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Tank 500 Ultra Review: Is this the electrified 4×4 wagon that signals the end for Toyota’s dirty diesels?

EV Central

The e-motor relies on a 1.76kWh lithium-ion battery for juice. Electrification has reached the most hard-core of CO2-driven segments and over the next few years – especially with the introduction of the NVES – there is definitely more to come. The petrol engine can run on 91 RON unleaded, claims an 8.5L/100km SCORE: 3.5/5

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EV sales in Norway explode ahead of policy changes

Push EVs

There are many separate vehicle tax categories in Norway, from simple sales taxes (VAT), to NOx tax, CO2 tax, weight tax, and more. Furthermore, there are also increased taxes for combustion vehicles, most notably related to CO2 emissions. Pull forward ahead of tax changes. The first is a weight tax of 12.5

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World Earth Day & The Green Reset

My Energi

Step away from them screens for a few hours and get your creative juices flowing! It’s estimated that UK households waste 4.5million tonnes of food every year , which creates greenhouse gases 21 times more damaging to the environment than CO2 when left to rot in landfill. Upcycle and recycling projects. What’s not to like?

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Lessons from a year with solar power

EV Info

With two Electric cars, at the time a Nissan Lean and Mitsubishi Outlander, we use a considerable amount of electricity but not much petrol, so already we were a reasonable way down the less CO2 road. Then as the sun sets in the West, hopefully the battery pack would have enough juice to power the house for the rest of the evening. .

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Automakers agree on common plug to recharge electric vehicles

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Nuclear waste is a problem much harder to solve than CO2, and dams have quite an impact in the environment. Featured stories Feed mophie Juice Pack Air hands-on and impressions How would you change HPs Mini 1000 Mi? Simply, those are not the main concern for campaigners right now. Is this the Zune HD?

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Biofuels- paving the way for low carbon future in mobility – ET Auto

Baua Electric

If India is able to achieve the ethanol blending targets, then by 2026, ~33 million litres of petrol will be saved alongside a reduction in emission to the tune of ~75 million tonnes of CO2. Apart from emissions, this will help the country save foreign exchange by reducing crude imports and also provide an additional source of farm income.

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GM Says Chevrolet Volt Won't 'Pay the Rent' | Autopia from Wired.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

A simple, clean, efficient EV that wont run out of juice because of its on-board gas generator. Generating electricity from wind and geothermal rather than a CO2 producing sources would help alleviate that problem. The intolerable act is to pretend that making cars into plug-ins will reduce CO2.

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