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Toyota introduces second-generation Mirai fuel cell electric vehicle as design and technology flagship

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For 2021, Toyota has fully rebooted the Mirai, originally offered in 2016, as a premium rear-wheel drive sports-luxury fuel cell electric vehicle (FCEV) with striking design, cutting-edge technology, more engaging driving performance and a significantly longer EPA-estimated range rating.

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Wolfspeed wins 2016 R&D 100 Award for wide bandgap underhood inverter for HEVs/EVs

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Wolfspeed, A Cree Company, a leading global supplier of silicon carbide (SiC) power products, won a 2016 R&D 100 Award for its high-temperature, wide-bandgap (WBG) underhood inverter for hybrid and electric vehicles. The product operates by taking a two-level high and low input DC voltage (i.e.,

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Tech: How do Hybrid & Plug-in Hybrid Batteries Recharge? Do I Need to Plug a Hybrid In?

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When hybrids appeared most used nickel-metal-hydride batteries This question was such a big roadblock for increasing sales that Toyota began an advertising campaign for the Prius that clearly emphasized that plugging in was not necessary. For the uninformed, the question was: Does the battery need to be plugged in to a hybrid car charger ?

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Audi unveils h-tron quattro fuel cell SUV concept at Detroit; MLB evo platform

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(As two rough comparisons, Toyota’s production Mirai fuel-cell sedan, with a 114 kW fuel cell stack and a 113 kW traction motor, has an NEDC fuel consumption—calculated from the JC08 homologated value—of 0.76 kg H 2 /100 km, according to Toyota. When the car is braked it stores the recovered energy. g H 2 /100 km. ).

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Ongoing market rollout for SAE hydrogen fueling standards

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BMW-Toyota, Daimler-Ford-Nissan, and Honda-GM. More than 230 hydrogen stations are expected to be in operation by 2016 and more than 1,400 additional hydrogen stations will be in operation by 2025 (totaling roughly 1,680 new stations announced to date). Earlier post.) MC can be thought of as a heat sink or thermal mass.

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Toyota FCV Mirai launches in LA; initial TFCS specs; $57,500 or $499 lease; leaning on Prius analogy

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In addition to the vehicle’s introduction in Japan, Toyota launched the Mirai—a four-door, mid-size fuel cell sedan with performance that fully competes with traditional internal combustion engines—in Los Angeles on the eve of the Los Angeles Auto Show. Toyota FC Stack. Click to enlarge. Mirai powertrain.

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Ford pushing for common industry metrics to understand customer daily electric driving requirements

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The data is anonymized and stored in secure servers at Ford, where it is analyzed by a customized suite of tools. This, said Hinds, is where DC fast charging comes into play. Ford PHEV sales up strongly in 2016. Sales of the battery electric Focus dropped 45% from 1,582 units in 2015 to 872 units in 2016. million trips.

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