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The 2025 Honda Civic Hybrid is the Most Powerful Non-Type R Model Yet

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Honda is refreshing the Civic for 2025, reviving the hybrid option and introducing a new Sport Touring Hybrid trim as the top option in the lineup. The 2025 Civic comes in four trims, including LX sedan, Sport, Sport Hybrid, and Sport Touring Hybrid. liter four-cylinder-powered cars. The LX and Sport trims retain a 2.0-liter

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Google and IEEE launch $1M challenge for downsized inverters

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Google and the IEEE have launched the Littlebox Challenge—an open competition to design and build a small kW-scale inverter with the highest power density (of at least 50 W/in 3 , or 3.05 Google and IEEE are emphasizing size reduction in their challenge, without targeting a specific application area such as automotive.

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Toyota is already offering $10k off a lease for its fully electric 2024 bZ4X

Baua Electric

The car-buying website doesn’t say exactly where in Greater New York, but a quick Google search confirmed that this deal does indeed exist: However, when I click on Toyota’s “Greater New York” link, it’s not on the lease deals list. It’s focusing on hybrids and gas cars. Get started here. –

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Honda unveils Fit EV concept and plug-in hybrid electric vehicle platform at Los Angeles Auto Show

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President and CEO Takanobu Ito unveiled the Fit EV Concept electric vehicle and the platform for a mid-size plug-in hybrid electric vehicle at the Los Angeles Auto Show. The all-new plug-in hybrid platform showcases Honda’s next-generation, two-motor hybrid technology set to debut in 2012. The plug-in hybrid system.

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Daimler opens new MB R&D center in Beijing, presents G-Code hydrogen-electric plug-in hybrid all-wheel drive concept

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At the official opening, Gorden Wagener, Head of Design Daimler AG, presented the Mercedes-Benz G-Code plug-in hybrid crossover show car. In addition to regeneration and plug-in battery technology, the “multi-voltaic silver” paint finish acts like a giant solar cell with excellent efficiency. Mercedes-Benz G-Code. Click to enlarge.

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Renault Rafale midsize SUV to have as much as 300 hp, four wheel drive

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The Rafale’s drivetrain options probably the most {powerful} model of Renault’s E-Tech hybrid device. That drivetrain, which is a complete hybrid, could also be to be had within the Austral and Espace. It is going to be a plug-in hybrid in lieu than a traditional hybrid. Renault says gas intake is 4.7

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GaN company Transphorm raises $35M; Japanese firms lead round; business alliance for commercialization

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Today’s strategic financing, coupled with the earlier investments, enables scaling of this disruptive technology and helps eliminate energy waste in multiple markets from servers to solar panels, from HVACs to hybrids. GaN (Gallium nitride) power conversion company Transphorm Inc. —Umesh Mishra, CEO of Transphorm.