DIY Electric Car
MARCH 22, 2021
My wife and I just purchased a 1980 Electravan from a friend in New Orleans and towed it back home to Minneapolis. Short version of the Electravan story: Jet Industries in Austin TX bought the empty chassis of a few hundred Subaru Sambars and installed GE electric motors in them. 1980 Electravan in Minneapolis.
Cars That Think
MARCH 15, 2024
As the world builds more and more electric cars and trucks—and electrifies other modes of transit—a race is underway to build the ideal, mean-and-green motor. The goal is a traction motor that’s at least as powerful, reliable, and lightweight as today’s industry standard rare-earth permanent magnet synchronous motor.
Green Car Reports
JUNE 20, 2018
During our drive around Minneapolis, its exurbs, and into Wisconsin, we wanted to put to the test Honda's claims that its 1.5-liter liter inline-4 and 96-kw electric motor combination could return an EPA-rated 52 mpg combined (48 mpg.
Cars That Think
MARCH 17, 2023
And then, out of nowhere, came an absolute bombshell: “We have designed our next drive unit, which uses a permanent-magnet motor, to not use any rare-earth elements at all,” declared Colin Campbell , Tesla’s director of power train engineering. So if not rare-earth permanent magnets for Tesla’s next motor, then what kind?
Green Car Reports
NOVEMBER 14, 2013
The Motor City has the worst fuel economy among used cars, according to a new study by iSeeCars.com, as reported by WardsAuto. Minneapolis-St. If you want to buy a used Toyota Prius, don''t go shopping for one in Detroit. The study found that 71.2 percent of used cars in metro Detroit get 22.5 mpg or less. percent.'
Green Car Congress
SEPTEMBER 29, 2012
The NREL team collected and analyzed in-service fuel economy, maintenance, and other vehicle performance data on 11 hybrid (P100H) and 11 conventional diesel (P100D) step vans operated by the United Parcel Service (UPS) in Minneapolis. The hybrid group accumulated 33% fewer miles than the conventional group during the complete 18-month study.
Green Car Congress
APRIL 20, 2016
the leading manufacturer of heavy-duty transit buses and motor coaches in the United States and Canada, conducted the inaugural road demonstration of the Xcelsior XHE60 heavy-duty articulated fuel cell transit bus. New Flyer of America, a subsidiary of New Flyer Industries Inc.,
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