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XALT Energy batteries powering MCI all-electric passenger coach

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NFI), to supply ultra-high energy lithium-ion battery packs for its zero-emission, MCI D45 CRTe LE CHARGE long-distance motor coach. New Flyer is a long-standing, strategic customer to XALT and uses the company’s batteries to power its Xcelsior CHARGE all-electric urban buses that are running in cities across North America.

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First Li-ion battery-powered automated guided container transporter delivered to HHLA Container Terminal Altenwerder

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Diesel-powered AGV at CTA will be replaced step-by-step. A pilot project to test a lithium-ion AGV prototype coupled with an automatic electric charging station has been under way at CTA since autumn 2016. The lithium-ion automated guided vehicle (AGV), weighing 26.5 tonnes, was brought by heavy transport on 1 August.

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Saft Li-ion batteries to power Stockholm’s new Ballerina electric ferry

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Ballerina is a well-established operator of ferries and has placed the order for Saft’s Li-ion marine battery systems on behalf of Stockholm Public Transportation in Sweden, which ordered a battery powered ferry with the objective of saving fuel and improving its environmental credentials.

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Extinguishing the EV Battery Fire Hype

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Speaking of fires in cars fueled by gasoline or diesel, he says, “It’s an everyday event. A citywide backlash against battery-powered vehicles followed, as reported by multiple sources. The immediate fallout has been new restrictions that hamper gig workers’ ability to charge their two-wheeled EVs.

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Wärtsilä providing HY hybrid modules for Swedish port tug; first vessel operating with Wärtsilä HY solution

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It will be capable of operating on battery power when in transit. Although it is configured as a mechanical set-up, the hybrid diesel-electric mode will allow the number of prime movers utilized to be reduced to just one for various operational tasks.

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Ports of Auckland buys world’s first electric tug; 70-tonne bollard pull

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The new tug, a Damen RSD-E Tug 2513 to be delivered in 2021, will have a 70-tonne bollard pull, the same as the port’s strongest diesel tug Hauraki , also built by Damen. It was important to us that a new electric tug should be able to carry out normal port operations, just like our existing diesel tugs. This is just what we need.

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ABB partners with Vigor selects ABB as propulsion and energy storage partner for hybrid-electric ferries

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The new vessels will be able to fully operate on battery power and will have the capability to revert to hybrid mode, if required. The battery power can also extend zero-emissions capability along the supply chain by using renewables and hydroelectric power.