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KIT, Tongji cooperating on distributed validation of fuel cell vehicle electric drive systems

Green Car Congress

The Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) and Tongji University in Shanghai are researching standardizable methods for joint technology development in dispersed locations. —Professor Albert Albers, director of IPEK’s Institute for Product Development at KIT. — Dr. med.

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2024 GWM Tank 700 PHEV review: 385kW/800Nm 4×4 is a rapid plug-in Toyota LandCruiser and Nissan Patrol rival

EV Central

This Chinese luxury 4×4 weighs in at a morbidly obese 3110kg, is longer than a Toyota LandCruiser 300 Series, and, thanks to its twin-turbo V6 petrol/electric motor combo, delivers a beastly 386kW and 800Nm. 2024 Tank 700 Hi4-T : What we think Our Chinese hosts weren’t keen on us testing the 700 Hi4-T in any kind of meaningful way.

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Volkswagen’s MEB for EVs: long electric range, open-platform, open-space, pricing for the volume market; “tablet on wheels”

Green Car Congress

These four main kits are now joined by the all-new Modularer Elektrifizierungsbaukasten (“Modular Electric Drive kit”, or MEB), being developed by the Volkswagen brand. It shows that we have four core innovations: smart sustainability, automated driving, intuitive interaction and personalized connectivity.

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Ford, GM rolling out third-party developer programs for in-vehicle apps

Green Car Congress

The Ford Developer Program for open mobile apps provides a software development kit (SDK), technical support from Ford engineers and a developer community to enable utilizing the SYNC connectivity system and AppLink application programming interface (API). —Doug VanDagens, global director of Ford Connected Services.

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2024 GWM Cannon Alpha Review

Baua Electric

Overview GWM has been selling utes Down Under for quite some time; and as with most Chinese-made marques, the GWM utility range offers good bang for your buck, and a continual commitment to improvement, which has helped grow its volume in what it must be said is a bustling segment.

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Who Really Invented the Thumb Drive?

Cars That Think

The gadget, roughly the size of a pack of chewing gum, held 8 megabytes of data and required no external power source, drawing power directly from a computer when connected. In addition to claims by M-Systems and IBM, perhaps the most complicated rivalry came from the Chinese company Netac Technology. It was called the ThumbDrive.

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Lessons from a year with solar power

EV Info

The inverter converts the DC solar into AC power that can power the house or be directed back into the Grid as well as connecting up the Battery packs that uses 48 Volt DC. . The LuxPower has a WI -Fi connection and can be access via a web browser, more of this later. Inverter: This is the most important bit of kit. See [link].

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