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UK Collaboration Develops Plug-in Hybrid Retrofit for Conventional Vehicles

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A 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.

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Axion supplying PbC batteries to Norfolk Southern for all-battery switcher and working on line-haul hybrid locomotives; micro-hybrid and stationary expansion

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Micro-hybrid testing against VRLA. Most recently, Axion signed a project-specific Letter of Intent with privately-held Rosewater Energy Group, based in Fort Lauderdale, Florida concerning a strategy to create and market a variety of energy storage and conversion products for the high-end residential market. —Tom Granville.

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