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Renault partners with R-FIT to launch electric retrofit kits in France

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Renault is launching electric retrofit kits in France in partnership with R-FIT. These kits can be installed on the popular Renault 4, Renault 5 and first generation Twingo. The Renault 5 electric retrofit kit will go on sale in France in September 2023 while the kit for the Twingo will be made available at a later date.

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OptiFuel to repower Argentina’s 400 freight locomotive fleet from diesel-power to CNG and/or RNG

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OptiFuel is developing modular repower kits for diesel locomotives and new locomotives in all lengths, horsepower levels, and track gauges. For Argentina, OptiFuel will build locomotive kits in the US that will be shipped for local assembly in Argentina, creating new jobs and enhancing business in both countries.

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Consortium seeks to show total cost of EVs can be less than combustion engine reference car

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Michelin and Siemens, in cooperation with research partners at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) and the Fraunhofer Institute for Systems and Innovation Research ISI, are launching a project to demonstrate that the total cost of electric vehicles can be less than that of a conventional combustion-engined car.

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Electric Car Watch #12: The sad state of Electric Car conversions in India

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One was the conversion kit by Hyderabad based e-Trio, and the other was Pune based Northway Motorsports. The costs of such a conversion will usually be based on your range requirements. Usually, for a 150+ km range car, the cost is around 5-6 lakhs. Challenges for Kit Makers Now here is the big limitation kit providers face.

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Freudenberg Sealing Technologies offers material testing for lithium-ion battery electrolytes

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In response, the lithium-ion battery developers are constantly exploring ways to make these sustainable energy devices more powerful, more robust and faster during recharging cycles. First aid kits were stocked with special treatments that counter the caustic chemicals found in lithium electrolyte solutions.

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Tata Ace Gold - Electric Truck Conversion

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By Atul Gopal ​We had an opportunity to visit Nothway Motorsports to check out their new electric truck conversion kit. Though a wee bit underpowered with its 2 cylinder engine, the low operating and maintenance costs, along with a loading capacity of 1 t has been a hit formula. I can only think of the 407 as the other one.

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Axion Power receives order from ePower for PbC batteries to convert 10 Class 8 trucks to series hybrids

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At ePower’s current specifications, each conversion kit system requires 56 PbC batteries and the PbC battery management system (BMS). The heavy trucking industry is a huge and unserved market when it comes to significantly improving miles per gallon of diesel fuel at affordable cost. —Axion Chairman & CEO Thomas Granville.

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