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2001-2003 Prius as electric Car

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One can turn 2001-2003 Prius as Electric Car very easily and cheaply.All one has do is to remove the EFI fuse once ign. One needed about min of 160 volt. One needed about min of 160 volt. is no and you get "READY" indication. But now it well only go about 1.7 or less unit the HV battery down to far.So

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Johnson Controls to supply AGM batteries to Chery Jaguar Land Rover in China; introducing 48V micro hybrid system

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Separately, the company will debut to the China market its 48-volt Micro Hybrid battery demonstration module ( earlier post ) at the 15 th Shanghai International Automobile Industry Exhibition (Auto Shanghai 2013). The Micro Hybrid battery system combines a 12-volt starter battery and a 48-volt Lithium-ion battery.

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2020 Ford Escape to offer hybrid and PHEV variants

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Using a 110-volt Level 1 charge, the estimated time to fully charge the battery is 10 to 11 hours. Using a 240-volt Level 2 charge, charge time drops to roughly 3.5 Also available are type A and type C USB charging ports as well as three 12-volt charging sockets. Escape Plug-In Hybrid has a Level 1 / Level 2 AC charging port.

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History of Electric Vehicles in India

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The cars were powered by a 72-volt lead-acid battery. 2001 – Mahindra and Mahindra Ltd. introduced its first electric three-wheeler in 1999, and in 2001, it established a new firm, Bijlee, based in Coimbatore, to manufacture and sell electric vehicles. 2000 – BHEL developed an eighteen-seater electric bus in 2000.

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Explosion and Fire on GOM Deepwater Drilling Rig

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The Deepwater Horizon is a fifth-generation, Reading & Bates Falcon RBS-8D design rig built by Hyundai Heavy Industries in 2001. Main power is provided by 6 x Wartsila 18V32 rated 9,775 hp each, driving 6 x ABB AMG 0900xU10 7,000 kW 11,000 volts AC generators.

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Remembering Lithium-Ion Battery Pioneer John Goodenough

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to 4 volts. Goodenough’s other honors included the Royal Society’s 2019 Copley Medal , a 2014 Charles Stark Draper Prize from the National Academy of Engineering, the 2001 Japan Prize , the 2018 Benjamin Franklin Medal , and a 2009 Enrico Fermi Award. It gave the battery a significant voltage boost: from 2.4

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Infineon Introduces 3rd-Generation Silicon Carbide Schottky Diodes; Improved Performance Reduces Cost of Power Electronics for Motor Drive and Renewable Energy Applications

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Infineon was the world’s first provider of SiC Schottky diodes, introducing its first products in 2001. SiC Schottky diodes are available in 600 Volts (3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, and 12 A), in both TO-220 and DPAK packages, and in 1200 V products (2, 5, 8, 10, and 15 A) in TO-220 package.

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