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Most of world understands kms per litre and kms perkwhr so better to use ths standards.
DOE: efficiency of MY 2024 EVs ranges from 53 to 140 MPGe
Expressed in miles per gallon equivalent (MPGe), the efficiency of Model Year 2024n electric vehicles (EVs) range from 53 to 140 MPGe, according to the US Department of Energy (DOE). For comparison, gasoline vehicles, including traditional hybrids, range from 9 MPG to 57 MPG for model year (MY)...
There is a crying need to reduce weight of EVs by using advance composite materials esp in US. You cant have heavy trucks like F 150 , when we need small compact light weight crash 5 raing cars.
Constellium and Renault Group conclude R&D project advancing aluminum solutions for lighter vehicles and closed-loop recycling
Constellium announced the successful conclusion of the “ISA3” R&D project, initiated in 2021 to enhance lightweighting in automotive design. Conducted in partnership with Renault Group, ESI Group, the Institut de Soudure (Welding Institute), and the University of Lorraine, and supported by a gra...
Going at this rate , we will have to wait another 5 yrs for batteries to enter an actual ev. Why does the company not tell us about trial perfirmance in actual ev. Our faith will then be reenforced.
QuantumScape releases next-generation solid-state battery separator equipment, Cobra
QuantumScape Corporation, a leader in solid-state lithium-metal battery technology, announced that next-generation heat treatment equipment for its separator production process, Cobra, has been developed, delivered, installed and released for initial separator processing. Achieving this milesto...
If this innovation could be commercialised on large scale., it will be great step for green energy.
JGU researchers use cobalt-copper tandem to convert CO2 to ethanol
Researchers at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU) have now presented a method for electrocatalytically converting carbon dioxide into ethanol, which is then available as a sustainable raw material for chemical applications. According to Professor Carsten Streb from the JGU Department o...
It is not correct to say hot climate reduces battery life to one or two years. Hundreds of scooters are running in India after 5 years or more.
Toshiba and Naturenix launch demonstration test of battery subscription service for electric motorcycle taxis in Bangkok
Toshiba Corporation and Naturenix Inc., a battery tech startup from Shimane University, have started a demonstration test of a battery subscription service for drivers of electric motorcycle taxis in Bangkok, Thailand. In Bangkok, electric motorcycle taxis help people avoid traffic congestion, ...
This is what auto world is waiting for. What is size of sodium battery, lithium battery and other technical details will be welcome.
CATL unveils Freevoy Super Hybrid Battery for PHEVs and EREVs; combining Li-ion and Na-ion technologies
CATL launched Freevoy Super Hybrid Battery, the first hybrid vehicle battery to achieve a pure electric range of more than 400 kilometers and 4C superfast charging, heralding a new era for high-capacity EREV and PHEV batteries. With EREVs (extended range electric vehicles) and PHEVs (plug-in hy...
What is conversion rate and cost of production? This can change the world wastes into alternate source of energy.
Sekisui Chemical and LanzaTech to build multiple commercial scale waste-to-ethanol facilities in Japan
LanzaTech, a company focused on carbon recycling to create sustainable fuels, chemicals, and materials, recently signed a Master License Agreement with Sekisui Chemical to implement a jointly developed platform that converts syngas from municipal solid waste (MSW) and industrial solid waste into...
Whether it isAmerica, Europe , china orIndia.
,we need less consumrist life style. Circular sustainable economy. No huge SUVs, natural fertilixers , pesticides etc. America needs to learn fast as rest of world is catching up. All world cant just have consumerist life style.
ORNL researchers release new Global Biomass Resource Assessment
A multi-country, government-led initiative dedicated to advancing the global transition to a sustainable, bio-based economy, unveiled a new Global Biomass Resource Assessment, providing data on current and future sustainable biomass supplies around the world. The results from this new global ...
Its pretty late for FLP batteries fir Japan, Japan has been too conservative on EV front and other hitec industries. They should go for safe sodium batteries for economical EVs.
