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DAIHEN leverages WiTricity wireless charging technology for solar-powered mobility demo in Japan

Green Car Congress

DAIHEN has been using WiTricity’s DRIVE 11 wireless charging system as a reference design for its own line of standards-compliant wireless chargers for battery electric and hybrid electric vehicles. DAIHEN recently launched a demonstration with Kansai Electric Power Co.

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Oorja Protonics Introduces New Direct Methanol Fuel Cell On-Board Battery Charger

Green Car Congress

FEDMFC and Hybrids. a subsidiary of SymPowerco Corporation, has launched a hybrid-electric vehicle prototype project that is to be advanced concurrently with SymPowerco’s recently announced Flowing Electrolyte Direct Methanol Fuel Cell (FEDMFC) prototype project. Separately, Polygenic Power Corp., Earlier post.).

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Tesla Vs Golf Carts, Mirai Showroom, Fiat 500e Vs Beloved BMW: The Week In Reverse (Video)

Green Car Reports

And, what do wild bison, deer, and foxes have to do with one reader's Toyota Prius hybrid? Which cities have two groundbreaking new showrooms for two different zero-emission vehicles? This is our video look back at the Week In Reverse--right here at Green Car Reports--for the week ending on Friday, May 29, 2015.

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Electric-Car-Stifling 'Travel Provision,' 2016 Toyota Prius Spy Shots, Chevy Bolt EV Trademark: Today's Car News

Green Car Reports

Today, find out how a regulatory "travel provision" may be stifling electric-car sales outside California, see spy shots of the 2016 Toyota Prius hybrid, and learn why General Motors' efforts to trademark the Chevrolet Bolt EV name have hit a roadblock. From Tesla and golf carts to Fiat and BMW, we've got a.

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Jay Leno on Elon Musk & EVs: “I think he should get a certain amount of credit for leading the charge”

Teslarati

I emphasize battery electric since BYD recently topped Tesla in the market with sales of both battery electric and hybrid EVs. Hybrids are not fully electric but rely on both batteries and fossil fuels yet oddly, count as clean vehicles. Tesla is the leader of the EV market and is the best-selling type of battery-electric vehicle.

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IIHS awards Chevrolet Volt & Nissan Leaf top ratings in 1st US crash tests of mainstream electric cars

Green Car Congress

The addition of the 2 electric cars brings to 80 the number of award winners so far for 2011, including 7 hybrid models. The GEM and Whip belong to a class of golf cart-like vehicles that aren’t required to meet the same federal safety standards as passenger vehicles.

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Feature: Are Electric Fire Trucks in the Near Future?

Clean Fleet Report

Hybrid and fully electric vehicles are already available for a variety of commercial and personal uses. It’s a series plug-in hybrid like the Chevrolet Volt. Electric cars, trucks and buses are slowly making their way onto roads. There have been more than 7.2 million electric vehicle sales to date. A Slow but Sure Transition.

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