Tomorrow's Engines
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George Washington University student Joe Laliberte presents an in-depth look at the future of transportation in this video, which introduces us to Ken Zweibel, director of GWU's Institute for Analysis of Solar Energy. Zweibel talks about the importance of switching our cars and trucks from internal combustion engines, which are about 20 percent efficient, to electrical engines that are about 90 percent efficient.
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