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Could Honda's Future 1.0-Liter Be World's Most Efficient Engine?

Green Car Reports

Found under the hood of the original Insight hybrid, it still has the highest gas mileage of any EPA-rated non-plugin. The last time Honda made a 1.0-liter liter gasoline engine, it broke new records for fuel efficiency. It also took International Engine of the Year in 2000, and won that competition''s sub-1-liter class seven times.

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Geely “Not Giving Up On Gas Engines”

CleanTechnica EVs

For example, there is some question about how much support plugin hybrids get and how. continued] The post Geely “Not Giving Up On Gas Engines” appeared first on CleanTechnica. However, it’s not all rainbows and roses.

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BMW Group and PG&E launching ChargeForward Phase 3 pilot; V2G testing

Green Car Congress

The BMW Group and Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) announced an expanded partnership that further leverages renewable energy to sustainably power electric vehicles (EVs). A smart-charging plugin hybrid can integrate more renewable energy than a normal-charging all-battery electric vehicle, despite the smaller battery size.

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What’s Cleaner, An Electric Truck Or Plugin Hybrid Truck? It Depends…

CleanTechnica EVs

They concluded that electric trucks were still better than a comparable gas-powered truck, but that the point where the EV truck had saved enough energy to make up for the extra emissions of manufacturing a […] A while back, I read a very interesting article on The Drive estimating the lifetime emissions of electric pickup trucks.

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DOE’s Manufacturing Institute to award $35M to support R&D in recycling, reuse and remanufacturing

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The second objective is the creation of a software plugin for mainstream CAD software to enable design for remanufacturing consideration of high-value components. Low-Concentration Metal Recovery from Complex Streams Using Gas-Assisted Microflow Solvent Extraction (GAME). Low Heat Repair of Cast Iron.

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California made up a third of all U.S. BEV sales in 2023

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last year, ahead of the state’s sales ban on new gas cars set for 2035. Credit: CNCDA (from Experian data) The report’s Vehicle Powertrain Dashboard also detailed the top registered BEVs and plugin hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) in the state. BEV registrations in California made up 33.8

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Plug-In Hybrids (or Plugin Hybrids)

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

You can fill it up at the gas station, and you can plug it in to any 120-volt outlet. But when you do, your car essentially becomes an electric vehicle with a gas-tank backup. So youll have a cleaner, cheaper, quieter car for your local travel, and the gas tank is always there should you need to drive longer distances.

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