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

Green Car Congress

F-150 Lightning offers a standard-range battery targeting 230 miles of EPA-estimated range and an extended-range battery targeting 300 miles of EPA-estimated range. 2022 Ford F-150 Lightning Platinum, Lariat, XLT. America’s No. 1 auto brand is going zero emissions with America’s favorite vehicle.

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Should you rent an EV for a family holiday?

EV Central

Dropping to just 3km range when Chinese EV refused to charge. Reliable range, fits the family in and drives beautifully. Its Kona has a range of up to 484km (the big battery one) so range anxiety would barely be a thing. At least its claimed range of 330km is acceptable. All of this wastes time.

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

Green Car Congress

After the sugarcane has been crushed, all of the cane juice is sent to sugar production. Brazilian sugarcane ethanol pathways in the LCFS tables have CIs ranging from about 70-80 gCO 2 e/MJ.). Pantaleon Sugar Holdings (Bio-Etanol S.A) is a company based in Guatemala that produces and exports ethanol derived from sugarcane molasses.

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The trials of public charging, part 2 (of many to come)

Plugs and Cars

Only half the story about public charging is providing juice: enabling drivers to extend the range of their vehicles beyond their night-time "fill-up" at home when necessary and overcoming newbie "range anxiety." Juice flows. The other half, for the next five years or so, is outreach and education. A small crowd gathers.

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ARB posts six new LCFS pathway applications for comment; new PFAD biodiesel approach

Green Car Congress

The current batch of new applications covers quite a range of carbon intensity in the fuels: from 88.69 After the sugarcane has been crushed, the cane juice is filtered, treated with calcium hydroxide, decanted, and then sent to sugar production. Earlier post.) gCO 2 e/MJ for the corn ethanol, down to 10.64

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New EV Prototype Leaves Range Anxiety in the Dust

Cars That Think

Not long ago, a 300-mile range seemed like a healthy target for electric cars. More recently, the 520-mile (837-kilometer) Lucid Air became the world’s longest-range EV. Such silicon-rich anodes, which can squeeze more range from batteries, are widely expected to be popularized over the next decade.

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Lessons from a year with solar power

EV Info

Then as the sun sets in the West, hopefully the battery pack would have enough juice to power the house for the rest of the evening. . The Model 3 has a range of 310 miles, three times the LEAF. If you can cast your mind back to May 2020 – or the sunny days of lockdown #1 you may recall basking in sunshine for day upon day.

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