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TU Eindhoven students develop EV that captures CO? while driving

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By storing the captured CO? through a special filter with 20,000 travel miles per year. This means that ten cars can store as much carbon dioxide as an average tree. The monocoque and body panels are manufactured via 3D printing, resulting in almost no residual waste. Photo: Bart van Overbeeke.

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Electric van helps to save over 240 tonnes of food waste in Milton Keynes

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Food Connect Milton Keynes, a project of Hubbub, stops food going to waste. It does this by collecting fresh food from shops and businesses such as supermarkets that otherwise would have gone to waste, and delivering to community fridges. Food Connect Milton Keynes. Milton Keynes has the highest density of community fridges in the UK.

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Hyundai is going all in on hydrogen, and relying on food waste to make that happen

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But now it says it will rely heavily on hydrogen fuel cells generated from plastic, food, and organic waste to power a whole new generation of EVs, from passenger cars to heavy-duty trucks. For the Nexo, a recharge can take you 380 miles, with its only emissions being water vapor. It has set its target as the far-away date of 2050.

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Walmart to electrify fleet by 2040

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Walmart and the Walmart Foundation are also committing to help protect, manage or restore at least 50 million acres of land and one million square miles of ocean by 2030 to help combat the cascading loss of nature threatening the planet. Walmart announced it is targeting zero emissions across the company’s global operations by 2040.

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RINA awards Freudenberg e-Power Systems type-approval for methanol-powered fuel cell system

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Route flexibility and ranges of more than 5,000 nautical miles are basic requirements of the world’s maritime fleet. Hydrogen as a direct energy storage medium is also ruled out for these ship types, as its low volumetric energy density would require it to be stored in huge hydrogen tanks in a cryogenic or highly compressed state.

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SoCalGas to offer renewable natural gas at its fueling stations for the first time

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Capturing the methane from these waste sources and using it for fuel has two benefits: It keeps methane, a greenhouse gas, from entering the atmosphere and contributing to climate change, and it reduces the use of traditionally-sourced natural gas. into SoCalGas pipelines.

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Audi launching plug-in hybrid versions of Q5, A6, A7 and A8 at Geneva show; 25 miles AER in WLTP

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Audi is presenting plug-in hybrid variants of the models A8, A7 Sportback, A6 and Q5 with an electric range of more than 40 kilometers (25 miles) in the WLTP cycle at the Geneva Motor Show. It stores 14.1 Invoicing always takes place at the end of the month using the stored method of payment. kWh of energy at a voltage of 385 V.

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