Nissan’s LFP battery development and production receives government certification in Japan
Nissan Motor announced that its development and mass production of in-vehicle, lithium-iron-phosphate (LFP) batteries has been certified in Japan by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI). Through the development and mass-production of LFP batteries, Nissan intends to establish a ...
If we can get chiep solid state sodium batteries, evs canbe chieper then petrol cars.
Researchers develop new sheet-type sulfide solid-state electrolyte that could double energy storage to ~500 Wh/kg
Researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory have developed a thin, flexible, solid-state electrolyte (SSE) that may double energy storage for next-gen electric vehicles, cell phones, laptops and other devices. The sheets may allow scalable production of future solid-state batteries with higher...
This will go long way in being chiepest safe energy storage and eventually for most economic evs being chiepest then ic cars.
Natron Energy plans $1.4B sodium-ion battery gigafactory in North Carolina
Natron Energy, a developer of sodium-ion battery technology, announced plans to build the first sodium-ion battery gigafactory in the United States. The facility will be located in Edgecombe County, NC, and is expected to produce 24GW of Natron’s sodium-ion batteries annually at full capacity. ...
Wonder if can cool interiors like an air condioner without using much electricity and compressor.
Researchers develop loop heat pipe (LHP) that can transport up to 10 kW of heat without the need for electricity
A team of researchers from Nagoya University in Japan has developed a loop heat pipe (LHP) that can transport up to 10 kW of heat without the need for electricity. This heat transport capability is the largest in the world. The group’s LHP aims to contribute to energy savings and carbon neutrali...
Every product manufactured in China is subsidised. It is meant to wipe out industry in other countries.western companies went on investing in china and developed that nation from sctrach. Today china is enemy of most nations and will further harm manufacturing across the world unless nations take courageous steps to down china.
IDTechEx: implications of Chinese buses dodging European tariffs
On 12 June 2024, the EU announced import tariffs on Chinese EVs ranging from 17.4% up to 38.1%. (Earlier post.) The justification for such trade tariffs is an unfair subsidization by the Chinese government, which the Commission claims undermines the domestic (European) automotive industries. H...
This is also a totally Chinese import but thru a European campany. Such deals will wipe out Western auto companies thru highly subsidised chinese evs.Western auto compnies just cany produce simple, efficient evs and will not survive in long term.
Leapmotor International ships the first batch of Leapmotor EVs from China to Europe This Month
Leapmotor International, a 51/49 Stellantis-led company between Stellantis and Leapmotor (earlier post), has shipped the first batch of Leapmotor electric vehicles—C10 SUVs and T03 cars—from Shanghai, China, to European ports this month, marking a significant milestone in the partnership and dem...
Always wonder what is advantage of e power and how efficient it is in terms of kms per litre.
Nissan launches updated Note Asura NISMO with new e-POWER 4WD variant
Nissan launched the updated Note Aura NISMO with an engaging new 4WD variant, styling refinements and enhanced functionality to customers in Japan. The Aura NISMO is based on the Aura, a premium compact car sold in the Japan market, powered exclusively by Nissan’s innovative e-POWER drivetrain....
If this technology works practically and economically, it will help decarbonisation to large extent.
Siemens and Boson Energy to collaborate on waste-to-hydrogen (to-X) technology
Boson Energy and Siemens AG signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to facilitate collaboration on technology that converts non-recyclable waste into clean energy. The collaboration aims to advance sustainable, local energy security, enabling hydrogen-powered electric vehicle charging infrast...
What unit is terrawatt hours of biomethane? Details about this plant?
BASF and ENGIE sign 7-year biomethane purchase agreement in Europe
BASF and ENGIE signed a 7-year Biomethane Purchase Agreement (BPA). Under the BPA, ENGIE will supply BASF with 2.7 to 3.0 terawatt hours of biomethane throughout the term of the agreement. BASF uses certified biomethane at its Ludwigshafen/Germany and Antwerp/Belgium sites as a sustainable alte...
