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BMW launches Gen2 X5 PHEV in US: X5 xDrive45e

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The X5 xDrive45e is built at Plant Spartanburg, South Carolina, BMW Group’s largest global production plant. This fully automatic setting allows the advanced electronics to determine the most efficient or performance-oriented combined use of gasoline and electric power based on driver input.

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10 Reasons Your Next Car Should Be an EV

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EVs are Better for the Environment Over the course of their lifetimes , EVs generate less than half of the GHG emissions of comparable gasoline-powered vehicles. EVs Cost Less to Fuel Powering your ride with electricity costs about 60% less than buying gasoline. In addition, electricity in the U.S. petroleum consumption.

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BYD: U.S. surrounding regulations may just worth American citizens out of EVs

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Michael Robinet, govt director, consulting, at S&P World Mobility, mentioned the IRA is not going to support EV adoption charges as it doesn’t alternate “the relative cost of the EV,” one of the most largest components that leads American citizens to select gasoline-powered automobiles rather. is taking a unique manner.

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BMW brand’s first production PHEV: the BMW X5 xDrive40e

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With a total system output of 230 kW/313 hp generated by a four-cylinder gasoline engine with BMW TwinPower Turbo technology, a synchronous electric motor integrated in the 8-speed Steptronic transmission, and a 9.0 In this way, the stored electrical energy can be selectively deployed exactly when required. kWh over the same distance.

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ARPA-E Selects 37 Projects for $106M in Funding in Second Round; Electrofuels, Better Batteries and Carbon Capture

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This process is less than 1% efficient at converting sunlight to stored chemical energy. This process will repurpose carbon dioxide for use as a liquid fuel that can be readily used as a high octane gasoline substitute. Medical University of South Carolina. of South Carolina). Ohio State Univ. Clemson Univ.,

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Iowa State to manage biorefinery projects for new Manufacturing USA Institute

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Department of Energy’s Savannah River National Laboratory in South Carolina and the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta. The big idea is to develop small, efficient biorefineries that can process local biomass, saving the cost and trouble of transporting and storing biomass from a larger region.

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