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NEDO, Sharp, and Toyota to begin public road trials of electrified vehicles equipped with high-efficiency solar batteries

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Toyota installed this panel on the roof, hood, rear hatch door, and other parts of its Prius PHV and produced a demo car for public road trials. times higher in comparison with the commercial model Prius PHV (equipped with a solar charging system). Profile of demo car. The solar battery cell is a thin film about 0.03

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NREL report on electric bus demo at Foothill Transit finds Proterra fuel economy >8x higher than CNG on same line

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However, because Foothill Transit operates its BEB and CNG bus fleets differently, the efficiency results presented are not an apples-to-apples comparison. An apples-to-apples comparison of fuel cost—i.e., Foothill Transit installed two charger heads at its charging station to avoid downtime for charger unavailability.

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Hamburg putting its first Citaro FuelCELL Hybrid buses into service

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Hamburger Hochbahn AG has acquired four Mercedes-Benz Citaro FuelCELL Hybrids under the German “NaBuZ demo” scheme to promote sustainable bus systems for the future. As on the earlier fuel cell buses, the two stacks are installed on the vehicle’s roof. Three more buses are to follow next year. Earlier post.).

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Daimler demos self-driving snow removal trucks; premiere of Remote Truck Interface

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This means the routes to be driven are always specified cartographically and are followed with pinpoint precision thanks to a differential GPS system—accuracy: three centimeters—by the lead vehicle as well as the other convoy vehicles thanks to constant target/actual comparisons.

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OLA Electric Scooter Ownership Blog - Dark Knight

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I may add ,there is no comparison of “biking be it simple bike or ebiking” to eScooter ,I would prefer biking any day over eScooter any day. Installed it early hours of Monday first time it didn’t went through later left it for a while ,checked it after 25 min it was done. It was sedate-slow, update.

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Toyota introduces 2012 Prius Plug-in Hybrid

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The production plug-in hybrid has a number of key changes from the 125 prototype demo units that were deployed in the field for testing and customer feedback. The demo units defaulted to EV mode. The compact Li-ion battery pack is installed under the rear luggage area. L/100km equivalent and 4.8 L/100km, respectively.

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AMPLY Power offers EV fleets guaranteed uptime and zero charging challenges

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As commercial fleets electrify, they are finding that they need expert help to design, install and operate their charging infrastructure. During previous tech revolutions, third-party contractors emerged to provide turnkey services to companies for things like data centers and solar installations. I also tell the story of data centers.

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