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DuPont Teijin Films & Mitsubishi Electric Europe partner with Meta Materials on battery materials

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Meta Materials , a developer of high-performance smart materials and nanocomposites, entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) in partnership with DuPont Teijin Films and Mitsubishi Electric Europe. Each PLASMAfusion pulse begins with a generation of plasma through ionization of the operation gas.

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Mitsubishi EV Battery System to Be Installed in Refuse Collection Truck

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Mitsubishi Motors Corporation (MMC), will supply battery systems from its new-generation electric vehicle i-MiEV to Kyokuto Kaihatsu Kogyo Co., Kyokuto Kaihatsu Kogyo refuse truck with Li-ion compactor. Kyokuto Kaihatsu Kogyo refuse truck with Li-ion compactor. Click to enlarge.

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2013 Honda Fit EV receives EPA fuel economy rating of 118 MPGe; highest yet

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Mitsubishi i-MiEV. Ford Focus Electric. The 92 kW (123 hp) coaxial electric motor generates 189 ft-lb of torque, and is teamed to a chassis with a fully-independent suspension and a driver-selectable 3-mode electric drive system adapted from the CR-Z Sport Hybrid. Honda Fit EV Efficiency Comparison. EPA Combined MPGe.

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ACEEE ranks i-MiEV as “Greenest” car in US, Civic Natural Gas ties for second with LEAF

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Mitsubishi’s i-MIEV battery electric vehicle took the top spot from the Honda Civic Natural Gas on the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy’s (ACEEE) 14 th annual environmental ranking. The natural gas Civic had held first place for 8 years running. Mitsubishi I-MiEV. Honda Civic Natural Gas.

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DOE awarding >$24M to 77 projects through Technology Commercialization Fund

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Concentric Ring Gas Atomization Die Design for Optimized Particle Production, $150,000 Praxair, Indianapolis, Ind. Development of RF cured nanocomposite adhesives for thermal-budget reduction in adhesive bonding processes, $150,000 Mitsubishi Chemical America Inc., Selected Labs and Partners. Ames Laboratory. New York, N.Y.

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Daimler to begin production and sales of Fuso Canter Eco Hybrid in Europe

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Elements of the hybrid drive for Eco Hybrid: electric motor between clutch and Duonic gear box; Li-ion battery pack; power electronics. Mitsubishi Fuso Truck and Bus Corporation (MFTBC), a Daimler subsidiary, had been manufacturing up to 300 units per year of the first generation Canter Eco Hybrid in Japan. kg (140 lb).

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iMiEV Mitsubishi Innovative Electric Vehicle

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iMiEV Mitsubishi Innovative Electric Vehicle by Noel Adams Mitsubishi has been showing a number of electric cars at auto shows starting in Tokyo back in 2005, they didnt show the most recent iteration, the one that will be the production version, until the 2007 Frankfurt Auto show. The steering is light but precise.