Chinese automaker Build Your Dreams (BYD) has commenced the testing of its new Pure Electric Bus in Uruguay. The bus will be tested by the La Compania Uruguaya de Transportes Colectivos (CUTCSA), the Uruguay transport authority, on ...
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Automotive components supplier Sanluis Rassini is supplying suspension components and rotors for the 2014 model year Chevrolet Silverado and GMC Sierra vehicles under a contract from General Motors (GM). Scope of supply included leaf ...
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China’s Foton Motors group plans to install its Brazilian headquarters in Rio de Janeiro state, where it will build a truck assembly factory that from 2015 on will initially produce 20,000 vehicles per year, the state’s ...
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An electric bicycle, also known as an e-bike, is a bicycle with an integrated electric motor which can be used for propulsion. There are a great variety of different types of e-bikes available worldwide, from e-bikes that only have a small ...
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E-bikes are classed according to the power that their electric motor can deliver and the control system, i.e. when and how the power from the motor is applied. Also the classification of e-bikes is complicated as much of the definition is ...
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China China has experienced an explosive growth of sales of non-assisted e-bikes including scooter type, with annual sales jumping from 56,000 units in 1998 to over 21 million in 2008, and reaching an estimated fleet of 120 million ...
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Australia In Australia the e-bike is defined by the Australian Vehicle Standards as a bicycle that has an auxiliary motor with a maximum power output not exceeding 200 W without consideration for speed limits or pedal sensors. Each state ...
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In the 1890s, electric bicycles were documented within various U.S. patents. For example, on 31 December 1895, Ogden Bolton Jr. was granted U.S. Patent 552,271 for a battery-powered bicycle with "6-pole brush-and-commutator direct current ...
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Universal Technical Institute (UTI) has formalized an agreement with General Motors Co. (GM) to develop a 12-week elective training program for UTI students. The program will first be available at UTI's Avondale campus. UTI provides ...
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TORONTO — The Ontario Trucking Association (OTA) is coming out of the gate motors blazing for its 87th annual Convention and Executive Forum. This year, the convention, which just opened up registration on a new website, is ...
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South Australian Premier Jay Weatherill has hinted Holden could receive additional government funding to help shore up its local manufacturing future. Weatherill told News Limited he was prepared to go to great lengths to save Holden, ...
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Increase in commercial and industrial establishments in cities have tremendously changed our necessities over the years. From security perspectives, these constructions just do not need conventional shuttering gates. However, with ...
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Electric motors account for around 69 percent of power consumption in manufacturing businesses according to the European Commission s Motor Challenge Programme. Pump systems constitute the largest individual item in this area, with just ...
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Automotive technology supplier Bosch has secured a contract to supply its clean diesel technology that will be used in General Motors' 2014 Chevrolet Cruze Clean Turbo Diesel vehicle. As part of the deal, the supplier will deliver fuel ...
US-based manufacturer of process automation systems Key Technology has unveiled a new standard Iso-Flo conveyor and hygienic options for all other Iso-Flo vibratory conveyors at the Pack Expo event in Las Vegas. According to the company, ...