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Road Test: 2022 Maserati Levante Trofeo

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Rare because not many are sold in the United States and, unless you are in a major market, they will be hard to spot in the wild. The Levante Hybrid is not available in the United States or Canada, but in select countries outside of North America. Leather and Carbon Fiber Interior. *A driver’s SUV.

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How to Build EV Motors Without Rare Earth Elements

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Global efforts to combat climate change hinge on pivoting sharply away from fossil fuels. In the United States, these initiatives include long-standing efforts at the country’s national laboratories to develop permanent magnets and motor designs that do not use rare earth elements. The dilemma is easy to describe.

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Studying Climate Change with an Ice Radar Drone

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And the data that Peregrine will gather will help scientists to understand how these critical areas will respond to climate change. And as we try to understand how ice sheets are responding to new climate extremes, these processes are key. Thomas Teisberg, an electrical engineering Ph.D.

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Ferrari’s Plug-in Hybrid One-Ups the Combustion Engine

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Call it Peak ICE—the last hurrah of a technology that governments are ushering off the stage to combat climate change. That front-drive mode gets the car a green light in cities like London and Rome as they begin to bar polluting cars from their downtown areas. And don’t forget sound.

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Road Test: 2022 Toyota Mirai Limited FCEV

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It is rare when we post a review of a car that is only available in one of the 50 United States, but such is the case with the 2022 Toyota Mirai hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicle (FCEV), which is only sold in California. The 2nd gen Mirai mimics a Lexus look. Here are the important propulsion details. inch touchscreen.

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Road Test: 2024 Toyota Mirai Limited FCEV

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A Little History It is rare when we post a review of a car that is only available in one of the 50 United States, but things are about to change, hopefully creating more demand for hydrogen fuel and stations. Here are the important propulsion details.

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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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MARINER projects are to develop the tools to enable the United States to become a leading producer of macroalgae (seaweed). From Alaska to the Gulf Coast, the United States has offshore resources capable of producing enough seaweed to handle as much as 10 percent of our demand for transportation fuel. Earlier post.)

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