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Honda has just announced that it will phase out vehicles that are totally powered by an internal combustion engine (ICE) in Europe in 2022. From that point on, the Japanese carmaker will only offer battery-electric or hybrid models for this regional market. Honda is already having trouble complying with the European standard for carbon emission, and it will ultimately have to make a full transition from engines that run on gasoline and diesel to powertrain systems that are carbon-neutral. ...  more

Lithium-air batteries, which produce a current flow via the oxidation of lithium at the anode and the reduction of oxygen at the cathode, has emerged as one of several promising battery technologies in the recent period. ...  more

Solar panels contain numerous precious metals and recyclable materials, though these materials had been tightly bonded with EVA during the manufacturing process, thus a rapid and economically valuable recycling method for solar panels has become one of the most difficult issues for each country. ...  more

The outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic has drastically altered the patterns of everyday life in various countries, where new norms including the mandatory mask wearing, the propaganda of working from home, and the avoidance of crowded areas, have derived in the hope of minimizing the spreading of virus and the possibility of infection. Despite saving commuting expenses, household pandemic prevention measures come with a hefty price of surging residential electricity bills. ...  more

Electric vehicles yielded remarkable performance in the market amidst the turbulent 2020, which has invigorated the stock prices of automotive manufacturers to continue to surge in the fourth quarter. However, an awkward predicament has surfaced in Germany regarding whether to continue developing hydrogen fuel cells, where the government and the three major automotive manufacturers have derived a major divergence at the critical intersection. ...  more