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DAIHEN leverages WiTricity wireless charging technology for solar-powered mobility demo in Japan

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DAIHEN has been using WiTricity’s DRIVE 11 wireless charging system as a reference design for its own line of standards-compliant wireless chargers for battery electric and hybrid electric vehicles. DAIHEN recently launched a demonstration with Kansai Electric Power Co.

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Oorja Protonics Introduces New Direct Methanol Fuel Cell On-Board Battery Charger

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Battery charge and power are maintained at high levels and the battery is not subject to heat damage caused during recharging. The Hybrid Electric Vehicles developed in the program will serve as future test platforms for SymPowerco’s FEDMFC and for retrofit Hybrid Power Systems of varying designs.

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Ford announces Smart Mobility plan; 25 initial projects

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The initial step is the creation of 25 mobility experiments across the globe designed to help change the way the world moves. Ford engineers are working with HP to track the driving habits of 100 vehicles used nationwide by HP employees for work and personal commuting. Rapid Recharge & Share, Dearborn. Fleet insights, US.

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Electric Car Manufacturers Inspire New Paradigms -- Seeking Alpha

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Think Global managers want to develop the car plant and launch an engineering center, perhaps alongside. The revised Think from Think Global has emerged as popular in Europe with a more stylish design than the earlier iteration. It features ABS brakes, dual airbags, and is designed to meet all European and U.S.

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Electric Car Makers: Oregon Wants You - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

April 10, 2009 2:28 pm Link Nothing pollutes more than the tailpipe of a internal combustion engine car. This “Total Transportation System&# is designed to keep America running when the OPEC countries start admitting empty wells, a certainty the date of which is a CIA secret, determined from space technologies ahead of OPEC themselves!

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GM Says Chevrolet Volt Won't 'Pay the Rent' | Autopia from Wired.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

The four-door sedan will deliver 40 miles on a charge; a small gasoline engine will recharge the battery as it approaches depletion, extending its range by as much as 200 miles. I blame management but it is sad that the engineers and union workers are going to get hurt too. Engineering proptypes enjoy a tax break.

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