Cadillac, the luxury automotive division of General Motors has rolled out its first ELR from its Detroit-Hamtramck assembly plant in the US. The company had unveiled the plug-in electric luxury coupe in 2013 Detroit Motor Show. Powered ...
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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Chinese carmaker Zhejiang Geely has partnered with the US based electric vehicle (EV) manufacturer Detroit Electric to jointly develop pure EVs and electric drive systems for Chinese market. Under the collaboration, the companies will ...
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The new 22kW fast-charger fitted to the latest Volvo C30 Electric reduces the vehicle’s full charge time to just 90 minutes. The C30 Electric uses the world’s first on-board charger that operates on a three-phase power supply ...
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The Mercedes-Benz B-Class Electric Drive will be the first battery-powered electric car the German manufacturer puts into production. Making its debut at the 2013 New York auto show, the new-generation Mercedes-Benz B-Class Electric Drive ...
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A hybrid version of the next-generation Mercedes-Benz C-Class was confirmed last month, however the boss of the company's US operations has now revealed exclusively to CarAdvice that the petrol-electric model will offer plug-in charging ...
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It is not possible to provide a simple answer to the question of whether a pneumatic drive is more energy-efficient than an electric drive or vice versa. "Energy efficiency in automation is dependent on the industrial application", explains ...
Terminal tractor manufacturer Terberg claims to have developed the first fully electric yard tractor, the Terberg YT202-EV. The development team at Terberg in the Netherlands took advantage of the progress in lithium-ion (Li-ion) battery ...
Electric drive motors sale is expected to reach 3.7 million units by 2020 from 1.5 million units sold in 2013, according to the report from Navigant Research. The electric vehicles (EV) being used currently are the customized conventional ...
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German automobile manufacturer Mercedes-Benz will launch a new B-Class Electric Drive vehicle in the US by the end of 2013. The vehicle is powered by an electric motor that generates an output of 130kW/177hp and 320Nm of torque with ...
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Japanese auto maker Toyota has debuted the 2014 Toyota Highlander sports utility vehicle (SUV) at the 2013 New York International Auto Show in the US. The vehicle will be launched with three powertrain variants, claims the company. ...
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China’s Guangzhou Automotive Group (GAC) has released the technical details of its innovative GAC E-jet plug-in concept. The GAC E-jet is an extended range electric car, applying a similar propulsion principle to the ...
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A plug-in version of the 2013 Mercedes Benz S-Class that is set to use less fuel than a Toyota Prius has been confirmed indirectly by the German car maker. The anticipated petrol-electric version was inadvertently revealed during a media ...
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California-based Balqon has signed a deal with China-based Sichuan Automobile Industry (SAIG) to manufacture inner city electric buses in China. As part of the deal, SAIG has purchased Balqon's electric drive system to be fitted into a ...
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The Aussie Smart Pump is available in 2” and 3” configurations. They offer high flow with capability to move up to 1,100 litres per minute. This extra flow cuts down time for self-propelled sprayers as large on-board tanks can ...
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