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U Delaware team develops prototype efficient direct ammonia fuel cell for transportation

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With recent and projected cost declines in wind, solar, and lithium-ion batteries, electrification using batteries has become a viable option for applications compatible with the inherent range limitations and recharging time. Together, these applications leave a substantial fraction of transportation energy usage dependent on chemical fuels.

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Feature: Wind-Powered Cars: Are They Possible?

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At the moment, the most viable mode of sustainable transportation is an electric vehicle (EV). However, some automakers are exploring different forms of green energy—specifically, wind. Are wind-powered cars a possibility, or are they something that’s likely to stay in the realm of science fiction?

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CARB approves 2022 Scoping Plan; aggressive targets for reductions in petroleum use, air pollution and greeenhouse gas emissions

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The updated modeling also includes 3 million climate-friendly homes by 2030 (and 7 million by 2035), 6 million heat pumps deployed by 2030, no new fossil gas capacity in the electricity sector, and 20 gigawatts of offshore wind capacity by 2045. Transportation.

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Daimler Truck’s powertrain plants in Germany will produce electric drive components

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In its transformation toward CO 2 -neutral transportation, Daimler Truck is focusing on two all-electric drive technologies: battery and hydrogen-based fuel cell. The battery-electric eActros LongHaul for long-distance transport will follow from the middle of the decade.

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A shift to EVs and clean power could save almost 90,000 American lives by 2050: study

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This is, at least, if the transition to electric vehicles also involved greater reliance on clean electricity from sources such as wind, solar, hydro, geothermal, and nuclear. That’s a compelling incentive for the shift to sustainable transportation. So that’s an important part, too.

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Comprehensive LCA report from Ricardo on behalf of EC confirms environmental benefits of electrified powertrains

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Ricardo experts in sustainable transport, with colleagues from E4tech and the Institute for Energy and Environmental Research Heidelberg (ifeu), have produced a comprehensive lifecycle assessment (LCA) of road vehicles on behalf of the European Commission. —Nikolas Hill.

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MEDIA RELEASE: Plug’n Drive Appoints Tracy Walden as Vice President of Communications

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Walden brings a wealth of expertise and a deep commitment to sustainability and environmental education that will further strengthen Plug’n Drive’s leading position in Canada as a trusted source of information about electric vehicles, charging stations and the electricity sector.

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