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06 Jul 2022 | Synopsis
"The Zodiac Stargazer places up to two passengers in an astronomical telescope on wheels, which can rotate to face directly upward, giving you an extraordinary window to the universe.
"This isn't a real vehicle, it's a design study...a vehicle people could hire to take out into the silent desert at night and look up at the stars through a telescope far more powerful than anything you could carry in the trunk of a car."
06 Jul 2022 | Synopsis
"...sits upon the CMF-BEV platform that is also shared with Nissan, and Renault claim it will be a staggering 33% cheaper than the currently available Renault Zoe. The expected range of the top end model of the car is set to be 249 miles, thanks to a 52 kWh battery pack, with a 40 kWh battery pack in the more entry level but affordable specification of the car. And then there is the price. It is set to cost around £17,500 ($21,000USD)05 Jul 2022 | Synopsis
"In 2021, diesel still accounted for 67% of production at this plant... But by 2024, diesel engines will make up only 30% of installed capacity. Gasoline engine...also used for hybrid electric vehicles, will make up 20% of capacity."
"The shift to electric presents the auto industry with considerable challenges for jobs and training. An electric motor has a third of the parts of an internal combustion engine...requiring fewer parts."
05 Jul 2022 | Synopsis
"Today, the fossil fuel industry finds itself in the same precarious legal position as the tobacco industry did in the late 1990s. The behaviour and goals of the tobacco and petroleum industries are pretty similar -and there are many similarities in their liabilities.
"...the tide is beginning to turn. More than 1,800 lawsuits have been filed over climate liability worldwide."
05 Jul 2022 | Synopsis
"Primary global energy consumption grew by 5.5% last year to a new all-time high...
"Fossil fuels accounted for 82% of primary energy use last year, essentially the same as in 2020, but down from 83% in 2019 and 85% five years ago. The remaining share of primary energy use consisted of hydroelectric power (6.8%), renewables (6.7%), and nuclear power (4.2%)."
05 Jul 2022 | Synopsis
"It has been 246 years since America’s founders declared independence from Britain. In the Declaration of Independence, they cited 27 'repeated injuries and usurpations' that made British rule “absolute tyranny” over the 13 colonies at the time.
"Sadly, the American people are still not free of tyranny. Now, it's the 'repeated injuries and usurpations' in our energy system..."
05 Jul 2022 | Synopsis
"After meteorologists warned of another active Atlantic hurricane season this year, insurance companies have closed shop in Louisiana and Florida, leaving in the lurch thousands of homeowners in those storm-prone states.
"Experts...question whether officials in vulnerable U.S. cities are financially prepared to protect homeowners and urban infrastructure from the damage of storm surges and winds."
04 Jul 2022 | Synopsis
"The man behind London’s new Routemaster buses has designed an electric vehicle featuring Star Trek-style doors, passengers sitting around a table and air-cleaning technology."
"He's cagey about the specific high-efficiency particulate air-filtering system (HEPA) that will hoover the pollution up - it's commercially sensitive - but it involves electrically charging particles to attract them to filters."
04 Jul 2022 | Synopsis
"The almost 10-month Pathfinder mission and the 83-day journey of its accompanying Sojourner rover set the stage for the fleet of wheeled interplanetary explorers to follow."Pathfinder and Sojourner returned more than 12,500 images from the planet's surface, conducted more than a dozen chemical analyses of Martian soil, and found evidence that supported Viking's findings that water may have once flowed on Mars’ surface.
04 Jul 2022 | Synopsis
"Automaker Maruti Suzuki India Ltd will phase out vehicles that run completely on petrol in seven to ten years...
"In the next decade, we will convert all vehicles. There will be no pure petrol vehicles. They will either be electrified, or driven by CNG or bio-fuels...
"Maruti, which discontinued production of diesel vehicles in April 2020, has also said it will not launch an all-electric vehicle before 2025."
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