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5 Most Sustainable Travel Destinations for 2023

U.S. Green Technology

In case you’re one of those wonderful environmentally aware people and are looking for ways to combine your love for travel and the concept of eco-friendliness you live by, you’ll be happy to know that there are others out there who have given it some serious thought, too. With the demand for sustainable tourism and. The post 5 Most Sustainable Travel Destinations for 2023 appeared first on U.S.

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France to offer $100-per-month EV leasing plan

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French President Emmanuel Macron made a campaign pledge to help make EVs more affordable. Now the government is rolling out a subsidized leasing program for low-income households. “We know that for many French [EVs] remain very expensive,” Budget Minister Gabriel Attal said in a recent interview. The new program will make EVs available for 100 euros ($100) a month, which Attal noted is less than what many people spend on gasoline.

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Benefits of YouTube Music

U.S. Green Technology

YouTube Music is a streaming app for music lovers. It’s ad-free, and you can access it on your phone, tablet, or computer. You can create playlists, listen to recommended songs, and more. Plus, if you have a premium account, you can download and convert youtube to mp3 songs offline and use the app without ads. The post Benefits of YouTube Music appeared first on U.S.

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Legacy EV to offer Revolt Systems’ high-performance electric motors for EV conversions

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Revolt Systems manufactures high-performance electric motors for classic cars, and Legacy EV offers integrated EV systems and EV conversion kits from various manufacturers, as well as certified EV technician training programs and EV design consulting services. Over the last year, Legacy EV and Revolt Systems have been working together to help more classic car owners make the transition to electric power, while increasing performance.

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Electrofuels Are the Future: The Driving Force to Decarbonizing Heavy Transport

Speaker: Ayesha Choudhury - Senior Vice President, Head of Capital Markets at Infinium

With the first wave of the energy transition, renewable energy sources (such as solar and wind) have begun replacing coal power generation. However, some sectors are lagging behind and struggling to decarbonize more than others, including large-scale transportation like commercial aviation, shipping, and rail transit. Electrofuels (aka eFuels) are the next generation of solutions to help the hardest-to-abate sectors pivot from their reliance on fossil fuels.

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Circular Bioeconomy and Asia Pulp and Paper’s Role in it

U.S. Green Technology

It is now common knowledge that modern business practices, founded on principles of overconsumption, excess, and profits over everything, are not sustainable. There are a finite amount of resources on this planet we call home, and at this current juncture, we are expending these very same resources faster than we can recover them. One way. The post Circular Bioeconomy and Asia Pulp and Paper’s Role in it appeared first on U.S.

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Ionic MT says its nano-silicon can replace graphite in EV batteries, improving performance

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Battery material technology company Ionic Mineral Technologies has emerged from stealth mode to debut its halloysite-derived nano-silicon, Ionisil, which is meant to be used as a drop-in replacement for graphite in lithium-based batteries. Ionic MT is a vertically-integrated producer of nano-silicon, which it says can enable significantly longer range and faster charging for EVs.

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The Power Connect - The Most Electrified Couple in the EV Space

Energy Central

Check out this two-part Husband and wife duo on the latest episodes of The Power Connect from this week as we welcome Don Wright from Unico and his wife, Dr. Veronika Wright, aka Electrified Veronika. The two share a love for all things batteries, electrification and batteries, which, let's face it, what couple doesn't? Don, a 30-year automotive veteran, discusses how.

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Rocsys joins European robotic charging consortium

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Rocsys , a provider of autonomous robotic charging solutions, has joined ROCIN-ECO, a consortium with IONITY, Audi, TÜV SÜD, Porsche, BMW, Ford, Mercedes-Benz, AVL and Huber+Suhner. The vision of the ROCIN-ECO consortium is to equip fast charging stations along European highways with one or more robotic charging lanes. These will enable a fully automated charge and offer “a premium and carefree charging experience,” as well as making charging less challenging for drivers with physical limitation

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Gadget Maintenance Tips offered by iPhone Repair Shop in Southampton

U.S. Green Technology

Living your life nowadays has become almost impossible without using gadgets like phones, laptops, tablets, and computers. Humans can’t work to their excellence without using smartphones. Today’s world has made everything happen with a single click of a button. Gadgets have become a blessing for humans to work promptly and to their full potential. Without.

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What Happens When You Park A Tesla For Three Months?

CleanTechnica

Can you park a Tesla for an extended period of time? Will the battery lose all of its charge? We have the answer.

