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Report: Sumitomo to begin selling fuel cells for commercial vehicles with US Hybrid

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Sumitomo Chemical is developing industrial-scale manufacturing processes for the polymer organic LED technology and proton-conducting membranes for fuel cells developed by the Tsukuba Material Development Laboratory. In 2015, Sumitomo Riko established Sumiriko FC Seal Co., Sumitomo worked with British start-up ACAL Energy Ltd. earlier post ).

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XL1 dive and drive: Volkswagen aggressively optimizes for efficiency in its sleek diesel plug-in hybrid

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The XL1 is aggressively optimized for efficiency in all areas of its design and technology—from materials (carbon fiber reinforced polymer monocoque); to powertrain (0.8L two-cylinder diesel, 20 kW electric motor and 5.5 two-cylinder diesel, 20 kW electric motor and 5.5 Materials and weight.

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Rav4 EV

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

This car has half the power, substantially more battery capacity, and similar range to the EV1. This is the car that we take on family trips, and it is also the daily commute car now that the EV1 has been returned to GM. The Rav charges slower, but more consistently than the EV1. I’m ready for Li-Polymer batteries! (I

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Bring on the EV Trucks

Revenge of the Electric Car

Along with Tedd Abramson’s Zero Truck in San Diego and Smith Trucks in London, we now have EVI (I keep wanting to write that as EV1:~). The longer the range, the more expensive, so you get only what you need. Many of the companies that have fleets of trucks have buildings that are perfect for solar.

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Electric-Car Fans Rally Around the Volt - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

April 17, 2009 3:14 pm Link Goodbye GM is right, they h ad an electric car called the EV1 what happened to it? They are evidently conspiring with the oil companies otherwise why else would they destroy the EV1s. They didn’t just stop producing the EV1 they took every single working, running vehicle and destroyed it.

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