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Cleaning Your Car Upholstery Doesn’t Have to be Painful

Clean Fleet Report

You know that you are going to spend most of your time on the inside of your car, so you need to make sure it’s as clean as possible so that you can actually enjoy it. Being able to keep the interior of your car fresh and clean is so important. Don’t Let It Build Up. Vacuum Often. Crumbs, anyone?

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KIT seeking to halve manufacturing costs of batteries and electric powertrains

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Costs of manufacturing batteries and electric powertrains can be halved by 2018, if the gaps in the innovation chain can be closed, according to researchers at Germany’s Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT). KIT plans to build a close-to-industry “research factory” on its premises. —project head Andreas Gutsch.

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ABC Companies partners with Lightning eMotors to launch first electric repowered motorcoach

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The repower kits are engineered by Lightning eMotors and will be installed by ABC technicians. In addition to delivering the first repowered motorcoach application and launching the Lightning eMotors EV Repower kit option, ABC will also debut its first fully battery-electric OEM-produced Van Hool motorcoach later in 2020, the Van Hool CX45E.

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Karma showcases extended range E-Flex platform for utility van applications

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The E-Flex platform with EREV technology provides a number of benefits including sustainable driving with extended range due to the on-board generator, adherence to clean air zones for city driving and quieter transport for passengers. Additional components also available include Karma’s new SiC inverters.

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Great tools to keep in your car for emergencies

Clean Fleet Report

Having a car-specific tool kit at the ready for your vehicle is so important. If you have been thinking of creating a tool kit for your car, then here are a few items that you may want to consider putting in it. Building a tool kit There will be many tools that you should have in your car. It does not take up much space.

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Efficient Drivetrains selected to participate in $4.4M DOE program for electrification of school buses

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In response to the increased demand, EDI offers a vehicle developers kit and support program to enable bus manufacturers to rapidly create EV vehicle solutions. The EDI PowerDrive kit offers OEMs a robust framework for rapid EV vehicle solution development.

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Ideanomics and GEP unveil the EV street sweeper coming to a city near you

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62 EV street sweepers will eventually be shipped to these areas after the proprietary electric and hybrid-electric propulsion kits from both Ideanomics and its subsidiary U.S. Also, each order supports the growth of America’s clean energy economy and green manufacturing jobs.” Hybrid were supplied to GEP.