The Sierra Club is joining Ford Motor Company and SunPower’s Drive Green for Life program to help more Americans move toward emissions-free driving. Drive Green for Life offers Ford customers who own electrified plug-in vehicles, ...
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Dr. Mark Quarto explains hybrid battery reconditioning technologies to dealers attending at a training session hosted by The Hybrid Shop in Las Vegas. The Hybrid Shop LLC (THS) is growing quickly to keep pace with the hybrid electric ...
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It is said that until 2020, the application of new energy vehicles in the transportation industry of our country will take shape and clearly amount to 300000 vehicles. New energy vehicles contribution to energy saving and emission reduction ...
Engine maker LiquidPiston has introduced X Mini, a 70 cubic centimeter gasoline powered rotary four-stroke engine prototype. X Mini is expected to be used in small engine applications including electric vehicles, range extenders, ...
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The National Institute for Automotive Service Excellence (ASE) has a new certification category for technicians servicing hybrid vehicles. The ASE says it created the category in response to industry requests for light-duty, ...
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Three researchers from Queensland University of Technology (QUT), Australia have developed supercapacitors, which can be embedded into a car's body panels, roof, doors, bonnet and floor to fast track charging of electric battery. ...
BMW is developing LED Street lights equipped with sockets that can be used for charging electric vehicles. The company has reportedly made two prototypes of "Light and Charge" street lights which is designed to combine efficient Light ...
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With more than two months remaining, Nissan LEAF has shattered the record for the most U.S. electric vehicle sales in a single calendar year, surpassing the previous record of 22,610 that it set in 2013. "With nearly 20 electric cars or ...
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Hyundai announced a six-speed automatic transmission for hybrid electric vehicles (HEV). The system integrates electric motor and applies technologies that provide tangible benefits to the users by increasing fuel economy and reduce ...
Ford along with seven other automakers participated in a test which will inform the car owners to temporarily stop charging their vehicles to avoid overloading of the power grid. Participants included BMW, General Motors, Mercedes-Benz, ...
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Volkswagen is planning to launch 20 new plug-in hybrids and electric vehicles in China over the next five years. The company previously planned to introduce 15 cars from its core Volkswagen unit along with other brands under the company ...
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Sales of electric cars and other plug-in vehicles are increasing rapidly in UK due to the grants provided by the UK Government. Prices of ultra low emission vehicles (ULEVs) have been reduced up to 5,000 for cars and 8,000 for vans under ...
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Researchers at the Gear Research Center (FZG) of Technische Universitt München (TUM) in Germany have developed torque vectoring transmission that can be used in electric vehicles. The light-weight torque vectoring transmission is ...
Energy and eco-business company, Integrated Energy and electric vehicle manufacturer Detroit Electric have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for retail sales of Detroit Electric pure electric vehicles. The sales of the vehicles ...
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Scientists from German Aerospace Centre (DLR) and Singapore based Nanyang Technological University NTU have developed a 2-in-1 electric motor which claimed to increase the range of electric vehicles The scientists integrated traditional ...