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Hybrid hype: types, tech, and the road ahead

Baua Electric

Instead, the batteries are recharged using a combination of gasoline engine power and energy collected during braking (also known as regenerative braking). PHEVs can run as electric vehicles in cities, significantly reducing tailpipe pollution.

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Ferrari’s Plug-in Hybrid One-Ups the Combustion Engine

Cars That Think

Something strange is happening in the Ferrari SF90. Especially since I’m straining to keep pace with Raffaele de Simone just ahead, the Ferrari test driver who routinely sets lap records on this historic circuit, just a few pasta lengths from its factory in Maranello, in northern Italy. Ferrari conservatively quotes a 2.5-second

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Tazzari electric car comes to the UK

Green Cars News

Based in Modena in Italy, the home of exotic sports cars like Ferrari, Lamborghini and Maserati, the Tazzari Group plans to manufacture the innovative, stylish super mini the environmentally conscious urban enthusiast. Tazzari believes that “Made in Italy&# will stand for “Best in Class&# in the electric vehicle market as well.

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Why the Next Microgrids Will Be Well Connected

Cars That Think

Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory (including three of us—Ferrari, Ollis, and Starke) are investigating distributed controllers that will allow microgrids to form a larger network that will increase their resiliency and facilitate the integration of more renewable energy. To that end, engineers at the U.S.

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China puts its electric vehicles on center stage - China automotive news

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

"From what we have seen so far, [Chinese electric vehicle] technology is not that advanced" in terms of things like battery life, driving range and recharging, said Nick Reilly, head of GM Asia-Pacific operations, on Monday. Brilliance Jinbei Automobile Co. and Chery Automobile Co. Bridgestone to lift China tire.

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Electric Car Manufacturers Inspire New Paradigms -- Seeking Alpha

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Several global indicators on the supply of oil and the known carbon pollution environmental damages its caused all lead us to find cleaner ways of transportation. The electricity for recharging has to come from somewhere, which means power plants. Then I recall that my laptop batteries barely ever last four years.