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APRIL 13, 2020

A 27-tonne hydrogen fuel cell rigid truck built by VDL started its first demonstration with BREYTNER as part of the EU-funded H2-Share project in Schelluinen, the Netherlands. ( Earlier post.) Wystrach GmbH built a low-energy mobile hydrogen refueler to accompany the truck on its demonstration sites. This hydrogen truck is unique in the Benelux. The trial marks the first time that such a truck will be demonstrated in a setting like this, certainly in combination with a mobile refueling station.

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APRIL 13, 2020

Tesla's decision to open a factory in China is quickly proving to be a good one. The Silicon Valley automaker delivered 10,160 electric cars in China in March, its highest-ever monthly total in the world's largest new-car market, according to the China Passenger Car Association (CPCA) trade group. Those sales represented 30% of China's.

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by Michael Sivak, Sivak Applied Research. Battery electric vehicles are only as clean as the energy source used to generate the electricity that powers them. The calculated relative amounts of well-to-wheels emissions of greenhouse gases from eight different energy sources are shown in the table below. (The calculations were based on the data developed by the Union of Concerned Scientists.

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APRIL 13, 2020

Despite the growing number of electric cars in production, EVs are still new and different to most drivers. Ignorance of the technology has allowed various electric car myths to persist. Formula E—the all-electric racing series—put together this video busting five EV myths that just don't seem to go away. One myth is that electric cars.

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APRIL 13, 2020

Researchers at Toyohashi University of Technology in Japan have developed an active sulfur material and carbon nanofiber (S-CNF) composite material for all-solid-state Li-sulfur batteries using a low-cost and straightforward liquid phase process. In a paper published in the journal ACS Applied Energy Materials , they report that in an all-solid-state Li–S cell using the S-CNF composite, full sulfur capacity was obtained when the cell was cycled at 0.1C (0.177 mA cm –2 ), and a sulfur capacity of

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APRIL 13, 2020

Could the economic downturn triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic affect electric vehicle sales? The research firm Wood Mackenzie last Wednesday already suggested that it will—and that global sales of electric vehicles could drop 43 percent in 2020. The firm’s research ratcheted EV sales expectations way down from 2.2 million in 2019 to.

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Electric-car myths persist. Tesla’s sales surged in China. And what the effect of the pandemic be on EV sales? This and more, here at Green Car Reports. Tesla sales conquered nearly a third of the EV market in China in the first quarter of the year, and it appears to have been a factor that gave the automaker its best first quarter ever. A.

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Frugal energy use is just as important as his car's 1,000 horsepower.

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OPEC-Plus, a group of 23 oil-producing countries that includes Russia, agreed on Sunday to reduce output by 9.7 million barrels per day for May and June. The agreement also calls for OPEC-Plus members to keep oil production reduced from the current level by 6 million barrels per day through April 2022. US President Donald Trump tweeted the success of the negotiations Sunday morning.

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