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2081 Articles match "Conversion"
| The Latest from Electric Vehicles | MORE | | DOE to award $500K for testing of wave energy device in Hawaii DE-FOA-0000705 ) The funding will support one project to deploy and test a wave energy conversion device for one year at the US Navy’s Wave Energy Test Site in Kaneohe Bay, on the island of Oahu. These efforts complement an ongoing collaboration with the Navy to advance ocean energy technologies. Brief Green Car Congress - Friday, May 18, 2012 | -
| The Best from Electric Vehicles | MORE | - Ten Top DIY EV conversion links.
The sites vary from EV discussion lists with a healthy DIY component to individuals who have extensively documented their own EV conversion. bit more accessible than the EVDL (which tends to be quite technical most of the time) the DIYelectriccar forums are a good place to start researching your conversion. www.evalbum.com. The EVDL. A Minor Journey - Wednesday, April 15, 2009 - EPA Proposes to Streamline Approval Process for Fuel Conversion Systems
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to make it easier for manufacturers to gain approval to sell fuel conversion systems. The proposed rule would cover conversions of light-duty vehicles and heavy-duty highway vehicles and engines, and would apply to all clean alternative fuels. Tags: Conversions Category. Green Car Congress - Friday, May 7, 2010 - Ford Unveils Electric Transit Connect, Transit Taxi with Alt Fuel Conversion at Chicago Auto Show
Ford will introduce engine prep packages on all Transit Connect models—base and taxi—allowing conversion to compressed natural gas (CNG) or propane (LPG, or liquefied petroleum gas) of the 2.0-liter Duratec engine. Ford will provide required calibration specifications for the CNG or LPG conversion. The electric Transit Connect. Green Car Congress - Tuesday, February 9, 2010 -
- Hydraulic Hybrid Systems and EMI Partner to Target Fleet Retrofit Market; First Retrofit Underway
The first conversion of the partnership is already underway, a MY 2002 CNG Chevrolet HD 2500 provided by Denver International Airport. Tags: Conversions Fleets Hydraulic Hybrid HHS upfit system. Click to enlarge. Hydraulic Hybrid Systems , LLC (HHS), a recently-formed subsidiary of Lightning Hybrids Inc. HHS system on the test stand. Green Car Congress - Saturday, September 12, 2009 - Protean Electrics retrofitted through-the-road plug-in hybrid van showing significant fuel economy gains
Protean Electric outfitted the front-wheel-drive Vivaro with a through-the-road hybrid conversion kit of two Protean Electric PD-18 motors attached to the rear axle. Conversions Hybrids Plug-insProtean Electric’s through-the-road hybrid van. Click to enlarge. in Traverse City, Mich. —Protean Chairman and CEO Bob Purcell. Green Car Congress - Tuesday, August 2, 2011 - Zytek Shows Electric A-Class Demonstrator with Uprated 55kW E-Drive; Developed in 10 Weeks
Tags: Conversions Electric (Battery) Motors Green Car Congress - Tuesday, September 8, 2009 -
- Electric Car Conversion
The electric car conversion is the world's best kept secret! You can buy them already done, or you can do it yourself Electric Cars are for Girls - Friday, September 2, 2011 - Third Phase of SDGE In-Use Study Shows PHEVs Excel on Fuel Economy and GHG Emissions Reductions Compared to Gasoline ICE and Hybrid-Electric Vehicles
SDG&E tested the performance of two 2007-model Prius hybrids and then converted them into plug-in hybrids, using a Hymotion 5 kWh lithium-ion battery conversion kit. Tags: Conversions Hybrids Plug-ins One of SDG&E’s converted PHEVs. Click to enlarge. Earlier post.) The same pool of drivers was used during vehicle evaluation. Green Car Congress - Thursday, July 16, 2009 - Bright Automotive To Convert VW Transporters to Plug-ins
Conversions are expensive, noted Lyle Shuey, Bright VP of Marketing and Sales, and the converted Transporters will not be as efficient as the purpose-built IDEA. Tags: Batteries Conversions Plug-ins A VW Transporter van. Click to enlarge. The IDEA concept. Click to enlarge. The Bright IDEA and Transporter PHEV. Specification. L/100km). Green Car Congress - Tuesday, August 11, 2009 -
- UK Collaboration Develops Plug-in Hybrid Retrofit for Conventional Vehicles
collaboration led by the UK’s Cranfield University has developed a retrofit plug-in hybrid conversion system for a conventional internal combustion engine vehicle. Tags: Conversions Hybrids Plug-ins Battery pack state of charge vs. distance for the ADDZEV vehicle under all-electric power on the UDDC cycle. Source: Cranfield. Resources. Green Car Congress - Thursday, April 30, 2009
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