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KLD Energy and Cenntro Group to develop 4-wheel EVs with KLD drive system

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Some of the first systems planned to go into the market will be the Utility Electric Vehicle (UEV), an off-road and on-road work and maintenance vehicle; the Neighborhood Electric Vehicle (NEV), a low-speed vehicle; and the Intra-city Logistic Vehicle (ILV), a compact delivery vehicle similar to those used by major overnight delivery services.

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The Long View from SAE 2009 World Congress

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On 20 April, the opening day of the SAE 2009 World Congress, the AVL Technology Leadership Theater presented a forum on “Green Mobility—The Long View”. Island Press, 1998; translated into Chinese, China Architecture and Building Press, 2007. by Bill Cooke. Organized by Shane Chang at Honda Research Institute USA Inc., Washington, D.C.:

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Virginia Tech researchers find estimates of the carbon cycle are incorrect; implications for models

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What Jian and Steele, along with the rest of the team, found is that by using the gross primary productivity of carbon dioxide’s accepted number of 120 petagrams, the amount of carbon coming out through soil respiration should be in the neighborhood of 65 petagrams. student at Virginia Tech and is now at Northwest A&F University in China.

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MIT study: people globally follow a “visitation law”; inverse relationship between distance and frequency of visits

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A new paper by an MIT team and colleagues in Singapore, China, Italy and Denmark, drawing on global data, finds that people visit places more frequently when they have to travel shorter distances to get there. The visitation law could have many practical applications—from the design of new infrastructure to urban planning. Schläpfer, M.,

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Honda announces second plug-in vehicle testing program; Japan joins US, China may follow

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In addition to Japan and the United States, Honda is considering the possibility of conducting a similar program in China. Study the low noise impact of electric vehicles in residential neighborhoods. Earlier post.) Solar-powered charging station for the test vehicles. Click to enlarge.

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South Korean EV Company to Open Two Production and Distribution Facilities in Pennsylvania

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CT&T makes low- and mid-speed, short-distance neighborhood electric vehicles that pass crash tests required for regular passenger cars. CT&T has been exporting to China, Canada, the United Arab Emirates, Japan, and the United States since 2005. intends to open two production and distribution facilities in Pennsylvania.

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Li-ion maker Boston-Power launches module system for EV and ESS applications; no-weld integration

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The Swing 5300 cell is targeted at a wide range of applications including Battery Electric Vehicles (BEVs), Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles (PHEV), Light Commercial Vehicles (LCV), Neighborhood Electric Vehicles (NEV), and Stationary Energy Storage. Gravimetric energy density for the 5300 mAh, 19.3

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