Green Car Congress

JULY 12, 2013

GM’s fuel-economy plan through the 2016 model year focuses on a reduction in vehicle mass and aggressive investment in advanced materials, such as high-strength steel, carbon fiber and aluminum, enabled in part by our industry-first aluminum welding technology. Earlier post.). The 2020 target was raised from 0.70 to reflect this change.

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Cars That Think

DECEMBER 30, 2021

What the Texas-Freeze Fiasco Tells Us About The Future of the Grid In this clear-eyed consideration of last winter’s deadly deep-freeze in Texas, Robert Hebner, director of the Center for Electromechanics at the University of Texas at Austin, describes the converging factors and troubled history that contributed to the catastrophic blackout.

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Blink Charging

APRIL 6, 2023

As part of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), $7.5 As part of the IIJA, the US federal government has pledged $3 billion for the development of domestic battery supply chains. Countries like Rwanda, Kenya, Uganda and Egypt all have plans in place to increase EV production and usage.

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Baua Electric

MAY 17, 2024

But few foreigners find their way here, in part because the journey from Tokyo has not been easy. The building was designed by Yoshio Taniguchi — the architect of New York’s Museum of Modern Art expansion — as part of a revitalization effort. Dreaming up a future getaway or just armchair traveling? That changed in March.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 8, 2015

As a result of local concerns, certifying body SCS published a thorough discussion of the use of Imazapyr and found that MRC retained adequate levels of tanoak in areas treated with the chemical and that, for the most part, MRC’s use of the chemical did not present a non-conformance with relevant FSC indicators.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 9, 2024

Whatever the use, bicycles help people in rural areas pursue a better future.” More than 3,000 trained mechanics around the world keep Buffalo Bicycles on the road using basic tools and locally available spare parts.” And instead of a complicated drivetrain, a single-speed setup means there are fewer parts to break.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 6, 2015

billion) were all in the top 10 of investing countries while more than $1 billion was invested in Indonesia, Chile, Mexico, Kenya and Turkey. In the US there is uncertainty over the future of the US Production Tax Credit for wind, but costs are now so low that the sector is more insulated than in the past. billion), India ($7.4

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