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Hondas F1 KERS motor: 60 kW, 21,000 RPM, >7 kg

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2009 Honda Formula One chassis configuration, showing KERS component location. Honda engineers decided to implement an electric motor/battery pack solution, rather than a flywheel solution, mounting the motor on the engine’s left front side with its power control unit (PCU) ahead of it, inside the monocoque chassis. Rotor Design.

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Honda targets new Guinness World Records title for fuel efficiency with 8,500-mile diesel drive across Europe

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Honda aims to win a new Guinness World Records title for fuel efficiency in an 8,500-mile (13,679 km) drive across all 24 contiguous EU countries in a 1.6 i-DTEC diesel engined Honda Civic Tourer. If successful, the new record will apply to all cars, including hybrid and electric models. In the Civic Tourer, the 1.6

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ACEA study finds cost still strong deterrent for EV uptake across Europe; calls for “realistic” targets recognizing affordability

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Electrically-chargeable vehicles (ECVs)—battery-electric and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles—accounted for 1.5% and Spain 0.6%). To put this in context, pure battery-electric cars accounted for just 0.7% of total EU car sales in 2017. of total car sales in the EU; the market share of ECVs grew by 0.9 by 2025 and 5.4%

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Chinese-made cars account for one in five BEV sales in February in Europe | Autocar Professional

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By comparison, the registrations of cars made in Germany and Spain – the second and third most popular origins – saw increases of 6% each during February. The volume of plug-in hybrid cars made in China fell by 62% last month, with these vehicles making up just 3.4% in February last year.

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Current status of electric vehicle charging pile industry

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New energy vehicles are divided into three categories: pure electric vehicles, hybrid electric vehicles and fuel cell electric vehicles. The number of charging piles is expected to reach 6.543 million in 2025, with a compound annual growth rate of 25.7% from 2021 to 2025. million, up 59.3% million, accounting for 81.6%