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2019 Keeling Curve Prize winners include Opus 12; conversion of CO2 into fuels and chemicals

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Solar Sister (Great Falls, Virginia) invests in women’s enterprises in off-grid communities in Africa. Three Wheels United (Bangalore, India) is using finance and technology to decarbonize the auto rickshaw market. Each of the 10 2019 Keeling Curve Prize winners will receive $25,000 in prize money.

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Piaggio Introduces Plug-in Hybrid Version of MP3 Scooter

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The Piaggio Group has introduced the MP3 Hybrid, a plug-in hybrid version of its MP3 three-wheeled scooter. With a grid-chargeable Li-ion battery pack, the Piaggio MP3 Hybrid reduces both fuel consumption and carbon dioxide emissions by more than 50%. The MP3 hybrid. Click to enlarge.

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Future of Electric Vehicles Industry

Electric Vehicles India

Future of e-Rickshaws / Electric Rickshaws: E-rickshaws, also known as electric rickshaws, are a type of three-wheeled electric vehicle that is used for transportation in many cities in India and other countries.

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Piaggio launches plug-in hybrid scooter

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Though occasionally derided here in the UK, scooters retain vast appeal throughout Europe where the Piaggio Group has now introduced the MP3 Hybrid, a plug-in hybrid version of its MP3 three-wheeled scooter.

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Aptera partners with Elaphe for in-wheel-motor technology

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The rebooted Aptera Motors has teamed with Elaphe Propulsion Technologies on a long-range, volume production electric vehicle powered by in-wheel motors. Aptera, initially known as Accelerated Composites, formed in 2005 to bring highly efficient, three-wheeled vehicles to the market ( earlier post ), went out of business in 2011.

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Are You Plugged In?

Revenge of the Electric Car

Myers’s NmG—or no more gas—is a three-wheel, one-seat vehicle that can travel up to 75 mph and as far as 50 miles in its lithium-battery model. V2G stands for “vehicle-to-grid,&# a technology system being developed to enable electric cars to store power and sell it back to the grid. It costs about $30,000.

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Electric Vehicles Open-up New Business Opportunities

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The electric car from Strom Motors, the Strom R3 is a three-wheel electric car. You may think about the integration of solar panels to the charging station along with the grid connection. Magenta Charge Grid. #3 Electrification helps out in developing some interesting vehicles that attract people. 3 Software Development.