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The biggest barrier to a vibrant second-hand electric vehicle market? Price

News policies and broader subsidies are needed to help lower-income buyers afford used electric vehicles, according to a Rutgers study.

Apr 19, 2024

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Student engineering team successfully builds and runs hydrogen-powered engine

A team of engineering students at the University of Bath have achieved a world first by becoming the first undergraduates to build and successfully run a hydrogen-fueled engine.

Apr 17, 2024

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Nissan says it will make next-generation EV batteries by early 2029

Nissan expects to mass produce electric vehicles powered by advanced next-generation batteries by early 2029, the company said Tuesday during a media tour of an unfinished pilot plant.

Apr 16, 2024

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Aston Martin to make petrol cars 'for as long as allowed'

British luxury carmaker Aston Martin Lagonda will continue to produce traditional combustion-engine vehicles for as long as legally possible, its boss told UK media this week.

Apr 11, 2024

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Even as the fusion era dawns, we're still in the Steam Age

Steam locomotives clattering along railway tracks. Paddle steamers churning down the Murray. Dreadnought battleships powered by steam engines.

Mar 18, 2024

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Ammonia-powered engines: A path to cleaner and more efficient transportation

While the transportation sector has witnessed a dramatic shift toward electric vehicles (EVs), the idea of using hydrogen as a clean and efficient fuel for transportation has been explored for many decades. These vehicles ...

Mar 5, 2024

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China's BYD lands auto shipment in car powerhouse Germany

Thousands of cars from China's BYD rolled off a ship in the German port of Bremerhaven on Monday, as the world's biggest electric carmaker brought its challenge directly to Europe's auto making powerhouse.

Feb 26, 2024

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China overtakes Japan as world's biggest vehicle exporter

China's global dominance in electric cars helped it overtake Japan as the world's biggest vehicle exporter last year, official data confirmed Wednesday.

Jan 31, 2024

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Researchers enhance safety of lithium batteries with graft polymerization technique

Lithium-ion batteries are a widely used class of rechargeable batteries in today's world. One of the processes that can hamper the functioning of these batteries is an internal short circuit caused by direct contact between ...

Jan 25, 2024

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Methodology for regulating fuel stratification and improving fuel economy of GCI mode via double main-injection strategy

Exploring advanced combustion mode with high efficiency and low emissions has been the dream of successive generations of researchers. Conventional diesel engines have high compression ratios thus with thermal efficiencies ...

Jan 11, 2024

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