The unsurprising debut of the Cadillac CT6 PHEV in Shanghai today has a powertrain that sounds an awful lot like the one that can be found in the Volt and the Cadillac ELR. The plug-in CT6 – identical to the CT6 that debuted in New ...
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Fujitsu has partnered with Global Mobility Service (GMS) to trial electric tricycles, a three-wheel taxi, in the Philippines. Fujitsu said that the collaboration with GMS will accelerate use of electric tricycles in the Philippines ...
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Local governments are taking action to respond to the central government's appeal to popularize new energy vehicles across the nation. Earlier this month, Beijing authorities announced that pure electric vehicles would not be affected by ...
Electric vehicles have been developing rapidly from the original hybrids, to parallel/serial and plug-in hybrids through the optimization of power drive designs. Since then, the industry has been able to develop all-electric models as the ...
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Royal Philips NV of Amsterdam, The Netherlands (the world's largest lighting producer) has agreed to sell an 80.1% stake in its combined LED components and Automotive lighting business to GO Scale Capital, a new growth-stage investment fund ...
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Energized by growing demand for power supplies, hybrid and electric vehicles, photovoltaic (PV) inverters and other established applications, the emerging global market for silicon carbide and gallium nitride power semiconductors will grow ...
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Funded by Science Foundation Ireland (SFI), Invest Northern Ireland (InvestNI) and the US National Science Foundation (NSF) government agencies through the US-Ireland R&D Partnership program, over €1m has been awarded for the project ...
Royal Philips has announced that it has signed an agreement with a consortium led by GO Scale Capital through which it will acquire an 80.1% interest in Philips' combined LED components and automotive lighting business, with Philips ...
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Xindayang, an obscure company in China's burgeoning new energy vehicle industry, is looking to carve out a niche with its ZD-brand pure electric micro cars.Earlier this month, Xindayang revealed an aggressive plan to build a 300,000-unit ...
Honda has announced a new lease programs for the existing and prospective Fit EV customers. Under the new program, the existing Fit EV customers will get a two-year lease extension , along with lower monthly payment option of $199, ...
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Advanced sealing technology maker Freudenberg-NOK is planning to install four (PEV) charging stations at its headquarters in Michigan, as a part of the Workplace Charging Challenge Pledge program created by the US Department of Energy ...
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GaN Systems Inc of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, a fabless producer of gallium nitride (GaN)-based power switching transistors based on its proprietary Island Technology for power conversion and control applications, has announced new top-side ...
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The future looks bright for electric cars in China amid rapidly fluctuating gasoline prices and huge investments by the government to promote use of clean energy, industry sources said on Monday.However, inadequate battery technologies and ...
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Chinese automaker BYD Co, backed by Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc, aims to triple its production of batteries as it takes on Tesla Motors in the race to supply electric vehicles and boost energy storage. Shenzhen-based BYD plans ...
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SupercapacitorsUnconventional internal design yields a larger capacitanceThat property of a system of conductors and dielectrics which permits the storage of electricity when potential difference exists between the conductors. Its value is ...
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