Automotive
New-vehicle sales in the U.S. fell about 12% in the first quarter compared with a year ago, as the global computer chip shortage continued to slow factories amid high consumer demand.
Apr 1, 2022
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Automotive
The federal government's announcement of a halved fuel excise is no doubt music to many people's ears. Following Tuesday night's budget release, the excise (a government tax included in the purchase price of fuel) was halved ...
Apr 1, 2022
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Energy & Green Tech
Engineers at the University of Illinois Chicago are among a collaborative team that has developed a material that could give fuel cell systems a competitive edge over the battery systems that currently power most electric ...
Mar 31, 2022
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Business
Facing higher oil prices after Russia's invasion of Ukraine, President Joe Biden is looking at invoking the Defense Production Act this week to increase the mining of critical minerals for the batteries used in electric vehicles.
Mar 30, 2022
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Energy & Green Tech
Four Rocky Mountain states will cooperate on developing ways to make the most abundant element in the universe, hydrogen, more available and useful as clean-burning fuel for cars, trucks and trains, the states' governors ...
Feb 24, 2022
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Energy & Green Tech
A new high-temperature polymer fuel cell that operates at 80–160 degrees Celsius, with a higher-rated power density than state-of-the-art fuel cells, solves the longstanding problem of overheating, one of the most significant ...
Feb 7, 2022
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Consumer & Gadgets
The CES tech show has its share of gadgets that may be cluttering a shelf soon, but among them are also objects and ideas aimed at fighting waste.
Jan 7, 2022
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Automotive
Electronics giant Sony unveiled Tuesday a new prototype of its Vision-S electric vehicle and announced the founding of a company to explore jumping into the rapidly growing market.
Jan 5, 2022
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Energy & Green Tech
With new major spending packages investing billions of dollars in electric vehicles in the U.S., some analysts have raised concerns over how green the electric vehicle industry actually is, focusing particularly on indirect ...
Dec 21, 2021
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Automotive
When Rwandan motorcycle taxi driver Evode Niyorurema converted his fuel guzzler to an electric motorbike, he had no idea he was on the frontlines of the East African nation's fight against climate change.
Dec 12, 2021
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