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FEBRUARY 20, 2011

The Nikkei reports that Toyota Motor Corp. will start selling home battery chargers for electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles in 2012. The companies will produce two charger types, with one designed to extend from the exterior wall of a home and the other made for installation in a garage. according to the report.

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APRIL 23, 2022

Bridgestone launched its guayule research initiative in 2012, when it broke ground on a guayule processing and research center in Mesa, Arizona. IMS has installed a 150kW high power electric charging station at the track to allow for convenient charging.

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JUNE 13, 2012

DMA will use Remy’s HVH 250 motor to power their plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV) sedan. DMA will install Remy’s HVH 250 machine as the traction motor in the 5-passenger plug-in hybrid sedan, which will be available during the third quarter of 2012. Remy International, Inc.

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OCTOBER 1, 2012

At CEATEC Japan 2012 this week, Nissan Motor Co. While parked, the car’s security camera system automatically works with a camera installed in the vehicle. will showcase autonomous driving in a parking application with the NSC-2015 prototype—a modified Leaf EV.

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JUNE 24, 2012

As of May 2013, Toyota Motor Manufacturing France (TMMF) will start building its successful Toyota Yaris compact car for export to the US, Canada and Puerto Rico. This investment is required to build the car to the specific requirements of the new market, including the installation of a North American specific 1.5-liter

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JULY 22, 2011

Less than two years after spinning out of Oxford University, Oxford YASA Motors ( earlier post ) is expanding, moving from Abingdon in Oxfordshire to a new facility at Milton Park. The phased relocation will be completed in the first quarter of 2012. YASA motor. Click to enlarge.

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NOVEMBER 17, 2010

Toyota Motor Sales (TMS), USA, unveiled the second-generation Toyota RAV4 EV demonstrator vehicle at the Los Angeles Auto Show. Tesla Motors is supplying the battery and other related components. TMS aims to have a fully re-engineered RAV4 EV (Phase One vehicle) on the market in 2012, said Jim Lentz, president and chief operating.

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JANUARY 27, 2011

At the 2011 Geneva Motor Show, Volvo Cars will unveil the V60 diesel Plug-in Hybrid—a virtually production-ready car with carbon dioxide emissions below 50 g/km, which translates into fuel consumption of some 1.9 In a press conference at Paris Motor Show in September 2010, Jacoby stated that the future for Volvo lies in electric cars.

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MARCH 26, 2022

The heart of any electric motor consists of a rotor that revolves around a stationary part, called a stator. Stator iron accounts for about two-thirds of the weight of a conventional motor. The layered components of an Infinitum Electric axial-flux motor are shown here, in exploded form. Electric motors consume.

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MAY 30, 2012

Tesla Motors has released the first installment in its series of "Inside Tesla" articles, whetting the world's appetite in the run-up to the first 2012 Model S deliveries in only 22 days time. Tesla's George Blankenship shares some insights into the Model S production process, the first aspect of which is stamping.

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FEBRUARY 3, 2020

Toyota Motor Corporation has developed an Acceleration Suppression Function that used big data collected from connected cars to help identify abnormal operation of the accelerator and control acceleration. The system can now be installed in 12 models, and 20,300 units have been fitted as of 31 December 2019.

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AUGUST 17, 2011

A derivative of Zytek’s production 70kW 300N·m E-Drive will be installed in the transmission tunnel with just three additional connections. The Morgan Motor Company and a consortium of British technology specialists are developing a new, high-performance electric sportscar prototype. Click to enlarge.

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2009

Volvo Car Corporation is postponing its plans to produce a full hybrid based on a diesel engine and instead will introduce a series-produced plug-in diesel hybrid (PHEV) in Europe as early as 2012. The diesel engine can be run separately or in combination with the electric motor for optimal power and energy utilization. Earlier post.)

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DECEMBER 12, 2011

The number of on-board electric motors remains the same, one for traction and one to operate the PTO and auxiliary circuits, but their rated power and torque are doubled. Each of the new electric motors has a power output of 100kW, with continuous torque of 950 N·m (701 lb-ft) and maximum torque of 1,200 N·m (885 lb-ft).

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JULY 6, 2012

Mazda Motor Corporation will begin leasing the Demio EV in October 2012. The Demio EV features a 20 kWh, 346 V Li-ion battery pack and Mazda coil-switching electric motor with maximum output of 75 kW from 5,200 to 12,000 rpm and maximum torque of 150 N·m (111 lb-ft) from 0–2800 rpm. Making the most of the motor’s.

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DECEMBER 15, 2022

The highly automated manufacture of electric motors in Györ. The site switched to green power back in 2012. Among other things, Audi Brussels installed one of the region’s largest photovoltaic systems on the plant premises, covering 107,000 square meters.

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JULY 23, 2014

million contract awarded by the US Department of Energy DOE to develop, to fabricate and to test a linear motor reciprocating compressor (LMRC). The simplified design should also be more reliable, requiring less maintenance, and it can easily be modularized for installation in the field. Earlier post.).

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MARCH 7, 2012

Nissan unveiled the Hi-Cross Concept hybrid at the 2012 Geneva Motor Show, heralding a possible new design direction for the company as well as a possible expansion of the current Juke-Qashqai-Murano portfolio. The hybrid drivetrain couples an electric motor powered by a Nissan-developed compact lithium-ion battery with a 2.0-liter

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AUGUST 21, 2012

Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) will carry out a series of verification tests in Aichi Prefecture, Japan from November 2012 to March 2013 to assess various practicalities of the widespread deployment of standard chargers for plug-in vehicles. The tests will be conducted together with two local governments and 10 businesses.

