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800-Volt EV Charging: The ?Other Palliative for Range Anxiety ???

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Car of the Year, and now a finalist for 2022 World Car of the Year—was designed by the talented Sangyup Lee, the Hyundai global design chief and former Bentley designer who also styled the reborn Chevrolet Camaro. The Ioniq5—already named Car Design of the Year , U.K. Guigiaro also penned the Hyundai Pony, the brand’s first-ever car, in 1975.

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Raízen breaks ground on Iogen cellulosic ethanol facility in Brazil

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BNDES noted that this will be the first project that uses technologies for conversion of bagasse and cane straw at industrial scale that is fully integrated into the process of conventional ethanol, obtained from the juice of sugar cane (first generation). The technology being deployed has undergone extensive testing and validation work.

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This Dutch City Is Road-Testing Vehicle-to-Grid Tech

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now taking place in suburban homes, using outside wall-mounted chargers metered to give credit to vehicle owners on their utility bills in exchange for uploading battery juice during peak hours. The key force behind the changes taking place in this windswept Dutch city is not a global market trend or the maturity of the engineering solutions.

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Hydrogen Cars vs Electric Cars – Who Is Going to Rule the Market?

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Vaguely stated, fuel cells convert stored hydrogen gas into energy by combining it with oxygen. Yes, hydrogen fuel cells don’t emit any harmful gases themselves but the process of juicing up an HFC with energy does produce a lot of harmful gases and other byproducts. Fuel cells are the heart of hydrogen-powered vehicles.

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Auto Racing Test Drives Its Own EV Future

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Formula E , the FIA’s offshoot of the global spectacle that is Formula 1 , has gone from awkward baby steps to sprint-level speed in just eight years. Flip a switch, and the Porsche can spool up 1,073 horsepower—more juice than an F1 car—for roughly 18 minutes. Dial back to 402 horsepower, and stamina grows to more than 45 minutes.

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Fast Food, Fast Charge

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And since even the speediest DC chargers take roughly 30 minutes to juice up an EV, drivers and passengers have time to kill, including enough time for a bite. 7-Eleven envisions its 7Charge network as one of the biggest fast-charging networks among convenience stores in the United States. Brent Gruber, J.D.

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Cleantech Blog: Smart Grids and Electric Vehicles

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Early Days in the Obama Administration An Address I'd Like to Hear Global Warming Solutions Included in Transportatio. Thinking Globally, Acting Locally San Francisco City Carbon Collobarative 18th and 1. Several early models of passenger vehicles have enough energy stored in advanced batteries to power several homes for hours.

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