As the notebook industry is seeing declining shipments, Taiwan-based battery maker Simplo Technology is now eyeing the automobile, motorcycle and bicycle industries. Simplo already has technologies to make batteries for electric ...
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Schrader International Inc. has been awarded a significant contract for its tire pressure monitoring systems (TPMS) from Mahindra Reva Electric Vehicles Private Ltd., a subsidiary of Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd., one of India's largest vehicle ...
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Frito-Lay North America, a convenient foods business unit of PepsiCo, is set to add 20 electric vehicles to its fleet in New York, along with enhanced electric vehicle charging stations. With this development, Frito-Lay will have 35 ...
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UK-based Drayson Racing Technologies (DRT), the low-carbon motorsport and electric vehicle R&D business, has signed a wireless electric vehicle charging (WEVC) licence agreement with Qualcomm Incorporated in order to include Qualcomm Halo ...
Japanese automotive company Nissan Motor has unveiled its new Nissan e-NV200 electric taxi in Barcelona, Spain. With this move, Barcelona is the first city in the world to commit to the implementation of the zero-emission vehicle as ...
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Nissan has hit back at plans by Volkswagen to become the electric vehicle market leader by 2018, while reaffirming its own aim to increase range to 200km on Leaf and introduce four new electric vehicles to market within two years. ...
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Audi failed to serve a full-electric vehicle of any kind at the Frankfurt motor show despite both BMW and Mercedes-Benz, and sibling carmaker Volkswagen showing off all-electric offerings. Speaking with CarAdvice at the show, chairman of ...
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German carmaker The Volkswagen Group is planning to electrify all vehicles in its portfolio by 2018. As a part of this initiative, the company will initially introduce a total of 14 models from several Group brands with electric or hybrid ...
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MMC Rus, a Russia-based official distributor of Mitsubishi Motors, has supplied 70 units of the all-electric vehicle, i-MiEV, to the Presidential Administration of the Russian Federation. With this move, i-MiEV will be the first ...
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Jaguar Land Rover will lead a collaborative research and development program into advanced next-generation hybrid and electric powertrain technologies based on the Range Rover Evoque. Dubbed ‘Evoque_e‘, the two-year ...
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British automotive maker Ricardo has launched a new project, Advanced Diesel Electric Powertrain (ADEPT), to bring low voltage concept intelligent electrification to diesel vehicle. The company has collaborated with Ford Motor, Control ...
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The US Department of Energy (DOE) has announced more than $45m for 38 new projects that strengthen the research and development of advanced transport technologies. These vehicle technologies are aimed at improving fuel efficiency, ...
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British luxury car manufacturer Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) is leading a GBP16.3m advanced powertrain research and development program, Evoque_e, for the development of next-generation hybrid and battery-electric powertrain technologies based ...
Japanese automotive company Nissan Motor plans to debut its Nissan LEAF electric vehicle (EV) in South Africa at the Johannesburg International Motor Show in October 2013. The company is currently making trials of the vehicle in the ...
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The Toll Group has unveiled Australia's first modern 100 per cent electric truck. The 10-tonne Smith Electric vehicle will be used for parcel pick-ups and deliveries around Brisbane. Toll IPEC will use the all-electric vehicle during an ...
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