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Kangoo be bop Z.E. electric vehicle available for test drive

Green Cars News

It generates no emissions of CO2, smoke or particulates. Situated near the controller, the converter converts the 400V DC stored in the traction battery into 12V DC to feed Renault Kangoo be bop Z.E.’s This junction box also includes the charger which converts the 220V AC into 400V DC for battery charging purposes.

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GM Says Chevrolet Volt Won't 'Pay the Rent' | Autopia from Wired.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Generating electricity from wind and geothermal rather than a CO2 producing sources would help alleviate that problem. The intolerable act is to pretend that making cars into plug-ins will reduce CO2. So is the management in Washinton DC. We are facing a big problem with global warming. Many others are not so careful.

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