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JULY 27, 2013

Ford Motor Company is recalling model year 2013 C-Max hybrid vehicles, without panoramic roofs, that were manufactured 19 January 2012 through 25 June 2013. Ford will notify owners, and dealers will install a plastic energy absorber between the headliner and the roof on both the left and right side of the vehicles.

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FEBRUARY 20, 2013

The linear generator converts the kinetic energy of the piston into electricity and this in turn powers the electric motor. The DLR researchers says that through the installation of a gas spring in their system, they have now succeeded, for the first time, in operating such a system in a stable manner. Click to enlarge. Earlier post.).

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OCTOBER 14, 2014

has received California Air Resources Board (CARB) Executive Order (EO) #D-731-1 allowing aftermarket conversions of gasoline-powered 2012-2014 model year General Motors 2500 and 3500 vans, Chevrolet Express and GMC Savana vans into hybrid electric vehicles. XL Hybrids, Inc.

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MARCH 8, 2019

was a retailer, everyone in the chain of commerce—that is manufacturers, distributors, dealers, installers, and retailers—has an important responsibility to ensure that all aftermarket products they offer for sale have first been exempted by CARB. The California Air Resources Board (CARB) announced that AZAA Investments, Inc.,

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JULY 2, 2010

Chevrolet plans to produce 10,000 Volt extended range electric vehicles by the end of the 2011 calendar year, and an additional 30,000 Volts during the 2012 calendar year, according to Volt Marketing Director Tony DiSalle, who made the announcements during a live video webcast 1 July. Earlier post.).

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MARCH 3, 2012

Winter 2011-2012: Engine Bay and Under-car: The car is now completely gas-less. The climate control system is now separated and I am ready to install the ceramic heating element in the place of the heater core. For tachometer, I will be using a sensor ring on the second shaft end of the motor connected to a new instrument.

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NOVEMBER 24, 2011

Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC); Honda Motor Co., Mitsubishi Motors Corporation; ULVAC, Inc.; As of the end of October, approximately 800 quick chargers have been installed in Japan, a number still viewed as insufficient from a users’ standpoint. The organization plans to start such services in fiscal year 2012.

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DECEMBER 27, 2010

Ford will begin applying start-stop technology—currently used in Ford hybrids and some Ford cars in Europe—in conventional cars, crossovers and SUVs in North America in 2012. A similar system has been installed on more than 170,000 gasoline-electric hybrid vehicles Ford has sold since 2004.

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MARCH 15, 2012

and Toyota Motor Corporation have completed co-development of a residential-use solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) co-generation system, the ENE-FARM Type S. Kyocera Corporation, Osaka Gas Co., Aisin Seiki Co., Chofu Seisakusho Co., Components of the ENE-FARM Type S.

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OCTOBER 31, 2020

The repower kits are engineered by Lightning eMotors and will be installed by ABC technicians. The first repowered motorcoach, a 2012 Van Hool T2145, will be going into operation in the San Francisco area this month, while other motorcoach models are being readied.

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JUNE 29, 2014

General Motors is increasing its renewable energy use with 3 acres of new solar arrays at two Michigan facilities. The new installations bring GM closer to reaching its goal to increase renewable energy use globally to 125 MW by 2020. solar installations include: A 1.8 solar installations include: A 1.8 GM’s other U.S.

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NOVEMBER 1, 2013

Toyota Motor Corporation will carry out verification tests in Aichi Prefecture, Japan from November 15, 2013 to March 15, 2014 to assess the practicality of the widespread deployment of chargers for plug-in hybrid vehicles (PHVs) and electric vehicles (EVs). Additional coin-operated chargers (¥100 / US$1.02

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OCTOBER 3, 2011

Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) held an event at its Toyota Biotechnology and Afforestation Laboratory in Aichi prefecture to showcase technologies developed there as part of its biotechnology and afforestation businesses. Permanent installation with low maintenance. varies by location and installation conditions).

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2012

It, or a scaled-up version, could also provide a solution for the Asian motor vehicle fleet, in which two-stroke engine vehicles constitute a major share—and contribute significantly to air pollution. They are a major contributor to particulate matter (PM) and hydrocarbon emissions, besides visible smoke. ASME ICEF2012-92047).

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JUNE 2, 2011

First seen in the Ford Start concept car that debuted at Beijing in 2010, the engine more recently made its European debut in the Ford B-MAX at the 2011 Geneva Motor Show. liter EcoBoost engine will be released in September at the Frankfurt Motor Show in Germany. Full volume production is slated for the first quarter of 2012.

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MARCH 4, 2014

At the Geneva Motor Show, Toyota Motor Europe (TME) announced that European sales of hybrid vehicles reached an all-time high in 2013 totaling 156,863 units, up 43% year-on-year. In 2013 total Toyota Motor Europe sales reached 847,540 vehicles, an increase of 9,569 units from 2012, equalling a 0.2

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AUGUST 10, 2011

Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Toyota is bringing two battery electric vehicles to the US in 2012—the RAV4 EV and the Scion iQ EV. Toyota also will bring to market in 2012 the Prius Plug-in Hybrid vehicle, which combines an extended all-electric range for shorter commutes with a conventional hybrid synergy drive for longer trips.

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AUGUST 14, 2014

Ford Motor Company is teaming with DTE Energy to build Michigan’s largest solar array at Ford World Headquarters. The solar installation is part of an initiative DTE Energy launched in 2009 called SolarCurrents. In 2012, a “living roof” was installed when a 2,500-square-foot portion of the rooftop needed repair.

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