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GM CTO says company accelerating electric vehicle development in China; R&D focus on batteries and lightweight materials

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Extended-range electric vehicles, which offer electric propulsion and contain an on-board engine generator to extend the vehicles’ range. GM has brought to the China market the Chevrolet Volt extended-range electric vehicle, Buick LaCrosse with eAssist and Cadillac Escalade Hybrid. Earlier post.). concept in the Tianjin Eco-City.

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MIT proof-of-concept demo of ionic wind propulsion for aircraft

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In this way, the batteries supply electricity at 40,000 volts to positively charge the wires via a lightweight power converter. Ion-drive engines are just one much-needed option to improve the efficiency and environmental impact of aircraft engines, alongside tweaks to fuel and design. EAD airplane design.

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Chevrolet to produce Spark battery electric vehicle for US and global markets starting in 2013 with A123 Systems pack; EN-V gets a Chevrolet badge

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It complements Chevrolet’s growing range of electrified vehicles, including the Volt extended-range EV and the 2013 Malibu Eco with eAssist technology. —Jim Federico, global vehicle chief engineer for electric vehicles at Chevrolet. In April, GM and the Sino-Singapore Tianjin Eco-City Investment and Development Co.

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MIT team outlines path to low-cost solar-to-fuels devices; the artificial leaf

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Authors of the paper are MIT associate professor of mechanical engineering Tonio Buonassisi, former MIT professor Daniel Nocera (now at Harvard University), MIT postdoc Mark Winkler (now at IBM T. volts, is insufficient to power the water-splitting reaction, which needs more than 1.2 —Winkler et al. Winkler, Casandra R.

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Why Warren Buffett is investing in electric car company BYD - Apr. 13, 2009

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BYD has also begun selling a plug-in electric car with a backup gasoline engine, a move putting it ahead of GM, Nissan, and Toyota. Deploying the armies of laborers at BYD is an officer corps of managers and engineers who invent and design the products. Wang says the engineers come from Chinas best schools.

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