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Toyota extends battery warranty for Model Year 2020 hybrid, plug-in, and fuel cell electric vehicles

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New 2020 Highlander Hybrid with an estimated 33 combined MPG. Inverter with Converter. Third-generation Camry Hybrid with an EPA-estimated 52 combined MPG. Second-generation RAV4 Hybrid with an estimated 40 combined MPG. Avalon Hybrid premium sedan with an EPA-estimated 44 combined MPG.

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Chinese steel group Tsingshan investing $375M to build lithium plant in Argentina with Eramet

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Eramet owns perpetual mining rights over a major lithium concession, in the form of brine, located on the Andean highlands in the province of Salta in Argentina. Purification of the lithium, then reaction with sodium carbonate to convert it to lithium carbonate. —Christel Bories, Eramet group Chair and CEO. Background.

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EMEC produces first hydrogen from tidal energy

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By harnessing the power of the tide at EMEC’s tidal energy test site at the Fall of Warness, Eday, Orkney, prototype tidal energy converters—Scotrenewables’ SR2000 and Tocardo’s TFS and T2 turbine—fed power into an electrolyzer supplied by ITM Power situated next to EMEC’s onshore substation.

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Ultimate Audi TT Roadster, Mercedes-AMG GT2 Professional: Automobile Information Headlines

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Ringbrothers capped off its show off for this future’s 2023 SEMA display with a customized 1965 Ford Mustang convertible. It’s carefully aligned with the GT2 race automobile however is much more ultimate because of its insufficiency of any rules to satisfy.

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Report: Toyota to begin sales of fuel cell sedan in Japan this December

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The front compartment houses the electric motor, electronic control system and boost converter. Increasing the voltage produced by the fuel cell, this converter has allowed both the size of the motor and the number of cells to be reduced, thus cutting costs and increasing performance.

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Toyota Mirai manga, VW diesel deadline, electric-car speed record: Today's car news

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Today, the Toyota Mirai hydrogen fuel-cell car gets its own manga, Volkswagen misses a deadline to present a diesel solution that satisfies regulators, and a converted Corvette sets a speed record for electric cars. We have live photos of the 2017 Toyota Highlander Hybrid from the 2016 New York Auto Show.

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Schaeffler supplying modular hybrid transmission to 2020 Ford Explorer, Ford Police Interceptor Utility and Lincoln Aviator

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When equipped with a Class III Tow Package, the all-new Explorer Limited Hybrid tows 1,500 pounds more than a 2019 Toyota Highlander Hybrid. It offers a number of benefits, including: improved fuel economy; zero local emissions; instantaneous acceleration; an onboard generator; integrated torque converter; and improved towing.

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