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VWG Oldenburg acquires 15 MAN CNG hybrid buses; MAN Lion’s City 12 G with EfficientHybrid technology

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Verkehr und Wasser GmbH (VWG) in Oldenburg, Germany has acquired 15 new MAN Lion’s City 12 G EfficientHybrid natural gas buses. The new buses have a crankshaft starter generator on board that converts braking recuperation energy into electrical energy. When the new MAN buses brake, then that is a real benefit for us. In addition, the standard stop-start function ensures almost silent stop phases at stops and traffic lights.

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Solar tonneau cover charges electric pickups, provides portable power

Green Car Reports

Tonneau covers are already a popular option for pickup owners—allowing more secure, weather-protected storage, and perhaps even improved aerodynamics and highway efficiency. Adding solar panels to tonneau covers seems not only like a natural next step, but a natural complement to the numerous fully electric pickups arriving over the next.

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Roskill: Molybdenum demand to drop by more than 8% in 2020

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Roskill expects demand for molybdenum to drop by more than 8% in 2020. The molybdenum market enjoyed three years of growing demand between 2016 and 2018, but macroeconomic concerns and a slower steel market resulted in a 2.3% decline in 2019. Mine supply continued to edge higher in 2019, albeit by a relatively slow 0.7%—an identical rate of growth as 2018.

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What is the most effiscient charging method

Supercharged EV

Energy is lost when charging, but lets have a look at this very informative data from youtuber b.Nyland. It is very clear that charging at 7kw is the most effiscient. This is the one I have at home, a Schneider EVlink Wallmounted 7KW charger.

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

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Argonne-led study insights help to reduce degradation in fuel cells and extend lifetime

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Vehicles powered by polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs) are energy-efficient and eco-friendly, but despite increasing public interest in PEMFC-powered transportation, current performance of materials that are used in fuel cells limits their widespread commercialization. Scientists at the US Department of Energy’s (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory led a team to investigate reactions in PEMFCs, and their discoveries informed the creation of technology that could bring fuel cells one s

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