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MTSU group seeking to commercialize new wheel motor plug-in hybrid retrofit kit

Green Car Congress

A prototype plug-in hybrid retrofit kit is applied to a research vehicle’s rear wheels. A group at Middle Tennessee State University (MTSU), led by Dr. Charles Perry, who holds the Russell Chair of Manufacturing Excellence, has developed and demonstrated a proof-of-concept for a wheel motor plug-in hybrid retrofit kit for almost any car.

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Lightning eMotors delivers first all-electric motorcoach to ABC Companies; order for 200 ZEVs

Green Car Congress

They have an 800-volt modular, liquid-cooled battery system with up to 640 kilowatt-hours of energy that provides roughly 200 miles of real-world range and can be charged fully in three hours via DC fast charging.

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Neste Oil joins aireg to promote the deployment of biofuels in aviation

Green Car Congress

Among the current 29 members of aireg are oil companies, airlines, airplane and engine manufacturers, research institutions, and universities such as Total, Lufthansa, Boeing, Rolls-Royce, Technical University Munich (TUM), and Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT).

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EV Solutions WarP-Drive Installation

DIY Electric Car

Outfitted with (18) Trojan T-875 batteries (144V pack) and a Curtis 1231C controller, the truck served as our rolling test bed as we developed and tested components for our S10 conversion kits. The WarP-Drive 160/1000 is a 160VDC, 1000 Amp continuous rated output DC controller. WarP-Drive Standard Performance Cooling Kit.

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EV gateway

Electric Auto Association

My goal at the time was to drive it to work 10 miles away, at the Department of Physics at the University of Missouri. I had to build a controller from a kit,” continued Garver, who was a member of the Electric Auto Association at that time. “It Wayne Garver with his 1971 VW conversion. “I

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"Spirit of DC" PHEV All Around America Update. from EVJerry back in DC with the "Spirit" Hanging out at the Beach!

Spirit of DC - PHEV3A

Maybe even provide feedback to PHEV3A Co-Chairs: Joe Lado JoeLado@yahoo.com or EVJerry Asher EVJerry@usa.net (202) 486-5450 "Spirit of DC" PHEV All Around America Update - 7 November 2008 I. See Dr Walter Wu's email regarding gifting the "Spirit of DC" in the Feb 2009 timeframe. Winter Schedule Planning for "Spirit of DC: A.

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Ford, Volkswagen, and GM Explore EV-Powered Houses

Cars That Think

In case of power outage at home, the DC pins in the charger can send juice back into the house, keeping the lights on. And that’s much cheaper than a new $1,300 kit. And he’s skeptical about the cost factor in home bidirectional chargepoints.

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