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AR/VR Simulations for Sustainable, Regenerative, Circular Cities

Speaker: Nik Gowing, Brenda Laurel, Sheridan Tatsuno, Archie Kasnet, and Bruce Armstrong Taylor

With 191 country signatories to the Paris Climate Agreement now hard at work in the race to zero carbon by 2050, much of the heavy lifting in ecosystem sustainability falls on the shoulders of the world's densely populated urban centers. This conversation considers how today's AI-enabled simulation media, such as AR/VR, can be effectively applied to accelerate learning, understanding, training, and solutions-modeling to sustainability planning and design.

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Let There Be Light — PowerWells Update

CleanTechnica

Australian startup PowerWells has won a $75,000 (USD) CISCO Regional First Runner-Up Prize in the Asia Pacific, Japan and China (APJC) region. The company’s solution addresses the dual global problems of electronic waste management and lack of access to basic electricity. In August 2022, the PowerWells team, including Brad Clair (Co-Founder), Nick Kamols (Co-Founder), Steph […].

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Ampol AmpCharge to Sponsor TOCEVA Racing Team — Only EV In Perth-to-Sydney Marathon

CleanTechnica

As part of Ampol’s national rollout of electric vehicle charging infrastructure, an AmpCharge site was commissioned at Ampol Foodary, Belmont, in Perth, Western Australia, in August. At the same time, Ampol AmpCharge announced that it would be the main sponsor for the TOCEVA Racing team as it takes part in the Perth-to-Sydney re-enactment. “The new […].

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Illinois Dakota Access Pipeline Expansion Approved In Misguided Decision

CleanTechnica

The Illinois Commerce Commission (ICC) approved the Dakota Access Pipeline and Energy Transfer Crude Oil Pipeline expansion in the Prairie State today. The approval comes after a court decision vacating the previous approval, because the prior approval did not demonstrate how the expansion benefited Illinoisians and the ICC failed to consider the troubling record of […].

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Decoupling From China On Clean Tech Comes With Far More Risks Than Rewards

CleanTechnica

The study, “Risks of decoupling from China on low-carbon technologies,” is coauthored by Valerie J. Karplus of Carnegie Mellon University, Joanna I. Lewis of Georgetown University, Jonas Nahm of Johns Hopkins University and Alex Wang of the University of California, Los Angeles.

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How Digital Transformation will Bend the Curve of the Linear Economy Toward the Circular

Speaker: Bruce Armstrong Taylor, Co-Founder & Managing Director of SmartNations Foundation, Jimmy Jia, Venture Partner at Pi Labs, Fabienne Durand, Senior Advisor to the SmartNations Foundation, & Roger Strukhoff, Executive Director of the Tau Institute

The Climate 4.0 Economy. Climate change is here. We see it in many ways already. Weather catastrophes: Texas freezing over, the wildfires of California, the increasingly unpredictable violence and frequency of hurricanes, the rapid melting and disappearance of polar ice caps. Much more evidence all around us. What can we do in our corporate organizations, in our homes and communities, to change the current course?

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2035 End Date For Polluting Freight Trucks Needed To Put Trucking On Path To Zero Carbon

CleanTechnica

Even with the current CO2 targets for truckmakers, trucks and buses would undo the entire emissions savings from cars and vans expected by 2030, the analysis by Transport & Environment (T&E).

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Sustainable Battery Materials? Yeah, Right — Or, Right On!

CleanTechnica

The abundance and low cost of sodium has made it a promising alternative to lithium for an ion battery system. Overall, the outlook for the use of sodium-ion batteries in current technology is favorable, as long as cost, safety, cyclic stability, and energy density guidelines are met.

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BMW To Recycle Fishing Nets In New Electric Cars

CleanTechnica

BMW's new, recycled plastic bits could take a chunk out of the Pacific Garbage Patch.

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Powering Energy Independence

CleanTechnica

The successful Springers family business is surfing the electric vehicle and renewable energy wave. While some traditional fuel companies bemoan possible job losses, others are evolving to meet demand, and Springers is helping. The Springers are “Powering Energy Independence,” wherever they can — via solar power installations, and now EV charging stations.

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$71,315 – Lithium Prices Reach All-time High

CleanTechnica

The price of Chinese lithium is through the roof!

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The Evolution Of The Israeli EV Market Gives Us An Example Of What’s To Come In Other Markets

CleanTechnica

The evolution of the electric vehicle market in Israel as told by one of our readers, Assaf, in the comments section of an article on the launch of the Leapmotor T03 in Israel makes some fascinating reading. Here is how Assaf describes the Israeli market. “Structurally it is more like New Zealand in being all-import […].