Green Car Congress
JULY 19, 2017
The 48 volt system establishes a third on-board power network. It fills the gap between the 12 volt network already established for decades and the high-voltage network required by electric vehicles. It is however not being replaced, but rather supplemented by the 48 volt network.
Cars That Think
MARCH 30, 2023
In 2011, the company’s LS-218 SuperBike set a landspeed record for production electric motorcycles at the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah, with a 347.55 That time isn’t much longer than a gasoline fill-up, especially for motorcyclists who don’t mind some stretching and recovery after hours in the saddle. kilometer-per-hour (215.91
Green Car Congress
JULY 28, 2020
The main lever here is a far-reaching product strategy with massive expansion of e-mobility: In ten years, the goal is to have a total of more than seven million electrified BMW Group vehicles on the roads—around two thirds of them with a fully-electric drive train. Product strategy: fully-electric models in high-volume series.
Clean Fleet Report
APRIL 16, 2024
Hot EV Hatch Shakes Things Up Hot hatches are a blast to drive, but no one has ever had the opportunity to drive one powered by electricity—until now. Hyundai N vehicles are aimed at performance enthusiasts wanting a street-legal car they can take to the limit on and off the track. Front: 258 lb.-ft. Rear: 288 lb.-ft. Front: 273 lb.-ft.
Green Car Congress
MARCH 21, 2012
Volkswagen of America will begin a pilot scheme to test 20 prototype E-Golf Battery Electric Vehicles (BEV) over a nine-month period in select locations in the US. For example, 220-volt charging stations will be installed at the employees’ homes to charge the vehicles.
Drive Electric
SEPTEMBER 19, 2022
Electric vehicles have historically received a bad reputation for concerns around safety. Issues like thermal runaway, electrocution, and reports of inextinguishable fires plagued the pioneering electric vehicles. Useful terms: Internal Combustion Engine Vehicle (ICEV) and Electric Vehicle (EV). In fact, EVs have just 25.1
Green Car Congress
SEPTEMBER 10, 2013
The combustion engine and electric motor, battery pack, power electronics, chassis components, and structural and crash functions are all arranged within the aluminum Drive module, while the central element of the Life module is the i8’s CFRP (carbon fiber reinforced plastic) passenger cell. Rear-mounted 3-cylinder engine. Click to enlarge.
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