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Ford Conducts Design of Experiment Investigating Thermoelectric Energy Regeneration

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engine with an Atkinson-cycle engine, as used in Ford’s Escape hybrid SUV. A literature review of the subject was conducted, which included a recent study that estimated a 21% loss of a typical IC engine’s fuel energy as exhaust heat at ¼ load and 1500 rpm, rising to 44% at 100% load and 4500 rpm, with a drive cycle average of about 33%.

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GM, Segway to Make Vehicle - WSJ.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

All Rights Reserved This copy is for your personal, non-commercial use only. Goldman Pushes Stock Issue in Plan to Escape U.S. The quality of conversations can deteriorate when real identities are not provided. Distribution and use of this material are governed by our Subscriber Agreement and by copyright law.

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New EV electric car calendar

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ACE-EV X1 Transformer – Australian-based start-up plans a small range of affordable EVs focused on light commercial duties. $5 Get all the latest EV news and reviews delivered to your inbox with our weekly newsletter. Ford Escape PHEV – plug-in hybrid of all-new Escape. Subscribe now! Due here in 2023.

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CalCars and PHEVs Frequently Asked Questions

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Our PRIUS+ Project Photos PHEV Resources Global Warming Take Action News and Events Contact Us CalCars Frequently Asked Questions Jump to: Environmental Effects and Benefits Alternative Fuels Batteries PHEV Conversions Other Questions Note: This page is overdue for a major overhaul. PHEV Conversions to top What cars can be converted to PHEVs?

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Xerox Parc’s Engineers on How They Invented the Future—and How Xerox Lost It

Cars That Think

The ideas developed at PARC found their way into a number of commercial products, companies, and publications, shown here as leafy branches. Also in 1974, the Product Review Committee at Xerox head­quarters in Rochester, N.Y., But Xerox resisted. The one most frequently cited by former PARC researchers is Polos.

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

This is from "Commercializing Plug-In Hybrids" (pdf), the current CalCars 24-slide presentation about PHEVs available along with other documents at CalCars Downloads. Ford Escape PHEV-40 around 2012. First Escape PHEV delivered to SCE Nov 2007; 20 in 2008-2009. First Escape PHEV delivered to SCE Nov 2007; 20 in 2008-2009.

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Cleantech Blog: Smart Grids and Electric Vehicles

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Blog Archive ▼ 2009 (52) ▼ April (6) Waxman-Markey and REDD BlogRoll Review: Space Beams, Leaded Batteries, an. Review of Forestry Carbon Standards 2008 Ford Partners to Commercialize Electric Vehicles A New "Green" Deal.Direction for the economic re. The World's First Clean Motocross Race On Electric.

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