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New Toyota Highlander turbocharged engine offers more torque and fewer emissions

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The system seamlessly re-engages when AWD is needed to handle road conditions. liter DOHC four-cylinder engine with two electric motor-generators. The gas engine employs Variable Valve Timing-intelligent system by Electric motor (VVT-iE) on the intake camshaft, and VVT-i on the exhaust camshaft.

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200 Years Ago, Faraday Invented the Electric Motor

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After Faraday [left] failed to acknowledge his mentor, Humphry Davy [right], in an 1821 paper on the electric motor, Davy accused him of plagiarism. At heart, Faraday was an experimentalist, so in order to write a thorough account, he re-created Ørsted's experiments and tried to follow Ampère's reasoning.

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Can We Identify a Person From Their Voice?

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We lost our rudder.and we’re taking on water fast.” which is located at the end of a peninsula, and boarded a lobster boat, motoring out into water so shockingly cold it can induce lethal hypothermia in as little as 30 minutes. At 6:36 a.m., on 3 December 2020, the U.S The voice hiccupped, almost as if the man were struggling.

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We visited Tata Motor's electric car factory

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By Atul Gopal Atul Gopal from PluginIndia and some members of the Nexon EV owners community were invited to Tata Motor's electric car factory. There is also some hope from Mahindra’s re-entry. Was nice to watch video clips of the Nexon battery pack being put in a petrol fire, dumped into a water tank etc.

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Kia Niro EV review: All-electric SUV arrives to sit below the EV6

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Instead, it was more about dipping a toe in the electrified water and getting the Kia dealer network ready or the EV onslaught. Kia Niro EV GT-Line is equipped with a single electric motor. It still uses a single electric motor driving the front wheels. Kia Niro EV GT-Line is capped at around 100kW for charging.

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2025 Volkswagen ID.Buzz: Electric Microbus for North America appears, at last

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It’s longer than the one sold in Europe, has a genuine third row of seats, a larger battery and a more powerful motor, and available all-wheel drive. An updated permanent-magnet rear motor is more powerful (282 hp vs 201 hp), with maximum torque of 406 pound-feet. and Canadian markets in the second half of next year. 4s sold in Canada.

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MIT Battery Breakthrough Could Revolutionize Electric Cars : Gas 2.0

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The breakthrough could revolutionize electric car battery technology and pave the way for ultra-fast charging electric vehicles in as little as two years. When the team tested the newly-coated cathode, they discovered it could be charged and discharged in as little as 9 seconds. by RSS or sign up by email. Herron makes a valid point.

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