Sun.May 19, 2019

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NASA awarding $6 million to 3-year ULI project to develop approach to electric aircraft fueled by liquid hydrogen

Green Car Congress

NASA will provide $6 million over the course of three years to support a University Leadership Initiative (ULI) project focused on the development of a fully electric aircraft platform that uses cryogenic liquid hydrogen as an energy storage method. The Center for Cryogenic High-Efficiency Electrical Technologies for Aircraft (CHEETA) project is led by the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.

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Series hybrids were the next big thing 100 years ago: Are they any more likely today?

Green Car Reports

The 1916 Owen Magnetic Tourer that crossed the Bonhams auction block last month was more than a beautiful snapshot from an obscure moment in American automotive history. As one of the technological wonders of its time, the Magnetic Tourer didn’t have any mechanical connection between its big 374-cubic-inch (6.1-liter) inline-6 engine and the.

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Neste and Air BP bring sustainable aviation fuel to Caen airport in France

Green Car Congress

Neste and Air BP are supporting the business aviation sector’s Sustainable Alternative Jet Fuel (SAJF) initiative and helping drive its adoption with operators and aircraft manufacturers. The European Business Aviation Convention & Exhibition (EBACE) will take place in Geneva on 21-23 May 2019, and European business aviation community has an option to refuel with sustainable aviation fuel at Caen airport in France.

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EV Policy Vacuum continues in Australia

My Electric Car

Where to now for EVs in Australia. Successive governments have been totally unaware or turned a blind eye to the biggest disruption of the automotive industry since the advent of ‘horseless carriages’ in the eighteen hundreds. Back then the rolling out of automotive transport came at a point in time when horse manure was clogging city streets and reaching crisis point for city planners and health authorities.

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

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El Segundo’s @LATimes Continues #ClimateCrisis Coverup As Paper’s Credibility Craters #JoeTakesOnTheNews

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