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Report: Sumitomo to begin selling fuel cells for commercial vehicles with US Hybrid

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In 2012, Sumitomo Metal Industries merged with Nippon Steel to form Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation, the third largest steel manufacturer in the world as of 2015. In 2015, Sumitomo Riko established Sumiriko FC Seal Co., As a result, this material has been adopted in parts for the fuel cell of Toyota’s Mirai fuel cell vehicle.

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CEO Mary Barra & General Motors Make Sure The Greenius Is Rewarded For His Many Years Of EV Advocacy

Creative Greenius

After taking solar installation classes and volunteering with GRID Alternatives for several years and learning to install racking systems, PV modules and inverters, and how to wire them up – including bending conduit – in 2015 I installed a solar PV system on my own roof with a crew of GRID experts. Installing the 5.2

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Plug-in cars: Moving Forward

Plugs and Cars

GM waxed hot and cold on the EV1. President Obama has stated a commitment to 1 million plug-in cars by 2015. Veteran automakers, oil companies, and federal and state governments have been both the prime movers and obstacles to plug-in cars in the past and they remain so today. Will we get our money’s worth? It’s far from a slam dunk.

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Can General Motors bounce back? The Green Piece

Green Cars News

GM is also investing in hydrogen vehicle development with a 116 strong fleet spread throughout the world for testing and the company is working on a fifth generation system for 2015 that is expected to offer a longer range and a much smaller fuel cell stack than the existing system. diesel engine for light trucks.

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Plug In America Challenges Obama Auto Task Force Conclusion on GM Volt, Proposes Reduction in Warranty Terms to Reduce Manufacturer Cost

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But not a single production plug-in electric vehicle sold to date, from GM’s early EV1 to today’s Tesla, has had a warranty of more than five years, noted Plug In America advisory board member Chelsea Sexton. Sexton, a former GM employee on the EV1 project, featured prominently in Chris Paine’s 2006 film, “Who Killed the Electric Car?”

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Kia EV6 GT Review: Is this the first great EV performance car?

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READ MORE: Kia “most probably” to be EV brand; 7 EVs from EV1 to EV9 READ MORE: $90K-plus Kia EV9 coming in 2023 with 7 seats, two battery capacities Could it be the performance EV we’ve all been waiting for? litre supercharged V8 engine when it launched in 2015). Let’s check it out. 2023 Kia EV6 GT.

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

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During his campaign, President Obama said he would work to put one million plug-in hybrids on American roads by 2015. OK, Oh Brainless One, spouter of endless lies and idiocies, explain how your dream of one million electrics on the road by 2015 has any significance? I miss my EV1. — kent beuchert 10. — Garrek 17.

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