Green Car Congress

JULY 5, 2019

Japan’s NEDO, Sharp Corporation, and Toyota Motor Corporation plan to begin public road trials of electrified vehicles equipped with high-efficiency solar batteries from late July 2019. 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.

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Solar Toyota Batteries Battery 236

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 26, 2012

At the opening of Auto Guangzhou 2012, Shanghai General Motors launched its first localized new energy vehicle, the Sail SPRINGO EV. As a comparison, the new Chevrolet Spark EV uses a 100 kW motor with 542 N·m of torque. The Sail SPRINGO EV. Click to enlarge. Earlier post.). The Sail SPRINGO EV costs RMB 4.6 (US$0.74)

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General Motors 2020 2012 Green 240

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 4, 2009

Comparison of Fuel Consumption, Fun to Drive and System Cost of the different powertrain concepts. In testing on a BMW demo 3-Series vehicle, a 1.6-liter The demo Turbohybrid powertrain. In cooperation with BMW and LUK, AVL applied the Turbohybrid powertrain in the BMW 3-series demo vehicle. Click to enlarge.

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Hybrid Concept Downsizing Fuel 150

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 17, 2011

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. MG1 (motor-generator 1) is an air-cooled permanent magnet motor rated at 56 hp (42 kW). L/100km equivalent and 4.8

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Prius Plug-in 2012 Plug 244

Cars That Think

JULY 30, 2023

In 1961, Glimcher traveled to the Soviet Union to see a demo of the Russian Hand. Working with Alter, Rothschild designed, constructed, and demonstrated a motor-driven elbow controlled by emg signals. The most serious problem, similar to the Russian Hand, was the bulky, belt-worn rechargeable battery, which had a limited charge.

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Boston MIT Utah Massachusetts 88