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Volta Trucks partners with Prodrive to develop its electric heavy-duty truck

Green Car Congress

The Volta Trucks concept HGV positions its driver low down, centrally and forward of the front axle, to give uninterrupted vision at street level through 220 degrees. Prodrive’s track record in EV engineering began in 2001 with the conversion of a front wheel drive Saab into a hybrid demonstrator with the rear axle electrically driven.

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Mitsubishi to launch plug-in hybrid version of new Outlander during FY2012

Green Car Congress

The new PHEV Outlander will be a permanent 4WD electric vehicle, supplemented by a gasoline engine when needed. The new version of the successful mid-size crossover (more than 950,000 units sold as of end of December 2011 since June 2001) was developed around a versatile global platform. 1 compression ratio.

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How to Get a Plug-In Hybrid

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

About CalCars Plug-In Hybrids FAQ How to Get a PHEV Where PHEVs are Carmakers Say. PHEVs with "Good Enough to Get Started" batteries. We have sponsored the EAA-PHEV project and our Open-Source designs are being used by some of the private companies as well as technically advanced individuals.

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Perspective: A View Into the New GM

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The Cadillac Converj extended-range electric vehicle Concept uses the Voltec platform. Most of the new vehicles have received special praise for their interiors, which has been a priority for GM since Bob Lutz assumed product design responsibilities in 2001. Two-Mode Plug in Hybrid Electric Vehicle (PHEV). Build better products.

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How do Chinese language EV makers roll out unutilized merchandise so temporarily?

Baua Electric

When Zeekr 001 was once introduced, we concept it was once a comic story, because it was once a rebadged Lynk&Co 0 idea from any other Geely model. In the meantime, in Europe, BMW was once pushing the concept that consumers want to have a call and that they’d trade in their usual vehicles with ICE or BEV choices.

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