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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.

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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).

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Kangoo be bop Z.E. electric vehicle available for test drive

Green Cars News

Situated near the controller, the converter converts the 400V DC stored in the traction battery into 12V DC to feed Renault Kangoo be bop Z.E.’s This junction box also includes the charger which converts the 220V AC into 400V DC for battery charging purposes.