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KIT team produces synthetic natural gas from waste wood; used in natural gas vehicles

Green Car Congress

Researchers from the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) have successfully produced renewable methane from a biomass-based synthesis gas mixture in their pilot plant for methanation using a new honeycomb catalyst. —Felix Ortloff, Head of the Process Engineering group of the DVGW Research Centre at KIT’s Engler-Bunte Institute (EBI).

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Indiana Think Electric-Car Plant Stilled, Owners Quiet On Future

Green Car Reports

A year ago, we visited the Think electric-car plant in Elkhart, Indiana. At the time, several dozen workers were turning out a trickle of Think City electric vehicles assembled from kits shipped in from Finland--with big plans for ramping up production. That never happened.

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New Management, Structure, Cash For Electric-Car Maker Think?

Green Car Reports

Back in January, we toured the Think electric-car assembly facility in Elkhart, Indiana, "the RV capital of the world." We got some striking photos of hundreds of the City electric two-seater cars that Think was gearing up to sell, assembled in the U.S.

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New Management, Structure, Cash For Electric-Car Maker Think?

Green Car Reports

Back in January, we toured the Think electric-car assembly facility in Elkhart, Indiana, "the RV capital of the world." We got some striking photos of hundreds of the City electric two-seater cars that Think was gearing up to sell, assembled in the U.S.

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Helsinki to host electric display of green cars

Green Cars News

It’s the Electric Motor Show this weekend in Helsinki, and a whole host of innovative electric cars will be on display at the Exhibition & Convention Centre in the Finnish capital. Among the exhibitors will be Think, the Norwegian electric vehicle will be making its Finnish motor show debut with its Think City electric car.

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Skoda’s global sales rise 18.5% in 2023 to 866,800 cars | Autocar Professional

Baua Electric

The all-electric Enyaq series, which is among the best-selling EVs in many European markets, set a new record since its launch, with 81,700 vehicles sold (+52.1%), 10% of which found homes in the UK. Additionally, Skoda posted a strong result in the Czech domestic market, with 87,800 deliveries (+23.4%). and 43% volume growth.

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What If Europe Loses Russian Natural Gas?

Cars That Think

Powered by electricity, they can “pump” heat from the environment at a colder temperature into a building at a warmer temperature. The European countries where heat pumps are most used are some of the coldest, including Norway, Sweden, and Finland, where more than 40 percent of homes use heat pumps.

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