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Ricardo’s “deep” Miller cycle concept: Magma

Green Car Congress

The in-cylinder gases are thus expanded and cooled as the piston descends, before being re-compressed as the piston rises again. Early closure of the inlet valves leaves a smaller window for the charge fill the cylinder. The basic architecture of “Magma” concept is a boosted four-stroke gasoline engine with four valves per cylinder.

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Visiting Synkromotive and Learning about Deka 9A31s

Open Source Civic EV Kit

While I'm still sticking with group-31 batteries, I'm going to have to re-open the battery decision since I don't want to invest $2000 every 12 months in the electric vehicle. It turns out that, up until last year, all the public buses for Oregon and Washington used four Deka group 31 batteries in them. I love this town. Cheers, Tim.

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Seven-day test: Living with the 2024 Peugeot e-2008 GT. Can it really challenge a Tesla Model Y or BYD Atto 3?

EV Central

You’re a smart little SUV. The e-2008 has a range of only 328km, its single motor offers just 100kW/260Nm, has 100kW maximum charging, and the rear seat and boot space are sized better for a retired couple than our family of four. Then they sling a price tag on to practically ensure you don’t. Sometimes by lots. Know what?

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New Gen4 smart electric drive; electrification of all smart models

Green Car Congress

With the onboard charger, in the USA and the UK the charging time is 2.5 This enables the smart electric drive to be charged in less than 45 minutes (0-80%) when local conditions allow three-phase charging. The market launch will start in the spring of 2017. The drive is produced in Renault’s plant in Clèon, Northern France.

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2024 Hyundai Ioniq 5 N: road and track review of a Kia EV6 GT and Tesla Model 3 Performance killer

EV Central

Only options are a Vision Roof (panoramic glass) costing $2000, and matte paint for $1000. inch digital screens Wired Apple CarPlay/Android Auto Wireless phone charging Bluelink connected services Over-The-Air (OTA) software updates Positively, and unlike the Ioniq 5 Epiq, no digital side mirrors for this hottest of Ioniqs.

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Udaipur to Himachal : 923 km in an electric car

Plug In India

A distance of 923 km using DC fast charging infrastructure. By Atul Gopal The team had an opportunity to drive the Tata Tigor EV from Udaipur to the Himalayas in Himachal Pradesh. At Udaipur The formation of the Udaipur lakes must have preceded the settlement of the region. Udaipur is the local minima of the Aravali range.

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Solar Smackdown in Torrance – Installer Sues City on Behalf of the Sun

Creative Greenius

After a decade in the solar power installation business, Bradley Bartz is tired of being Mr. Nice Guy. “ Idiots ! &# is what Bartz calls them and he’s doing more than name calling. Its wholly interpretive guidelines can be used to approve or disapprove a building, addition or remodel completely on subjective principles.

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