately it’s becoming less of an issue now the newest EVs have a range of up to 300 miles on a full battery charge.

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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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UK milk delivery service orders 200 electric StreetScooter delivery trucks

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The StreetScooters have a 905 kg payload and an eight-meter cube box, enabling Milk & More to carry 860 pints of milk at a time, as well as an extensive range of locally sourced products from bacon and bread to cereals and juice. The new floats have a 40 kWh battery pack supporting a range of up to 75 miles.

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Electric vehicles score big with enhanced savings over petrol

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To put this into context, the typical EV now costs just £12 to charge up to 80%, or just 6.74p per mile. In direct comparison, filling up the tank of a petrol vehicle to the same level would set you back by an astonishing £46.40 – that’s 13.85p per mile!

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Flash Drive: 2023 Toyota Corolla Cross Hybrid

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The driving range in pure electric mode is short, so best save that battery juice for parking garages or sneaking in late at night. Our focus is on vehicles that offer the best fuel economy in their class, which leads us to emphasize electric cars, plug-in hybrids, hybrids and diesels.

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ARB posts six new LCFS pathway applications for comment; new PFAD biodiesel approach

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gCO 2 e/MJ for diesel. After the sugarcane has been crushed, the cane juice is filtered, treated with calcium hydroxide, decanted, and then sent to sugar production. This feedstock is transported 30 miles via heavy-duty truck from the refiner to the port for loading onto an ocean tanker. gCO 2 e/MJ and 98.03 gCO 2 e/MJ.

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Road Test: 2021 Volvo XC90 Recharge T8 PHEV

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I got to see this a lot, since during our test week I took two 170-mile round trips to visit my family (in my COVID-19 bubble). kWh battery, tucked away under the car along the center tunnel, provides just 18 miles of all-electric motoring. I averaged 25 mpg over 364 miles of mostly freeway driving. Moving towards more juice.