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Oita team develops new process for producing hydrogen from ammonia without external heat source

Green Car Congress

Researchers at Oita University in Japan have developed an innovative process for the production of hydrogen from ammonia without the need for an external heat source to initiate or maintain the reaction. An open access paper on their work is published in the journal Science Advances. Liquid ammonia (NH 3 ) has been considered as a carrier (storage medium) for hydrogen that could alleviate the challenges of transporting, handling and storing hydrogen for commercial applications.

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Tesla electric car battery life, Toyota fuel-cell fervor, new diesels still dirty, coal-free England: The Week in Reverse

Green Car Reports

Why did readers post 1,000 comments when we asked whether Toyota's fuel-cell cars were foresighted or foolish? What good news did we get this week for Tesla Model S electric-car owners? This is our look back at the Week In Reverse—right here at Green Car Reports—for the week ending on Friday, April 28, 2017. Friday, we wrote about a.

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DENSO and IBIDEN to collaborate on next-generation vehicle exhaust systems and vehicle electrification

Green Car Congress

Global automotive supplier DENSO Corporation and electronics and ceramics company IBIDEN Co., Ltd. form ed a capital and business alliance jointly to develop next-generation vehicle exhaust systems. This collaboration will combine IBIDEN’s advantages in high-performance ceramic materials with DENSO’s advantages in developing products as systems to develop high-performance, simple and low-cost vehicle exhaust systems.

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How many cars are there? How many miles do we drive? All the facts

Green Cars News

“The traffic gets worse every year” is a common gripe we hear and often mutter to ourselves as we grind to yet another halt.

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How serious is Norway about climate change? So much that its streetlights self-dim

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