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Ford unveils F-150 Lightning electric pickup; starting at $39,974; arriving in 2022

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It’s quicker than a Raptor, with standard 4x4 and independent rear suspension; a power frunk, enough juice to run your house for three days or power an awesome tailgate; and it will forever improve with over-the-air updates. —Kumar Galhotra, Ford president, Americas and International Markets Group, Ford Motor Company.

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Biofuels- paving the way for low carbon future in mobility – ET Auto

Baua Electric

The emissions further drop to ~70% if we consider 2G ethanol which is produced using farm waste. Ethanol production from farm waste such as corn cob, rice husk, wheat straw and sugarcane bagasse, is known as second generation ethanol (2G). India has already started setting up 2G plants, which use crop waste for ethanol production.

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California ARB considering four new low-carbon fuel pathways; Neste renewable diesel and sugarcane molasses ethanol

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New pathways can be added to the LCFS Lookup Table in two ways: fuel providers may apply to ARB for new pathways under the regulatory “Method 2” process, and ARB staff may develop new pathways internally. After the sugarcane has been crushed, all of the cane juice is sent to sugar production. Neste Oil renewable diesel: 33.46

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Auto Racing Test Drives Its Own EV Future

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The GT4 e Performance has 10 handling settings to take advantage of an EV’s extreme torque sensitivity, in a way that makes internal combustion engine (ICE) cars’ “torque vectoring” controls seem primitive. Internal combustion is notoriously inefficient, turning at most 40 percent of burnt fossil-fuel energy into forward motion.

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Mumbai - Kalaburagi - Mumbai : 1200 km trip in the MG ZS EV

Plug In India

I have been on exactly one ICE (dinasour juice* consuming Internal Combustion Engine vehicles) roadtrip prior to this. Gotta love the free and the fast juice at MG’s Fortum Chargers. The car that I am taking on this trip is 2022 MG ZS EV. I have, ofcourse, never driven an EV for this long, prior to this.

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New EV Prototype Leaves Range Anxiety in the Dust

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The Mercedes-Benz Vision EQXX, and its showroom-bound tech, looks to banish range anxiety for good: In April, the sleek prototype sedan completed a 621-mile (1,000-kilometer) trek through the Alps from Mercedes’ Sindelfingen facility to the Côte d'Azur in Cassis, France with battery juice to spare.

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Automakers agree on common plug to recharge electric vehicles

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Nuclear waste is a problem much harder to solve than CO2, and dams have quite an impact in the environment. Featured stories Feed mophie Juice Pack Air hands-on and impressions How would you change HPs Mini 1000 Mi? The use and technology of a computer cable does change, so the plug cant remain for 25 years or whatever.