Nissan appears to have lost its exclusive rights to power New York City’s Taxi of Tomorrow, after the city’s Taxi and Limousine Commission decided that operators may use alternative vehicles. The New York Daily News reports ...
The US Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and Alta Devices of Sunnyvale, CA, USA have jointly demonstrated that Alta's solar material retains its high efficiency in real-world conditions, particularly on hot ...
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British luxury carmaker Jaguar has unveiled the new C-X75 Hybrid Prototype sports car, which is claimed to offer the efficiency of a low-emissions city car. The new prototype is powered by a 1.6L turbocharged and supercharged ...
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US-based automobile manufacturer Ford Motor has commenced production of its first full-electric vehicle to be built in Europe, the new Focus Electric in Saarlouis, Germany. The move follows the company's investment of EUR16m to integrate ...
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Sales and production of the Mitsubishi i-MiEV and Outlander PHEV have been halted in Japan as the manufacturer recalls the vehicles for an issue related to their lithium-ion battery packs. Industry journal Automotive News reports that ...
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Automotive supplier Continental has signed a contract with the Swiss high-tech industrial Group Oerlikon for the joint development and marketing of integrated motor and transmission systems for hybrid and electric vehicles. With the ...
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A contract between Nissan and the city of New York for a fleet of taxis is before the courts, with a New York Supreme Court Justice ruling that part of the program’s deal is “null, void and unenforceable”. Industry ...
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Automotive supplier Continental has expanded its Nuremberg center of competence in Germany, for testing electric vehicles. The company has invested EUR2.6m in its new testing facility located at its HighTech Center North that will conduct ...
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A new data interface for battery management systems has been designed to provide interference immunity and to support distributed battery systems, writes Jon Munson from Linear Technology. For reliability of battery packs being designed ...
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The 83rd International Geneva motor show is open to the public until March 17, and has delivered some of the automotive world’s biggest and most significant debuts. From revolutionary supercars like the hybrid-powered McLaren P1 and ...
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The 2014 Mitsubishi Triton will be safer, more luxurious and better to drive, but a new diesel-hybrid system will have to wait until about 2018. Mitsubishi showcased the GR-HEV concept at the 2013 Geneva motor show this week, providing a ...
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The Mitsubishi GR-HEV concept has been revealed ahead of its unveiling at Geneva motor show later today. The GR-HEV concept (the name means ‘Grand Runner Hybrid Electric Vehicle’) gives us our first look at Mitsubishi’s ...
Mitsubishi Motors Corp. will debut its GR-HEV and CA-MiEV concept models at the 83rd Geneva International Motor Show, which runs from March 5 through March 17. The GR-HEV is a concept for a sport utility truck promising high environmental ...
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Nova Bus, a subsidiary of Volvo Buses, has won a contract to supply 475 hybrid buses from Association du transport urbain du Québec (ATUQ), a consortium of the Quebec's nine transit authorities in Canada. The order also includes ...
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Following six years of R&D, Raytheon has opened a silicon carbide fab in Glenrothes Scotland which will offer foundry services as well as its own line of high-temperature ICs. Its SiC process has been developed on-site, with Government ...
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