What we need today is simplest of cars well engineered and plug in with 100 kms range and minus all unneccessary electronics and perhaps a sodium battery and then western companies can beat govt promoted chinese cars.
Volkswagen begins sales of new Golf GTE and eHybrid PHEVs in Europe
The new Volkswagen Golf GTE and the new Golf eHybrid offer new plug-in hybrid technology along with a range of enhanced features. The Golf eHybrid is designed for maximum comfort and its second-generation plug-in hybrid drive delivers an output of 150 kW (204 PS), with an all-electric range of u...
A hybrid car with about 100 kms electric range and cost at par with IC car and a quick charge sodium battery is the need of hour.
Altris, Clarios formalize joint development agreement for low-voltage sodium-ion battery systems
Clarios and Altris, a Swedish developer and prototype manufacturer of sodium-ion batteries, announced an exclusive Joint Development Agreement (JDA) for low-voltage mobility applications. Under the new JDA, Altris will focus on developing the sodium-ion cell technology for low-voltage applicati...
If capital cost is reasonable, this method could be used in sunny areas and hydrogen could be chieper then using costly electrolysers and huge amount of electricity.
Au@Cu7S4 yolk@shell nanocrystals set new hydrogen production activity record under visible and near infrared irradiation
Researchers at Tokyo Institute of Technology and National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University have developed an innovative Au@Cu7S4 yolk@shell photocatalyst which is responsive to both visible and near infrared (NIR) region wavelengths. This photocatalyst has demonstrated remarkable efficiency in so...
A monster of a car , ev yet very inefficient and over powered and too costly. Cant they think of environment before such designs and 2.5 kms per kw efficiency?
New battery-electric Mercedes-Benz G wagon
Mercedes-Benz is introducing the battery electric G wagon—the Mercedes-Benz G 580 with EQ Technology. The electric Geländewagen features a robust ladder frame design, selectable LOW RANGE off-road gear reduction, independent front suspension and solid rear axle. A 116-kWh high-voltage lithiu...
Hybridisation seems the best way to save fuel for cars and trucks and battery power can be enhanced as batteries become more economic and powerful but fuel and pollution can be saved from day one.
Cummins diesel-hybrid mining truck begins field testing in China
Cummins Inc. has commissioned a diesel-hybrid mining truck in partnership with one of China’s leading rigid mining truck manufacturers, North Hauler Joint Stock Co., Ltd. (NHL). The hybrid NHL NTH260, a 220 metric ton payload mining truck, rolled off the production line in January and is headed ...
Ultra conservative Japanese cos will never introduce such vehicles in huge market like India and hence they are being replaced by JSw MG and Tatas rapidly.
Mitsubishi Motors marks production of 100,000th fully electric minivehicles
Mitsubishi Motors announced that cumulative production of the Mitsubishi Motors eK X EV and Nissan Sakura electric minivehicles reached 100,000 units after one year and 10 months since manufacturing began. The eK X EV and Nissan Sakura began production in May 2022 at Mitsubishi Motors' Mizush...
Indirect burning of biomass is a criminal waste. Why not go for alternative air fuels and avoid fights where electric trains are feasible and more green.
DOE 2023 Billion Ton report finds US can sustainably produce more than one billion tons of biomass per year, meeting SAF demand
The US Department of Energy (DOE) released the 2023 Billion-Ton Report (BT23), which shows that the US could sustainably triple its production of biomass to more than 1 billion tons per year. The report—the fourth in a series of assessments of potential biomass resources in the United States sin...
Best option for EU is retrofit cars to electrify them and govt can subsidise it. These can be done at fraction of new ev cost and pollution can come down at fast rate.
T&E: EU needs to replace polluting cars and stop building new roads to meet 2040 climate target
The EU’s car CO2 standards, including the phase-out of combustion car sales in 2035, is the single most important emission reduction measure if the EU is to hit its proposed 2040 climate target, new analysis by European NGO T&E finds. But the bloc will also need to replace polluting cars and avo...
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