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Biomass fuels: challenges and opportunities – ET Auto

Baua Electric

The term ‘biofuels’ encompasses solid, liquid, and gaseous fuels primarily derived from biomass, including animal and plant wastes and residues. Bioethanol, can be derived from various sources such as sugar, corn, wheat, agricultural wastes, molasses, macroalgae, microalgae, and seaweed.

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Biofuels- paving the way for low carbon future in mobility – ET Auto

Baua Electric

The emissions further drop to ~70% if we consider 2G ethanol which is produced using farm waste. Ethanol production from farm waste such as corn cob, rice husk, wheat straw and sugarcane bagasse, is known as second generation ethanol (2G). India has already started setting up 2G plants, which use crop waste for ethanol production.

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New FordPass service allows booking and pre-paying for parking

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With park and pay now available on the FordPass platform, members can access these new features by downloading the latest FordPass update on their smartphone. For someone searching for parking just once a day in a typical five-day work week, it adds up—at least one hour a week is wasted driving around in circles.

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Ford and Automatic Labs working together to support connected-car solutions

Green Car Congress

For example, Automatic learns about a driver’s driving style and provides subtle audio cues when a driver does things that waste gas, such as: Rough Braking. Stepping hard on the gas pedal decreases fuel efficiency and wastes money. Rapid Acceleration. Automatic shows how a driver is doing on every trip. Behavior Connected vehicles'

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How to Have a Greener Christmas?

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With the season of peak consumption at hand, it’s not surprising that waste levels globally increase by 25-30% during the holidays, including reams of wrapping paper destined for landfills. As the TV commercials like to remind us, ‘this the season for giving a new car to that special person in your life’.

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10 Lessons From the Legacy of Apple’s Steve Jobs

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Its physical design, the minimalist layout, the screen with playlists, and the easy-access buttons made it successful, and the iTunes store made it easier for people to discover and buy music and organize it into personal playlists. People have criticized Jobs's personal traits. Engineer software and hardware together.

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This Volvo and Harris Poll Study investigates the state of EVs in America

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This is followed by a coffee shop or café with Wi-Fi to improve connectivity while they wait for their vehicle to charge (42%) to increase productivity during this otherwise wasted downtime. All are designed to improve your life now and in the future. ELECTRIFIED BENEFITS. A smooth ride and reduced operating costs.

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