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Stellantis Citroën developing EV for persons with disabilities

Teslarati

Stellantis brand Citroën is presenting a compact electric vehicle for persons with disabilities at the Porte de Versailles exhibition center this month. Citroën worked with PIMAS on the compact EV for persons with disabilities. PIMAS is an expert in converting vehicles for persons with reduced mobility.

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Unifrax introduces Battery Advisory Board to support SiFAB silicon fiber anode battery technology

Green Car Congress

SiFAB, a scalable proprietary silicon anode battery technology demonstrated in a number of applications, including electric vehicles, power tools, smartphones, personal computers, medical devices and aviation, can deliver up to a 20% increase in gravimetric energy density in lithium-ion batteries versus cells using a graphite anode.

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Sandia Labs and HHC partner to design metal hydride hydrogen storage system for forklifts

Green Car Congress

Sandia National Laboratories and Hawaii Hydrogen Carrier s (HHC) are partnering to design a solid-state metal-hydride hydrogen storage system for forklifts; the storage system can refuel at low pressure four to five times faster than it takes to charge a battery-powered forklift. Photo by Dino Vournas) Click to enlarge.

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Forget the Milano EV – Alfa Romeo changes name to something non-Italian-sounding

Baua Electric

Alfa Romeo CEO Jean-Philippe Imparato said in a news conference today that the company tried to explain why keeping the name Milano was fair play for a list of reasons, one of them being that the car was designed in Italy, but decided the headache was just too much. So, the Junior it is. A car called Milano cannot be produced in Poland.

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Remembering Roberto Saracco, President of EIT Digital

Cars That Think

There he led network management research and helped design Italy’s first electronic exchange and data network. In 2003 he was promoted to director of long-term research at the lab, focusing on technology’s evolution and its potential impact. Roberto had a unique talent for recognizing and valuing the best in each person.

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Mercury Marine Launches New Lower-Emission Outboard Motors with Orbital FlexDI System

Green Car Congress

The three-star label identifies engines that meet the Air Resources Board’s Personal Watercraft and Outboard marine engine 2008 exhaust emission standards or the Sterndrive and Inboard marine engine 2003 exhaust emission standards. Personal Watercraft and Outboard marine engines may also comply with these standards.

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Junkyard Find: 1964 Mercury Montclair Four-Door Hardtop Marauder

The Truth About Cars

Here's a car trivia question for you: what engine name went on to become the designation for a body style and then a car model name in its own right? The Marauder name got ditched in 1966, then revived on a massive personal luxury coupe for 1969 - 1970. The answer is, of course, Marauder.

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