In Shanghai, it costs $13,000 for a license plate for a vehicle with a combustion engine whereas it’s free for an EV, thereby “creating a huge economic incentive and making the use of electric vehicles a no brainer,” Jato said.
The electric car market is buzzing with Europe and China taking the lead|Bernhard Warner|October 13, 2020|Fortune
To do so means reducing the environmental impact of the entire car industry, and Porsche sees eFuels as a way to reduce the environmental impact of current and future internal combustion vehicles.
Porsche is researching synthetic fuels to make gas-powered cars sustainable|Matt Burns|October 9, 2020|TechCrunch
This includes all fossil fuel combustion for generating electricity, heating buildings, industrial processes, and transportation.
Last year’s US emissions went down after 2018 uptick|Scott K. Johnson|October 2, 2020|Ars Technica
They run on hydrogen combustion using modified gas-turbine engines, and the only byproduct is water.
Airbus Just Unveiled Three New Zero-Emission Concept Aircraft|Vanessa Bates Ramirez|September 23, 2020|Singularity Hub
It added that it would in the coming months consider the crucial question of when cars with internal combustion engines will need to be banned from the market.
Can emissions cuts and economic growth coexist? Europe is certain they can|David Meyer|September 17, 2020|Fortune
Boeing claims to have eliminated the risk of combustion, but not ignition.
The Dreamliner Will Fly Again, But Is Boeing Still Blowing Smoke?|Clive Irving|March 26, 2013|DAILY BEAST
If combustion occurs within a battery, says Boeing, it would be snuffed out in a microsecond for lack of oxygen.
The Dreamliner Will Fly Again, But Is Boeing Still Blowing Smoke?|Clive Irving|March 26, 2013|DAILY BEAST
It was “vaporized electrolyte which looks like smoke but is not the result of combustion.”
The Dreamliner Will Fly Again, But Is Boeing Still Blowing Smoke?|Clive Irving|March 26, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Starting a fire requires two things: Ignition and combustion.
The Dreamliner Will Fly Again, But Is Boeing Still Blowing Smoke?|Clive Irving|March 26, 2013|DAILY BEAST
All gas heaters must be connected with a flue to carry off the products of combustion.
Elements of Plumbing|Samuel Dibble
We only find rest in effort, as the flame only finds existence in combustion.
Amiel's Journal|Henri-Frdric Amiel
Altogether, he considers it a good sign that the combustion has not betrayed itself by some external issue of smoke.
The Survivors of the Chancellor|Jules Verne
The heat of the body is likewise due to combustion, and must be kept up by proper fuel, like the fires in our stoves and furnaces.
Harper's Young People, September 14, 1880|Various
The oxide of tin is placed in a porcelain boat (fig. 58), which is then introduced into a piece of combustion tube.
A Textbook of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines.|Cornelius Beringer and John Jacob Beringer
British Dictionary definitions for combustion
combustion
/ (kəmˈbʌstʃən) /
noun
the process of burning
any process in which a substance reacts with oxygen to produce a significant rise in temperature and the emission of light
a chemical process in which two compounds, such as sodium and chlorine, react together to produce heat and light
a process in which a compound reacts slowly with oxygen to produce little heat and no light
Derived forms of combustion
combustive, noun, adjective
Word Origin for combustion
C15: from Old French, from Latin combūrere to burn up, from com- (intensive) + ūrere to burn
A chemical change, especially through the rapid combination of a substance with oxygen, producing heat and, usually, light. See also spontaneous combustion.