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Electric cars really are a greener option than fossil fuel vehicles

Electric cars already have a bigger climate change impact than fossil-fuel burning cars in almost every part of the world, according to researchers

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World’s stinkiest fruit could make super-fast electric chargers

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AI could help make fast-charging, long-lasting electric car batteries

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A new battery could keep your phone charged for five days

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A new battery could keep your phone charged for five days

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Here's how we can stop a mountain of electric car batteries piling up

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Electric cars could charge in 10 minutes with a new kind of battery

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Deliberate drowning of Brazil's rainforest is worsening climate change

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Outshining fossil fuel: Your guide to the revolution in solar energy

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The real history of electricity is more gripping than The Current War

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The real history of electricity is more gripping than The Current War

Benedict Cumberbatch plays Thomas Edison in The Current War, an epic tale about the fight to electrify 19th century America. But this odd film only hints at the truth of the battle of invention

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Adding more bioethanol to petrol is no way to go green

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Feedback: Is Boris Johnson a bus-building SEO genius?

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Cobalt for 500,000 electric cars could be harvested from the oceans

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Venezuela has suffered power blackouts for days

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