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Volvo Cars? Chengdu car plant powered by 100% renewable electricity; 65% hydropower

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Under the new contract, around 65% of the electricity supply comes from hydropower, while the remainder comes from solar power, wind power and other renewable sources. At the Ghent plant in Belgium, Volvo Cars installed 15,000 solar panels in 2018, the first large-scale introduction of solar energy in its global manufacturing network.

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Prayon obtains worldwide sublicense for lithium iron phosphate battery material

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Belgium-based Prayon Group has obtained a worldwide. A new production facility will be operated in Belgium (at its main production site in Engis) in summer 2012. superior safety profile of which offer great potential for hybrid and electric vehicle batteries as well as stationary applications (solar and wind power storage systems).

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UTC Power Attains 5,000-Hour Durability Milestone With Transit Bus Fuel Cell System

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company, announced that one of its latest generation PureMotion Model 120 fuel cell powerplants for hybrid-electric transit buses has surpassed 5,000 operating hours in real-world service with its original cell stacks and no cell replacements. A PureMotion system in a bus. Source: UTC. Click to enlarge. UTC Power, a United Technologies Corp.

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Electric Vehicle Initiative Launched at Clean Energy Ministerial in Washington DC

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The specific technologies that will be the focus of the pilots may include hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs), plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs), all-electric vehicles (AEVs), and fuel cell vehicles (FCVs). Multilateral Solar and Wind Working Group. Global Superior Energy Performance (GSEP) Partnership.

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Kia EV9 and Volvo EX30: Are they 2024’s most important EVs?

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Kia EV9 Blocky but wind-cheating While it’s more aerodynamic than it looks, the EV9’s flat sides and blocky, square-cut lines fall into the heart of the current SUV market. Mid-level trims (Wind, at $65,395, and Land, $6,000 more) come with dual motors delivering a total of 283 kW (379 hp) to power all four wheels, rated at 280 miles.

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SiliconRepublic.com: IBM to build smart grid for electric cars - R&D

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Market introduction and investment plans under the EDISON (Electric Vehicles in a Distributed Market using Sustainable Energy and Open Networks) in Denmark will result in upwards of 10pc of the country’s vehicles being all electric or hybrid electric during the coming years.

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Kia EV9 and Volvo EX30: Are they 2024’s most important EVs? – Charged EVs

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Kia EV9 Blocky but wind-cheating While it’s more aerodynamic than it looks, the EV9’s flat sides and blocky, square-cut lines fall into the heart of the current SUV market. Mid-level trims (Wind, at $65,395, and Land, $6,000 more) come with dual motors delivering a total of 283 kW (379 hp) to power all four wheels, rated at 280 miles.

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