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EV myths busted: Are electric vehicles safer than gas-powered cars?

Drive Electric

With the introduction of the Clean Car Discount in 2022, the skyrocketing prices of petrol and diesel across the country, and the increasing number of EVs available in New Zealand , we are seeing more EVs on our roads than ever before. Petrol and diesel vehicles both use internal combustion engines (ICEs). THE BOTTOM LINE.

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Interview with Dr. Wolfgang Schneider, Ford of Europe

Green Cars News

Ecoboost is a petrol engine technology that gets more out of the same engine. Q: EcoBoost is a new petrol engine platform, can you tell us more? Wolfgang Schneider at the Frankfurt Motor Show 2009. The first stage is where we’re at right now. litre and 2.0 litre engines have been announced with a smaller version also in development.

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Urban transport | Two wheels good | The Economist

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Although such vehicles are more environmentally friendly than their petrol counterparts, there is a greener option that many governments seem to have overlooked: the electric bicycle. Some 800,000 are also sold each year in South East Asia, he says, where they replace the noisy and smelly petrol scooters that are ubiquitous in many places.

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2023 BMW iX1 review: How does this premium electric SUV stack up against Tesla, Mercedes-Benz and Volvo in Australia?

EV Central

A spin-off from the petrol-powered X1, the newly arrived iX1 compact SUV is undoubtedly proof of that. Performance and Efficiency Here’s where the BMW iX1 really kicks sand in the face of its petrol X1 siblings. At its most efficient, BMW says the iX1 can recharge its battery from 10-80 per cent in 29 minutes.

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“Energiewende” in a tank; Audi e-fuels targeting carbon-neutral driving with synthetic fuels from renewables, H2O and CO2; Swiss policy test case

Green Car Congress

Underneath the e-fuels banner, Audi also includes renewable electricity for recharging its e-tron vehicles (“e-power”) and, should the market so require it, “green” hydrogen (e-hydrogen, derived in the e-gas process). Audi sees the potential for the use of CO 2 -neutral fuels to reduce fleet CO 2 emissions. Global Bioenergies: e-gasoline.

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