article thumbnail

Corsa Ginetta-Zytek to Race as Hybrid at Lime Rock

Green Car Congress

Corsa Motorsports’ Ginetta-Zytek 09HS prototype will compete for the first time in hybrid configuration this weekend at Lime Rock Park for the American Le Mans Northeast Grand Prix. Corsa’s Ginetta-Zytek has been officially homologated as a hybrid. Earlier post.). Click to enlarge. This has been a long time coming.

Zytek 150
article thumbnail

Ricardo to host conference on energy generation and management in low carbon vehicles

Green Car Congress

Attendance at the conference is free of charge but those wishing to participate must register in advance as delegates via the event web site [link] or by e-mailing Matthew Little of Ricardo at matthew.little@ricardo.com.

Carbon 186
article thumbnail

Partners Present Details of 29M Low Carbon Vehicle Technology Project in UK; 15 Separate Workstreams from Battery Cells to Aerodynamics

Green Car Congress

million) Low Carbon Vehicle Technology Project (LCVTP) Based in the UK’s West Midlands were revealed at a launch event held at the Heritage Motor Centre in Warwickshire. Drive Motors. Tags: Batteries Electric (Battery) Europe Hybrids Infrastructure Motors Plug-ins Power Electronics. More details of the £29-million (US$44.7-million)

Carbon 186
article thumbnail

Gordon Murray T.27 unveiled; Zytek provides more details on 25 kW EV powertrain

Green Car Congress

At an event held at the Royal Automobile Club, Pall Mall, London Gordon Murray Design unveiled its latest ultra-compact electric city vehicle, the T.27 At an event held at the Royal Automobile Club, Pall Mall, London Gordon Murray Design unveiled its latest ultra-compact electric city vehicle, the T.27 Specs for the T.27.

Zytek 218
article thumbnail

Jaguar Land Rover showcases MHEV, PHEV and BEV Concept_e demonstrators; electric Drive Module

Green Car Congress

At the CENEX Low Carbon Vehicle event in the UK, Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) is showcasing three Concept_e research demonstrators—a mild hybrid, plug-in hybrid, and battery-electric vehicle—including a new novel high performance, modular electric drive module (eDM) developed in-house by Jaguar Land Rover. Click to enlarge.

article thumbnail

Jaguar Land Rover to lead $25M Evoque_e collaborative research project to develop new modular HEV, PHEV and BEV technology

Green Car Congress

The partners include Zytek Automotive, GKN Driveline, Motor Design Limited, AVL, Drive System Design, Williams Advanced Engineering, Delta Motorsport, Tata Steel, Bristol University, Cranfield University and Newcastle University. Batteries Electric (Battery) Hybrids Motors Plug-ins' billion (US$4.3

article thumbnail

VIDEO: Driving a Tesla-powered Smart

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Our friend Doug, of Tesla Motors Club fame, was at the event and went for a ride in the diminutive one, armed with a video camera to record the ride, the results of which we are happy to share with you after the break. Zytek (a UK based company) make the motor and drivetrain for it. from the Tesla Roadster.

Power 49