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Startup offers EV firms greener graphite in alternative to China – ET Auto

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It also expects to set up facilities in Korea, Japan and Europe. An alternative energy startup in Malaysia is ready to help electric-vehicle makers source a key ingredient outside of China — using agriculture waste to create graphite. It also expects to set up facilities in Korea, Japan and Europe. this month.

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Old empires could be the key to a new car future – ET Auto

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An alternative to electrolysis is to use organic waste by extracting hydrogen from rotting food or sewage. All three automakers are part of larger business empires — called chaebol in South Korea and keiretsu in Japan. Such facilities could be tacked onto existing gas stations, but needn’t be. Tesla Inc.’s Hyundai Motor Co.

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Toyota Previews Generation III 2010 Prius Hybrid

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Waste material from the construction of the 2010 Prius generator—most likely center cuttings from production of the generator’s stamped steel stator plates—is reused in the construction of the electric motor that drives the vehicle’s air conditioning compressor.). The revised gearing compensates for the new motor-generator’s torque reduction.)

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Audi highlights its range of electrification efforts; Q7 diesel PHEV, A7 fuel cell PHEV, BEV, 48V and more; 750 Wh/l by 2025

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This makes it possible for the waste heat from the electrical drive components to be made available to the interior of the Q7 e-tron quattro. In China and Japan, where other standards already exist (GB/T and CHAdeMO, respectively), country-specific requirements will be accommodated.

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Slow start for charge of the electric cars - Times Online

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E-Flex is technically a hybrid with two power units, but unlike the ToyotaPrius, Honda Insight and various Lexus models, the engine in the Volt doesnot drive the wheels, it simply acts as an emergency generator to rechargethe batteries. How far hybrids will be encouraged in the new government initiative remains tobe seen.