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MIT Researchers Develop New Process For Turning Carbon Dioxide Into Ethylene

November 18, 2024 admin 0 Comments carbon dioxide, ethylene, green economy, massachusetts institute of technology (mit), mit, research

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Fri, 15 Nov 2024 04:57:44 +0000

Ethylene is one of those substances that acts as a precursor to hundreds, maybe thousands, of useful products. According to Wikipedia, it is a hydrocarbon like carbon dioxide but with the formula C2H4, or H2C=CH2. It is a colorless, flammable gas with a faint “sweet and musky” odor when pure. … [continued]

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What Role Should Governments Play in the rEVolution?

November 18, 2024 admin 0 Comments Australia, clean transport, electric cars, Electric vehicles, policy & politics, Queensland

Credit to Author: David Waterworth| Date: Fri, 15 Nov 2024 04:53:45 +0000

We all know the story about Norway and the massive government incentives to increase the uptake of electric vehicles in that country. We now see the start of a trade war between China and the west over China’s exports of subsidised EVs. The USA is talking about higher and higher … [continued]

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EHang Makes Flurry of Announcements on Its eVTOL Aicraft

November 18, 2024 admin 0 Comments autonomous vehicles, Aviation, clean transport, ehang, electric aircraft, Electric vehicles, evtol

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Fri, 15 Nov 2024 04:29:47 +0000

The eVTOL (electric vertical takeoff and landing) aircraft space isn’t for everyone. Some people are crazy about it (perhaps too crazy) and others think it’s as much of a dead end as flying cars were in the 1950s. Frankly, I don’t know where I stand, but I’m interested to see … [continued]

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Zeekr Taking Over Lynk & Co

November 18, 2024 admin 0 Comments clean transport, electric cars, Electric vehicles, geely, lynk co, zeekr

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Fri, 15 Nov 2024 01:58:48 +0000

Geely is the giant EV company no one talks about. It’s the parent of Volvo Cars, Polestar, Zeekr, Lynk & Co, and others. Naturally, it’s a complicated company. Now, news is that it’s simplifying a little (or getting more complicated?), in that Zeekr is taking control of Lynk & Co. … [continued]

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CATL Founder’s Comments Tell Us Something About Tesla–CATL Relationship & Tesla–China Relationship

November 17, 2024 admin 0 Comments batteries, catl, clean transport, electric cars, Electric vehicles, elon musk, Energy Storage, lithium-ion batteries, tesla

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Fri, 15 Nov 2024 00:25:08 +0000

I have to admit — I wrote the article about CATL founder Robin Zeng’s comments on Elon Musk and Tesla batteries quite late last night, and I did not fully tease out what those comments meant. One of our readers, “Pitounet,” did a much better job of that in this … [continued]

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Rivian & Volkswagen Throw Each Other A Lifeline

November 17, 2024 admin 0 Comments clean transport, Electric vehicles, rivian, Volkswagen

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2024 21:30:10 +0000

Volkswagen has added $800,000,000 to its joint venture with Rivian that hopes to make electric vehicles that actually work as intended.

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Fuel Cell Electric Aircraft Help To Drive The Green Hydrogen Market

November 17, 2024 admin 0 Comments airbus, Aviation, clean power, clean transport, Denmark, electric aircraft, EU, Europe, European Union, fuel cell airplanes, fuel cells, green hydrogen, hydrogen, hydrogen fuel cells, Norway, scandanavian airlines, The Netherlands, us department of energy (doe), usa, zeroavia

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2024 21:13:06 +0000

Leading global aviation stakeholders are pursuing green hydrogen and fuel cells to decarbonize air travel and shipping, in the EU and elsewhere.

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Best Value for Money EVs — Midsize (D Segment)

November 17, 2024 admin 0 Comments byd, byd seal, clean transport, cleantechnica, cleantechnica exclusive, electric cars, Electric vehicles, tesla, tesla model 3, xpeng, xpeng g6

Credit to Author: José Pontes| Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2024 20:42:53 +0000

This is the fourth of a five-part series of articles (you can check the others here: part one, part two and part three), where I look at the best affordable EVs in each size category. See the background for this series in the first two articles if you missed them. … [continued]

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Air Quality Becomes Major Lever to Phase Out Fossil Fuels

November 17, 2024 admin 0 Comments air quality, NOx

Credit to Author: Joe Wachunas| Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2024 18:18:54 +0000

Bummed about what last week’s elections mean for the climate? The good news is that lots of movement will continue to happen at the state and local levels. One big trend is that air quality agencies across the US are quietly becoming major, if unintentional, players in the race to … [continued]

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The Offshore Floating Wind Horses Have Already Left The Barn, Thanks To US Taxpayers

November 17, 2024 admin 0 Comments aker solutions, clean power, Energy, floating wind, floating wind energy, floating wind farm, green economy, green jobs, investment, Manufacturing, offshore wind energy, offshore wind farms, policy & politics, principle power, renewable energy, South korea, us department of energy (doe), usa, wind energy, windfloat

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2024 15:54:12 +0000

US taxpayers can pat themselves on the back for supporting new floating wind technology that expands the reach of offshore wind farms into deep waters all around the world.

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