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Freudenberg invests in fuel cell and battery technologies

Green Car Congress

Freudenberg Sealing Technologies believes electric vehicles will reach significant production volumes by 2025; however, even as they do, internal combustion engine (ICE) cars and trucks will maintain an important role in the transportation industry for the foreseeable future. —Claus Möhlenkamp.

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Survey Shows Auto Dealers Still Annoyed With Biden EV Strategy

The Truth About Cars

Thousands of dealerships have urged President Joe Biden to reconsider the proposal — which could be finalized as soon as March — arguing it would mandate an unrealistic shift to solely battery-powered vehicles before the market and infrastructure are ready. still used production quotas. Electric vehicles are exciting.

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Fossil Fuels Renewable Energy and EV Modern Life

Setec Powerr

Here in New York City, where we have a population density that supports a mass transit system, most of our fossil fuel use is to power our buildings. Our power system and its management are one of the few examples of highly centralized vertical organizational integration remaining in our economy.

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News: 2023 Genesis Electrified GV70 AWD

Clean Fleet Report

News: 2023 Genesis Electrified GV70 AWD First Genesis Built in the U.S. Is an EV Genesis, the luxury division of Hyundai Motor Group, began this past week producing its first model in the United States at the sprawling HMG factory in Montgomery, Alabama. kWh lithium-ion battery. kWh lithium-ion battery.

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Porsche’s 800V electric sports car Taycan makes world debut

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The most important sales markets of the new electric sports car are on these three continents. They are at the cutting edge of Porsche E-Performance and are among the most powerful production models that the sports car manufacturer currently has in its product range.

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Ford unveils C-MAX Energi, its first production plug-in hybrid, and another hybrid variant

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On the heels officially introducing the Focus Electric last week ( earlier post ), Ford revealed two next-generation hybrids—including its first production plug-in hybrid (PHEV)—at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit. Ford C-MAX Energi plug-in hybrid. Click to enlarge.

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False Starts: The Story of Vehicle-to-Grid Power

Cars That Think

It occurred in the wake of the California electricity crisis of 2000 and 2001, when mismanaged deregulation, market manipulation, and environmental catastrophe combined to unhinge the power grid. In the early years of the automobile, battery-powered electric cars were competitive with cars fueled by gasoline and other types of propulsion.

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