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Car methanol from air CO2 by temperature difference alone: the Chinese study

A group of Chinese researchers showed in the laboratory the possibility of obtaining methanol, which can be used in cars as a fuel, starting from the CO2 in the air by exploiting simple temperature changes, using nanosurfaces of tungsten and bismuth perosvskite by Roberto Colombo published 18 January 2021 , at 11: 01 in the… Read more

EU agency: Switching to renewable energies alleviates pressure on the environment

The switch to renewable energies such as wind and solar energy in Europe not only benefits the fight against the climate crisis, but also the environment. According to the European Environment Agency EEA, the increasing use of renewable energy sources has between 2005 and 2018 also shown positive effects on air and water pollution. This… Read more

Study: The number of e-cars is expected to increase thirty-fold by 2030

The importance of electromobility will increase significantly globally. The Association of Electrical, Electronic and Information Technologies (VDE) describes this development in its recently published study “Logistics, Energy and Mobility 2030″ (PDF). 2019 the number of electric cars including plug-in hybrids and fuel cell vehicles was 4 worldwide, 79 Millions. The experts estimate: By the year… Read more

Foxconn founds e-mobility company

Already in the recent past, Hardwareluxx reported that Apple is currently in various discussions with companies regarding a possible cooperation in the production of the Apple car. The iPhone Group’s electric car is expected to hit the market in 2027. Now Apple’s supplier Foxconn seems to have recognized the great business potential with electromobility as… Read more

Power to Liquid: The potential for “excess” electricity

Since there has been a constant debate lately about synthetic fuels (“Power to Liquid”, PtL) as an alternative to battery-electric cars, here is a small calculation. First of all, it is undisputed that the direct use of electricity for driving is many times more energy-efficient than the detour via chemical substances. If the electricity has… Read more

PSA's newest power box: the Citroën ë-Berlingo e-van

After ë-Jumpy and ë-Jumper, the new Citroën ë-Berlingo has electrified the entire range of PSA commercial vehicles. Intended for the city, top speed and long ranges do not play a major role in the electrified vans. Rather, it is about locally emission-free driving in the city, due to ever increasing restrictions on traffic with combustion… Read more

Fossil Gen 5 LTE announced at CES, along with other smartwatches: all the news

The fashion brand has formalized several wearable products, including the new Fossil Gen 5 LTE which, at about 350, combines telephone functionality with WearOS by Nino Grasso published 12 January 2021 , at 02: 01 in the Wearables channel Fossil During the keynote of Fossil on the occasion of the CES 2021 is been announced… Read more

New Fossil (with LTE), Michael Kors and Skagen (with e-ink) watches announced at CES

The Fossil Group and its subsidiary brands brought out their next generation smartwatches to show off at CES 2021. This means the watches share some hardware (but have unique designs). Note that they are split into two groups – the more capable Google Wear OS watches and the hybrid designs with longer battery life. The… Read more

Fossil announces Gen 5 LTE smartwatch, but with the same old processor

Fossil is making a smartwatch with LTE for the first time, the Gen 5 LTE. As you might guess from the relatively boring name, the watch is based on Fossil’s Gen 5 Wear OS platform. That means that it has many of the same features and likely performs in the same way as Fossil’s smartwatches… Read more

Daimler boss: CO2 targets for 2020 “according to own calculations” achieved

At Daimler we are now almost certain that with the 2020 sold new cars the CO 2 – To have complied with limit values. CEO Ola Källenius referred on Thursday (Jan. 7th 2021) to an “enormous ramp-up” for purely electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles in the second Half of the year. Therefore, based on your… Read more

Electricity generation: Share of renewable energies over 50% for the first time in one year

In the year 2020 50, 5 percent of the electricity in the German sockets generated from renewable energies. With 183 TWh, wind and solar energy for the first time exceeded the sum of all fossil energy sources based on 183 TWh come, the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE has calculated. Last year the… Read more

Study: China still has a lot of work to do in terms of environmental and climate protection

According to a new analysis, China still has a long way to go in realizing its environmental and climate goals. It is true that China has already met or is about to meet all of the “green goals” it had set itself 2005 in its latest five-year plan . Nevertheless, the People’s Republic only has… Read more

Powerfuels: Final energy could become a quarter climate-neutral by 2050

2050 could use climate-neutral fuels, fuels and raw materials with 43. 200 Terawatt hours 28 Percentage of global energy demand cover. This is the result of the Finnish LUT University Lappeenranta and Lahti on behalf of the interest group Global Alliance Powerfuels (GAP) in a transformation scenario. She advocates that more money is invested in… Read more

Berlin's Senator for Transport: A breakthrough for electric cars is imminent

Berlin’s Senator for the Environment and Transport, Regine Günther, expects a breakthrough for electric cars in the capital and in Germany as a whole soon. “We are at the beginning of an exponential growth phase,” said the Green politician of the German press agency. You see the breakthrough “already coming very clearly”. Charging infrastructure is… Read more

Aircraft fuel from CO2? Scientists are getting closer, also thanks to the new catalysts

Carbon neutral fuels are currently the holy grail for air transport, responsible for a large share of CO2 emissions: scientists are looking for a way to convert carbon dioxide into jet fuel. New catalysts have shown interesting performances by Roberto Colombo published 29 December 2020 , at 18: 41 in the Science and Technology channel… Read more