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Rimac Technology enters stationary energy storage systems market with launch of Rimac Energy

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Rimac Energy’s ESS is built upon a novel electrical architecture, which the company says enables significant performance, safety, and availability advantages, including up to 50% reduced energy losses and 40% smaller system footprint. Insights into the technology will be revealed later this year.

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Pre-series-production eActros 300 Tractor drives 3,000 km from Germany to Turkey for testing

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The eActros 300 Tractor for distribution haulage has covered around 3,000 kilometers from the Mercedes-Benz Wörth plant to Aksaray in Turkey, where the road endurance and reliability testing of the electric truck will be taking place. Test engineers chose a route across Austria, Slovenia, Croatia, Serbia and Bulgaria for the trip.

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A new way out for domestic and foreign enterprises, charging pile and outdoor advertising

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ChargeEuropa, a foreign company specializing in electric vehicle charging networks, also sensed the potential of charging pile advertising, and deployed electric vehicle charging advertising piles in Poland and Croatia. The construction of charging stations in Poland and Croatia is still in its infancy.

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Study finds that EV-specific factors rather than socio-demographic variables better predictors of EV uptake

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In other words, neither financial incentives nor charging infrastructure ensure high electric vehicle adoption rates. EV adoption was operationalized as national market shares of electric vehicles. Electric (Battery) Market Background Plug-ins Policy' —Sierzchula et al. —Sierzchula et al. Sierzchula, W.,

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New laser system for fuel ignition may lead to reduced auto emissions, greater fuel efficiency

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Further a laser can ignite leaner or high pressure mixtures that are difficult to be ignited by a conventional electric spark plug. The laser-ignition system, although promising, is not yet being installed into actual automobiles made in a factory. 630, February 2010, INTECH, Croatia. ISBN 978-953-7619-80-0, pp.

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