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CA Energy Commission awarding Wrightspeed $5.789M grant for retrofit range-extended electric powertrain for medium-duty commercial vehicles

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Top speed (limited) is 75 mph (121 km/h). Wrightspeed made its first conversion kit for the Isuzu NPR. During 2010 and 2011, Wrightspeed raised $10 million in private investments, some of which was used as matching funds for the company’s prior CEC grant for $1.2 Regen braking power is 400 hp (298 kW), with slip limiting.

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New Scania heavy-duty truck series offers up to 8% reduction in fuel consumption

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The Scania G- and R-series long-haulage trucks feature new low-drag looks and full air deflector kits. The 450 and 490 hp engines are based on further refinements of the 440 and 480 hp units, which have been proven in the hands of operators since early 2011. Corresponding savings for Euro 3/4/5 are up to 5%. Euro 6 Engines.

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Five Hyundai ix35 Fuel Cell vehicles joining London hydrogen project

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Kit Malthouse, London Deputy Mayor for Business and Enterprise and Chairman of the London Hydrogen Partnership. The ix35 has a 100kW fuel cell stack that delivers power to a 100 kW, 300 N·m (221 lb-ft) electric motor with reducer for 0-62 mph acceleration in 12.5 Hyundai joined the LHP earlier this year. Earlier post.).

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VW introducing 1.8L EA888 Gen 3 engine in 2014 Jetta, Passat and Beetle; driving impressions

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liter engine, which can be mounted either transversely or longitudinally—it is part of the MQB (transverse) as well as the MLB (longitudinal) assembly kits ( earlier post )—has already been applied in the Audi A4 in Europe in a longitudinal mounting. “[The now goes from 0 to 60 mph in a manufacturer estimated 7.3

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Will CARB’s New Rules Damage EV Startups?

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General Motors plans to unveil the Chevy Volt, a plug-in hybrid, sometime in 2010, and Toyota may begin selling a plug-in Prius in late 2010 or early 2011. And around town, we were virtually all electric except for a brief stretch in excess of 34 mph on Gilman Street, or when a new driver hit the gas pedal too hard during acceleration.

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Electric-Car Fans Rally Around the Volt - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

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Shouldn’t the article above have been placed in the muscle car section, not the weenie tree hugger section?: “The Chevy Volt feels “particularly muscular&# up to about 30 mph, CNN reports, though its actual zero-to-sixty time is “about average for a modern car.&# [link] “ — Electric drive performance.

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