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NREL and GM announce multi-year R&D partnership to reduce cost of automotive fuel cells

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Most major automakers, including GM, have made significant progress in the development of fuel cell electric vehicles, but achieving commercial deployment with global impact will require further cost reductions. The effort includes staff collaboration and the exchange of equipment, knowledge, and materials.

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Conversations on Costs of EV Charging vs. Fueling a Gas Car Are Misleading

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” Right away, I thought, “ugh… ” I conducted cost of ownership analyses and comparisons between gas cars and electric cars for years, and anyone who has done even one. Here’s What the Math and Experts Say.”

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KU Leuven team creates solar panel that produces hydrogen from moisture in air

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Bioscience engineers at KU Leuven have created a solar panel that produces hydrogen gas from moisture in the air. Twenty of these solar panels could provide electricity and heat for one family for an entire winter. A traditional solar panel converts between 18 to 20% of the solar energy into electricity. —Johan Martens.

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Bosch on importance of renewable synthetic fuels to reach climate goals; e-fuels

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Electromobility is just now picking up momentum; further, electric cars are only as emissions-free as the production of electricity that charges their batteries. First, apply electricity generated from renewable sources to obtain hydrogen from water. to make synthetic gasoline, diesel, gas, or kerosene. to US$5.84

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CalSEED awards $4.2M to early-stage clean energy innovations

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Five of the 28 innovations will help protect the grid from wildfires/PSPSs, four of these five will provide climate and weather risk prediction to electric infrastructure and services, and one is a hard tech innovation to reinforce transmission lines.

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BloombergNEF: electrics to take 57% of global passenger car sales, 81% of municipal bus sales by 2040

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BloombergNEF (BNEF) is out with an aggressive forecast that projects electric vehicles taking up 57% of the global passenger car sales by 2040—slightly higher than it forecast a year ago—and electric buses with 81% of municipal bus sales by the same date.

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Electric vs. Gas Cars: Is It Cheaper to Drive an EV?

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There are plenty of climate and air quality reasons to buy an electric vehicle (EV), but is it cheaper to. continued] The post Electric vs. Gas Cars: Is It Cheaper to Drive an EV? appeared first on CleanTechnica.