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Calls for an international 48V electrical standard for vehicles; looming WLTP implementation

Green Car Congress

This means that in addition the power demand is more difficult to achieve with engine downsizing and transmission down-speeding alone. Low voltage hybridization on the other hand, for a new class of 48V hybrid vehicle, provides an affordable compromise between efficiency and cost. Earlier post.).

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Ferrariā€™s Plug-in Hybrid One-Ups the Combustion Engine

Cars That Think

That front-drive mode gets the car a green light in cities like London and Rome as they begin to bar polluting cars from their downtown areas. Automakers are finding it difficult to challenge those boldface numbers with internal combustion alone, especially as engines are relentlessly downsized to meet regulations.

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