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Electric Vehicle Spotlight (EVS): Opibus is helping electrify Africa

Electrek

Our latest EVS is on Opibus, a company headquartered in Kenya that was born out of a research project in Sweden. By focusing on all-electric conversion kits for fleet vehicles, as well as manufacturing electric motorcycles and energy systems, Opibus is on a mission to implement clean electric mobility in the emerging markets of Africa.

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Five Hyundai ix35 Fuel Cell vehicles joining London hydrogen project

Green Car Congress

These fuel cell vehicles will be leased to key public and private fleet users in the capital. —Kit Malthouse, London Deputy Mayor for Business and Enterprise and Chairman of the London Hydrogen Partnership. Under the hood. Click to enlarge. Hyundai joined the LHP earlier this year. Earlier post.). Hyundai ix35 Fuel Cell.

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The promise of wireless charging: smaller batteries, longer battery life, fewer charging stations

Charged EVs

Wireless charging is nothing new— Charged has covered wireless EV charging since at least 2011—but it may be that its true value is only coming into focus now, as more and more commercial and transit fleets are electrifying. metric tons [in battery weight] from a bus, we saved a fleet operator $24 million in energy costs.

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Plans "large demonstration fleet" late 2009. Saab GM-owned company exploring PHEVs Joint Venture with Volvo and others to research PHEVs Toyota 500 PHEV 2010-model Priuses with lithium batteries to be leased for fleet tests in 2009 (150 in U.S.) The problems of changing to a plug-in fleet are not all technical.

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