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Rolls-Royce developing turbogenerator technology for hybrid-electric aviation applications

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By developing turbogenerator technology that will be scaled to serve a power range between 500 kW and 1200 kW, Rolls-Royce says that it can open up new longer routes that electric battery-powered aircraft can also support.

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Mercedes-Benz to invest ~€500M to produce electric compact EQ model at Hambach plant

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In 2007 smart launched a battery-powered vehicle as a pioneer in e-mobility and has been producing electric smarts in series since 2012. Annette Winkler, Head of smart. With the smart location in Hambach, Mercedes-Benz Cars has a longstanding competence center for the production of electric vehicles.

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Solaris to deliver another 48 trolleybuses to Budapest

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The vehicles will be fitted with an additional battery power supply that will allow them to drive without being connected to overhead wires. Solaris buses and trolleybuses have been present in Hungary since 2002. The new order is another batch covered by a framework agreement signed in 2014.

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Why Warren Buffett is investing in electric car company BYD - Apr. 13, 2009

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Today BYD employs 130,000 people in 11 factories, eight in China and one each in India, Hungary, and Romania. More Andy Grove on battery power More Is it time to buy American Express? Put simply, this little-known upstart has accelerated ahead of its much bigger rivals in the race to build an affordable electric car.

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