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Electric rickshaw heads into production

Green Cars News

A battery-powered version of a tuk-tuk (or auto rickshaw) is to go into production in Asia, featuring key parts manufactured by UK company, Sevcon. Gateshead-based Sevcon partnered with Swedish manufacturer Clean Motion to develop the Zbee, a three-wheel electric city passenger vehicle. Now goin[.].

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Saera Electric Auto and Keto Motors Team Up to Win the Indian E-3 Wheeler MarketĀ 

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The two OEMs have set forward intentions to provide six new and competitively priced products by January 2024. The plant for Saera Electric Auto is situated at the former Harley-Davidson site in Bawal, Haryana, and has a current production capacity of 100,000 three-wheelers per year. kW, it is classified as category L5.

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DOE to Award Up to $2.4B for Advanced Batteries, Electric Drive Components, and Electric Drive Vehicle Demonstration/Deployment Projects

Green Car Congress

billion to produce advanced automotive batteries and their components, and up to $500 million to produce other components needed for electric vehicles, such as electric motors. Electric Drive Vehicle Battery and Components. The latter will provide grants to US-based manufacturers of up to $1.5

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Tokyo 2023 revisited: Every electric concept debut from the best motor show in years

EV Central

Of course, concepts are one thing and production cars another. But clearly many of these vehicles are intended for production and some of them will come to Australia. The polygon surfaces were highlighted by Nissan designers as a future production car theme. Toyota EPU Toyota EPU. No word on Australian prospects as yet.

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Piaggio sets up first EV facility in Chennai

Electric Vehicles India

Our EV policy is drawn in order to facilitate multi-fold increase in production and infrastructure development of electric vehicles.” The Ape E-Xtra FX gets a bigger 8 kWh Lithium-ion battery to an electric motor with 9.55 bhp and 45 Nm output. On a single charge, it can give 90 km and a top speed of 45 kmph.

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Are You Plugged In?

Revenge of the Electric Car

Plug-in hybrids differ from hybrids on the road today in that they can go longer distances on battery power and can be recharged via electrical outlets. Myers’s NmGā€”or no more gasā€”is a three-wheel, one-seat vehicle that can travel up to 75 mph and as far as 50 miles in its lithium-battery model.

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2010 Aptera 2e First Drive and Video on Inside Line

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Featured Specs Battery-powered electric drivetrain Three wheels; 0.15 Cd 1,700 pounds 100-mile cruising range Driving the Prototype of the EV Three-Wheeler By John ODell, Senior Editor Email Date posted: 2009-03-16 21:00:00.0 STORY TOOLS Digg this! coefficient of aerodynamic drag, which compares to the 0.25

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