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New Audi R18 makes its debut; fundamental redesign of diesel hybrid racer with Li-ion battery storage

Green Car Congress

Audi Sport has fundamentally re-designed the Audi R18 for the 2016 season. The 2016 R18 retains the 4.0L The 2016 R18 will race in the 6MJ class; the 2015 R18 raced in the 4MJ class, up from 2MJ the season before. Audi customer teams will be fielding the new Audi R8 LMS on four continents in the 2016 season. TDI engine.

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NOHMs raises $5M for commercializing non-flammable, ionic-liquid containing electrolytes for EV batteries

Green Car Congress

Phoenix Venture Partners II LP (PVP) led the round with Solvay Ventures, New York State Innovation Venture Capital Fund (NYSIVCF), and angel investors. In that project, NOHMs is collaborating with A123 (cell build and testing) and CoorsTek (ionic liquid synthesis and cost analysis). volts in lithium ion cells. Surya Moganty (PI) et al.

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3 AutoNation USA retail outlets obvious up to now this while

Baua Electric

Beneath then-CEO Mike Jackson, AutoNation in 2016 revived the AutoNation USA emblem, years nearest Jackson had closed lots of the team’s used-only retail outlets. Past the Albuquerque, Austin and Colorado Springs places, AutoNation USA has shops in Phoenix and Avondale, Ariz. Louis; Henderson, Nev.; Charlotte, N.C.;

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Molycorp to increase supply of rare earth materials to Hitachi Metals; the two call off US joint venture plans

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Molycorp’s Mountain Pass facility (Project Phoenix). Source: Molycorp. Click to enlarge. Under a new agreement, Molycorp, Inc.,

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Punching above its weight

Electric Auto Association

They’ve all been incredibly important to building our chapter in terms of inspiration, organizational effort, and effective visioning.” Among the contests was “a huge late winter race in Phoenix with a variety of events and classes, including Formula Lightning ,” for which he was an advisor to a team from Ohio State.

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Volkswagen inaugurates 9.5 MW solar park at Chattanooga plant in US; key element of VW Group’s strategic sustainability targets

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billion) worldwide plus an additional €14 billion (US$19 billion) in China during the period to 2016. The solar installation at Volkswagen Chattanooga confirms the awarding of the LEED Platinum certification to VW by the US Green Building Council in late 2011. Phoenix Solar Inc., billion (US$83.4 The Chattanooga Solar Park.

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Charlie represents EV Driver in India

EV Driver

So I represented EV Driver as part of a UK delegation, which included Hubeleon, EV Technology, The Phoenix Works and the Department of International Trade, Nottingham City Council, Cenex and Energy Systems Catapult. They want to create jobs and build the whole thing in their own country - they want it to be homegrown.

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