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Nissan X-Trail e-Power with e-4orce is a taste of EV-lite

EV Central

Nissan’s new hybrid tech has the potential to challenge Toyota’s dominance in Australia’s medium-size SUV segment with the RAV4. Around 75 percent of RAV4 sales are petrol-electric powered. The name is clunky, but Nissan’s system is smoothly impressive. Nissan X-Trail e-Power e-4orce.

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

Green Car Congress

Ports of Auckland first started looking for a battery-powered tug in 2016. This made an ideal candidate for conversion to the first full-size, fully electric port tug. There are also high levels of redundancy built into its power systems. —Tony Gibson, CEO of Ports of Auckland. tCO 2 e.

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Lux: future use of wide bandgap materials in power electronics will reduce EV cost

Green Car Congress

In electronic devices, WBG semiconductors can eliminate up to 90% of the power losses that currently occur during AC-to-DC and DC-to-AC electricity conversion, and they can handle voltages more than 10 times higher than Si-based devices, greatly enhancing performance in high-power applications. million to a $3.8-million

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ORNL study finds best current use of natural gas for cars is efficient production of electricity for EVs

Green Car Congress

Because the use of natural gas for transportation requires compressing, liquefying, or conversion, it is important to determine the best use of natural gas as a transportation fuel. The WTW analysis focused solely on the fuel-motive power cycle, disregarding the vehicle cycle—i.e., mpgge (equivalent to 7.6

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Ram Promaster EV brings Detroit’s third maker into electric vans

Charged EVs

Detroit automakers to offer a battery-electric van for the delivery fleets found throughout the US. Nissan never offered its e-NV200 compact electric van here (and the gasoline NV200 itself is now gone too). The Ram’s battery powers a 200 kW (268 hp) motor driving the front wheels, rated at 302 lb-ft of torque.

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Ram Promaster EV brings Detroit’s third maker into electric vans – Charged EVs

Baua Electric

Detroit automakers to offer a battery-electric van for the delivery fleets found throughout the US. Nissan never offered its e-NV200 compact electric van here (and the gasoline NV200 itself is now gone too). The Ram’s battery powers a 200 kW (268 hp) motor driving the front wheels, rated at 302 lb-ft of torque.

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What Does GM’s “30 New EVs By 2025” Promise Mean for the US Market?

EV Adoption

In the 12 months since sharing the forecast below, multiple new crossover/SUV EVs including the Mustang Mach-E, Volvo EC40 Recharge, Polestar 2, Tesla Model Y Standard Range, Nissan Ariya, VW ID.4, Most all of these new EVs are arguably more compelling, albeit more expensive than the Bolt EV and EUV. So What Does It All Mean?

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