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Energy Impact Partners invests €5M in EV fleet efficiency company ViriCiti

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The company currently serves more than 50% of the e-bus market in Europe and North America, with its solution integrated into some of the largest urban transit networks, including New York City, San Francisco and Los Angeles. —Shayle Kann, EIP Senior Vice President of Research & Strategy.

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Freudenberg invests in fuel cell and battery technologies

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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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Yutong Group partners with StarPower and Cree to deliver its first electric bus in China to use silicon carbide in powertrain

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In 2022 the company plans to open the world’s largest silicon carbide fabrication facility in New York while at the same time significantly expanding silicon carbide crystal growth capacity at its operations in North Carolina. In 2017, StarPower’s automotive module production headquarters was founded in Shanghai China.

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Survey Shows Auto Dealers Still Annoyed With Biden EV Strategy

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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

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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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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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News: 2023 Genesis Electrified GV70 AWD

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Genesis engineers were able to use the same GV70 platform for both power plants without sacrificing interior space for people or cargo. Genesis showed a pre-production 2023 Electrified GV70 at the 2022 Los Angeles Auto Show. kWh lithium-ion battery. The last one is no small thing. The Electrified GV70 comes in two trim levels.

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