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Pilot Project Sends Kelp–and Carbon–to the Seafloor

Cars That Think

Last January, in the waters off Cebu City in the Philippines, researchers first deployed a huge flexible ring seeded with seaweed and spanned by spokelike ropes and tubes. Every nightfall, cranks mounted on a floating platform lower the ring 25 meters below the surface to expose the seaweed to cooler, more nutrient-rich water.

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Balqon Begins Production of Electric Port Drayage Trucks for San Pedro Ports

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The Nautilus E30 uses a 336V traction battery pack comprising flooded, deep cycle lead acid batteries with a square tubular positive plate design for maximum exposure to the electrolyte. These trucks will be deployed as a zero emissions alternative to fossil fuel-powered yard tractors, or “hostlers.”. If those 1.2

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Third-Generation VW Sharan Van Will Offer Fuel Consumption As Low As 5.5 L/100km (43 mpg US); Start-Stop and Battery Regeneration

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Fuel-consumption and emissions lowering features on the new Sharan. For engines ranging up to 170 PS in power, a BlueMotion Technology pack is implemented with a start-stop system and battery regeneration (recovery of kinetic energy by storing it in the battery). Click to enlarge. Start-Stop system. Battery regeneration. TDI Engines.

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The promise of wireless charging: smaller batteries, longer battery life, fewer charging stations

Charged EVs

We started from day one focusing on high-power wireless charging, and we developed a modular approach. We connect high-power communication lines into the DC charging system of the car. We have more efficient power electronics. We have lower EMF emissions than the people who are trying to do low-power wireless.