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Tier 1 HELLA evaluating PowerGenix NiZn batteries for 48V mild hybrid vehicles

Green Car Congress

HELLA is a leading provider of Intelligent Battery Sensors (IBS), DC/DC converters and automotive energy management products for micro-hybrid vehicles for the world’s leading automotive OEMs (Original Equipment Manufacturers). Nickel-zinc batteries are chemically very similar to nickel-cadmium, NiCd. Earlier post.).

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Electric bicycles classifications, history & development 

Electric Vehicles India

In 1895, Ogden Bolton invented an EB integrated with a six-pole direct current (DC) hub motor mounted in the rear wheel. 1896, Charles Theryc invented the wheel with an electric motor hub that can be applied to vehicles and bicycles that helps to convert the self-moving bicycle into an ordinary bicycle. Nickel-cadmium battery(NiCd).