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The $10,000 BYD Seagull EV is scaring the U.S. auto industry

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market, the company’s recent release of a city EV with a price tag under $10,000 has some worried for when it and other low-cost companies do. BYD launched its Seagull, a small hatchback EV with a price tag starting at 69,800 yuan (~$9,773), at the Shanghai Auto Show last year. auto industry appeared first on TESLARATI.

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Researchers modify camelina to produce highest levels yet in transgenic plant oil of novel lipid acetyl-TAG; biofuel and industrial use

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Earlier work by Durrett and colleagues at the DOE Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center had resulted in approximately a 60 mol% accumulation of ac-TAGs.). As one example, the viscosity of acetyl-TAG falls within or slightly above the specifications of diesel #4 fuel. —Liu et al.

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Ducati launches new racing electric bike, and it comes with a Ducati-sized price tag

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The move marks an even stronger push by Ducati into the e-bike industry, expanding its offerings with a new format of e-bike. The post Ducati launches new racing electric bike, and it comes with a Ducati-sized price tag appeared first on Electrek.

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Tesla Supercharger reliability continues to dominate industry

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The post Tesla Supercharger reliability continues to dominate industry appeared first on TESLARATI. The organization collects reports on user experience and organizes and reports its results weekly. Here’s our fast charging report for the US this week! Shoot me an email at william@teslarati.com.

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Ames Lab researchers boost thermoelectric conversion by TAGS materials

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A team led by researchers at the US Department of Energy’s Ames Laboratory recently reported that doping members of the well-established TAGS group—tellurium, antimony, germanium and silver—of thermoelectric materials with 1% of cerium or ytterbium can boost the thermoelectric figure of merit by up to 25%. Levin, B.A.

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Used Tesla vehicles crush industry average depreciation despite price cuts

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Still, other than changing the used EV market’s average price tag, which has continued to cool to just $38,000 in the second quarter of the year, it has also likely rapidly changed the Tesla ownership experience overall. The post Used Tesla vehicles crush industry average depreciation despite price cuts appeared first on TESLARATI.

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Murata and Michelin co-develop embeddable RFID module for tires

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The robust passive RFID tags require no external power supply and will continue to operate while being driven on for extremely high mileages. An embedded tag is the only way to identify tires, from the cradle to the grave, consistently. This new generation of RFID tags is already in more than four million Michelin tires.