Search results for: “electric plane”
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“120 pigs a year, per car:” European oil lobby’s biofuels loophole likely unsustainable
Transport experts say rule change allowing biofuels and a car running on animal fats would, for example, require the equivalent of 120 pigs a year.
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Crisis? What crisis? The solution to our liquid fuel import problem comes from the sun
Every truck we electrify and every ICE car we replace with a bicycle reduces our demand for fossil fuels and stretches out our fuel reserves without adding to them.
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Hoping to electrify private jets? Not so fast
We shouldn’t expect electrified private jets to dominate the skies anytime soon. So, what can be done in the near term about the emissions of the world 3.5 million private jets.
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Australian hydrogen eVTOL developer secures funds from federal government
Australian-based AMSL Aero secures $3 million in grant funding from federal government to develop and demonstrate its liquid hydrogen-powered aircraft for remote regions.
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A car seat, or a first class aircraft cabin? Zeekr’s unique mix of luxury and high performance
If Tesla and Rolls-Royce had a love child which grew into a luxury mini-van, then the Zeekr 009 Grand is what you might end up with.
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How green is your EV fast charger?
“Powered by renewable energy“ may mean any of at least four distinct things, and we need more transparency around where charge point operators and site owners buy their energy.
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E-scooters: Demonic machines, or a Segway to a two-wheeled transport heaven?
I have just stepped into the most contested arena in mobility, eScooters. Are they the missing piece of the active transport puzzle, or just demonic machines. I tried a Segway Ninebot max G3 to find out.
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Halving fuel excise will save $312, but an EV could save $27,000. You choose
Think beyond the pump. The election choice isn’t just about a temporary 25-cent discount on fuel excise. It’s about whether you want to pocket $312 or unlock tens of thousands in savings with an EV.
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As Australia switches to EVs, it will rely more on China’s car factories – but less on foreign oil
Ending Australia’s dependence on foreign oil makes sense at a time of great geopolitical uncertainty. But going electric would lead to more reliance on China.
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I love the Polestar 4, but the rear view camera made my wife carsick
The Polestar 4 is one of a few EVs on the shortlist to potentially replace my 2019 Tesla Model 3, so I was also interested to see what the rest of the family thought of it.
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Trump and right wing pundits buy “unusable” Teslas in pivot to shore up Musk’s EV company
Donald Trump and one of his favourite right wing broadcasters – both harsh critics of “woke” and “evil” electric vehicles – sign up for Tesla EVs in show of support for embattled Elon Musk.
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“Toxic contagion:” Tesla sales plunge in Europe as consumers, and cartoonists, respond to Musk
Leading EV analysts now acknowledge Elon Musk’s “toxic contagion” on the market, as cartoonists and poster makers target the Tesla boss and new sales data underline the scale of its free-fall.