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Electric Vehicles are a rage today, and they run on batteries. Learn about what EV batteries are made of and snuff out the myths! Chinese are once again at the helm of cutting-edge technology innovations, this time for hybrid EV batteries. Chinese firm CATL Freevoy Super Hybrid Battery offers hybrid EVs a 248-mile ‘pure electric’ driving range on a single 10-minute charge.

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India is known for its culture, traditions and modernization. As cities grow, there is a need for sustainable practices. For instance, waste recycling, management and transformation. The rate of waste generation in 2025 is predicted to be a 38-67 % increase of the current waste generation rates for the lower to middle-income countries.

Professor Kongjian Yu, a Chinese professor in 2013 created a new scientific concept with an objective to save lives. It’s called a sponge city. And it’s a type of natural infrastructure that architects around the world are designing to help us combat and withstand a changing climate. This isn’t a forest. Not really. It’s actually an urban park in the densely populated city of Nanchang, China. Filled with birds, native trees and volcanic rock on acres of urban land.