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Hyundai is going all in on hydrogen, and relying on food waste to make that happen

Baua Electric

At CES in Las Vegas, the company announced that hydrogen fuel will now play a “crucial role in Hyundai’s sustainability roadmap as it is a clean energy source.” Storing hydrogen is a challenge too in that it requires high pressures, low temperatures, or other chemical process to keep it compact.

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How Self-Driving Cars Will Accelerate Electric Vehicle Adoption

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Though we’re still several years away (at least) from robots taking the wheel, some cities in America—Las Vegas, Phoenix and Pittsburgh, to name a few—have already seen self-driving vehicles in action. For example, you arrive home from the grocery store and realize you forgot the milk. The solution?

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BMW i ChargeForward Program to demo contribution of intelligent EV charging to grid efficiency

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At the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, BMW announced the BMW i ChargeForward Program—a pilot study to be undertaken by the BMW Group Technology Office, together with Pacific Gas & Electric Company (PG&E). EV battery “second life” system using MINI E vehicle batteries.

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Kenworth Receives Largest Hybrid Tractor and Truck Order Yet

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Knoxville, Las Vegas, Missoula, New Orleans, and Seattle, joining CCE’s fleet of 120 Kenworth 12-bay hybrid delivery trucks. The Kenworth hybrids are performing well, with a more than 30 percent improvement in both fuel efficiency and greenhouse gas emissions, compared to standard beverage delivery trucks.

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What does 2023 have in store for electric vehicles?

Blink Charging

It’s the perfect time to look into the future and see what the coming year has in store for electric vehicles (EVs) and EV charging infrastructure. . And what does 2023 have in store for Blink? . We will also be making a big announcement to start the year at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas on January 5th.

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Flash Drive: 2023 Kia EV6 GT

Clean Fleet Report

Clean Fleet Report spent several hours on a beautiful December Las Vegas day driving the 2023 Kia EV6 GT. Regenerative braking, which uses the motors to slow the car, recharges the battery when slowing or coasting converting kinetic energy into electric energy, which is stored in the battery. Now as fast as it looks.

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ARPA-E awards $130M to 66 “OPEN 2012” transformational energy technology projects

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gas into a liquid transportation fuel by combining fuel cell. utility of geographically isolated gas reserves. Natural Gas Reactor for Remote Chemical Conversion. convert natural gas into transportable liquids in one step. remote oil wells burn natural gas as a by-product because it is not. Gas Technology.

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