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The Pininfarina Battista is more than a Rimac Nevara in a wig

Teslarati

Universally, the Pininfarina Battista has been adored for its hypercar performance. And if you are willing to keep your foot off the floor, the vehicle will even take you 300 miles , with 100% complimentary lifetime charging. Much like other electric vehicles, the vehicle is far from featherweight.

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UW-Madison Hybrid Vehicle Team working with Engine Research Center to apply dual-fuel RCCI engines in series and parallel hybrids

Green Car Congress

The University of Wisconsin-Madison Hybrid Vehicle Team will work with the UW-Madison Engine Research Center to test implementations of Reactivity Controlled Compression Ignition (RCCI) engines being developed by UW mechanical engineering professor Rolf Reitz and his colleagues. Earlier post.).

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NC Transportation Center

Plug In Partners

I t's fair to say that the plug in hybrid ( watch video ) was born in California at UC Davis through the vision and tenacity of Andy Frank; but now, as the idea and the technology begins to mature and spread, another State and another University is joining the effort: Here's the story from Channel Nine news : N.C. Duke Energy Corp.

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Wall Street Report

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In the 1990s, as a mechanical-engineering professor at the University of California here, Dr. Frank produced another shocker. Saturn and a 200-horsepower electric motor. . -- In the 1950s, an aspiring Pasadena hot-rodder named Andrew Frank shocked the competition by powering his 1936 Ford with a Cadillac V-12 engine. "It

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MAEAA Web Links

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Saturn :Ken Norwicks online conversion diary Saturn: conversiondiary Solectria E-10 : Tom Husons new project SolectriaForce : Tom Hudson doesnt let cold weather stop him. Battery chargers and DC/DC converters.

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Plug-In Hybrids (or Plugin Hybrids)

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

They reinforce the Pacific National Labs January 2007 findings that we wont have to build new power plants for cars that charge at night. As PHEVs start to enter the marketplace, well see increasing support from electric utilities, as theyll offer reduced nighttime rates to incentivize off-peak charging. The GREET 1.6

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Plans Saturn Vue PHEV-10. Aims to get Saturn Vue on road in 2010; no production goal. Were charging full-speed ahead before we know exactly what the investment is going to be, before we know whether we can make any money off it or not, before we know how many were going to sell," Lutz said. See Chevy Volt for latest.

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