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Rolls-Royce and Flanders Electric to develop hybrid retrofit solution for mining trucks

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The two companies have signed a Memorandum of Understanding enabling them to offer a scalable retrofit kit for hybridizing mining trucks in a wide range of mining applications. This energy is then fed back to power the wheel motors, allowing the diesel engine to be downsized.

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KIT researchers developing low-pressure carbonitriding process for hardening steel with methylamine; applications in downsized engines

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A team at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) is developing a new low-pressure process for hardening steel using methylamine. Steels hardened in this way are suited for use in components subjected to high mechanical and thermal loads in downsized, energy-efficient and low-emission engines of the future. ethyne or propane.

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Main Page - EAA-PHEV

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PiPrius : Open Source documentation and kits. However they also retain the ability to travel long distances when utilizing the existing gas or diesel refueling infrastructure. Recharge a Car, Recharge the Grid, Recharge the Planet Google.org supports PHEV & V2G with [link] project.

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Freescale introduces new powerful microcontroller for automotive powertrain systems

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The adaptability and capability of the MPC5676R make it suited for a variety of powertrain control applications, including diesel, gasoline and natural gas engines and hybrid electric and plug-in electric vehicles. Freescale plans to offer evaluation kits and samples of the MPC5676R MCU in January 2012. Block diagram of the chip.

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

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Blue Concept PHEV Van with diesel or hydrogen fuel cells and rooftop photovoltaic. The advanced technology vehicle would have an extended driving range on battery power alone and would also have a diesel or gasoline engine that could power the car when the battery was low. Expects production around 2014. 11/11/06 General Motors Corp.

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