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PowerGenix to supply NiZn batteries for traffic light backup systems

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PowerGenix, the manufacturer of high performance, rechargeable Nickel-Zinc (NiZn) batteries ( earlier post ), has entered an exclusive agreement with PSI Acquisition, LLC to supply battery cells for UP-Stealth, an uninterruptible power supply (UPS) for the traffic industry.

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BYD Shark attack! China’s plug-in hybrid ute set to maul the Ford Ranger and Toyota HiLux – and it’s coming to Australia!

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The 2024 BYD Shark has been launched at an event in Mexico City, with full details released on how the Chinese car giant plans to beat the likes of the Ford Ranger, Toyota HiLux and Isuzu D-MAX. The big news is that BYD isn’t bothering with a diesel version, preferring to introduce aa plug-in hybrid powertrains that blend a 1.5-litre

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Perspective: Drive Star Conversion Program Could Cut US Oil Use in Half by 2020

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As batteries get cheaper and smaller, and motors get light enough to fit inside wheels, we’ll be able to upgrade smaller cars. We won’t need new power plants, since we have enough off-peak electricity to recharge as many retrofits as we can build. Tuesday night, President Obama will speak to the nation about the Gulf catastrophe.

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Urban transport | Two wheels good | The Economist

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Recharging a battery can take 5-8 hours, but costs only a few cents a day. It is no sweat to restart, so the temptation to zip through a red traffic light, menacing people as you do so, is removed. Safe places to park and recharge are also needed. As your correspondent waits at a light, a fit pedal cyclist pulls up beside her.

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JCESR team identifies new mechanism hampering Mg-ion batteries; unforeseen reactivity

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Rechargeable magnesium batteries are of great interest as potential “beyond Li-ion” systems for extended electric vehicle range. In this illustration, atoms are color-coded, as shown at the bottom: hydrogen (white), oxygen (red), carbon (light blue), magnesium (green), nitrogen (dark blue), sulfur (yellow), fluorine (brown).

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Flash Drive: 2021 Volkswagen ID4 AWD

Clean Fleet Report

Driving around town, stuck in stop-and-go rush hour freeway traffic or coasting down hills will recharge the battery. Both have a classic German design with sleek LED projector headlights located on the outer fender edges, which are connected by a LED light bar intersected by the lighted VW logo. Driving Range.

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ARPA-E to award $22M to 18 projects to accelerate production of macroalgae for energy and other uses; MARINER

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Free-floating farms decouple biomass production from costly, capital-intensive infrastructure and present opportunities to scale production in the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea. A docking station for vehicle recharge and data telemetry makes long-term operation possible. Pacific Northwest National Laboratory – Richland, WA.

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