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Mazda's electric car gets patents for rotary range-extender engine

Green Car Reports

Recent patent filings suggest Mazda’s next Wankel engine will equip a battery-powered car, not a rear-wheel drive heir to emblematic sports coupes like its RX-7 and RX-8. While the RX-8 has.

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BEDEO’s Land Rover Defender EV retrofit unveiled with in-wheel motors

Electric Cars Report

British engineering company Bedeo (formerly BD Auto) announced the launch of the Reborn Electric: Icons initiative with the overhaul of its first iconic vehicle – the legendary Land Rover Defender.

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Audi Unveils Battery-Powered EV Fast-Charging Hub Pilot Project

CleanTechnica EVs

It is widely accepted that the days of the internal combustion engine are well and truly numbered. Audi is wise to this fact and is now trying to position itself as one of the leaders in the charge to a completely electric vehicle world. Recognizing that as the number of electric vehicles on the roads […].

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MG4 EV Named UK Car of the Year 2023

Electric Cars Report

However, unlike 2022 when the top four cars were battery-powered, the MG’s closest competition came from internal combustion engined models at either end of the performance spectrum.

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Death of engines overstated, fully electric world a 'comic book' fantasy: Japanese test company

Green Car Reports

Most analysts agree the future of the automobile will slowly but increasingly come to rely on battery power. Electric cars will slowly displace internal combustion engines, many researchers suggest, and peak demand for fossil fuels used in transportation could arrive as soon as the next decade.

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Siemens and Fjellstrand partner on battery-electric car ferry

Green Car Congress

Rendering of the battery-electric car ferry. Siemens, together with the Norwegian shipyard Fjellstrand, has developed a battery-electric car ferry, the miljøferge (environmental ferry) ZeroCat. The 80-meter vessel can carry up to 120 cars and 360 passengers. Click to enlarge.

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CESifo: EVs not the best option for reduction in on-road CO2 in Germany given power mix

Green Car Congress

It follows from our comparative calculations for the new Tesla Model 3 and the Mercedes C 220 d that even modern electric cars will hardly be able to contribute to the reduction of German CO 2 emissions in the coming years. Combustion engines powered by fossil methane already have very low CO 2 emissions today.

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