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JULY 16, 2009

Toyota Motor Europe (TME) plans to manufacture a full hybrid version of its C-segment hatchback, Auris, at its UK-based facility in Burnaston, Derbyshire. Production of Toyota’s first European-built full hybrid will kick-off at Toyota Motor Manufacturing (UK) Ltd (TMUK) in mid-2010. liter VVT-i unit. Earlier post.).

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MAY 1, 2012

Sales of hybrid-electric vehicles in the UK have steadily risen over the past five years, according to figures from the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders. Of that number of hybrids, 77,000 were Toyota or Lexus cars. Of that number of hybrids, 77,000 were Toyota or Lexus cars.

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In manufacturing, we boast dedicated sensor assembly lines that meet industry 4.0 requirements, as well as a state-of-the-art DC motor manufacturing line. We are vertically integrated in terms of development and manufacturing processes that encompass two tool rooms and three state-of-the-art manufacturing facilities.

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MARCH 16, 2013

billion in credit subsidy appropriations available under the Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing (ATVM) loan program. The ATVM loan program was established in 2007 by the Energy Independence and Security Act (EISA) to provide up to $25 billion in loans for projects to produce more fuel-efficient passenger vehicles and their components.

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MARCH 14, 2017

the developer and manufacturer of Aqueous Hybrid Ion (AHI) batteries and energy storage systems ( earlier post ), filed a voluntary petition under Chapter 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code in the United States Bankruptcy Court of the District of Delaware. In 2008 he produced the first functioning Aqueous Hybrid Ion (AHI) battery.

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JUNE 10, 2010

Chrysler Group LLC will invest $300 million in its existing transmission manufacturing facilities in Kokomo, Ind. Chrysler Group has licensed the manufacturing rights from Friedrichshafen, Germany-based ZF Group to build the new eight-speed beginning in 2013. billion since 2007. Earlier post.) Earlier post.) to produce the 1.4-liter,

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SEPTEMBER 1, 2009

Toyota will stage the world premiere of three hybrid concepts at the Frankfurt Motor Show: the Auris HSD full hybrid, the Prius plug-in hybrid concept, and the Lexus LF-Ch premium compact full hybrid concept. The Toyota Auris hit the European market place in spring 2007.

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OCTOBER 30, 2014

Mercedes-AMG High Performance Powertrains (HPP) for the design of the PU106A Hybrid Formula One Power Unit. liter V6 Hybrid turbo. PU106A Hybrid Formula One Power Unit. For Mercedes-Benz, the association between hybrid technology and motorsport stretches back more than a century to the Mercedes Mixte race car of 1907.

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DECEMBER 29, 2009

Australia-based Plantic Technologies and National Starch will collaborate to establish a site for the manufacture of Plantic bioplastic products in the US. Through the partnership, Plantic will relocate one of its existing proprietary manufacturing lines from Australia to the US.

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MAY 20, 2013

Batteries accounted for 27% of global lithium consumption in 2012, up from 15% in 2007 and 8% in 2002. In addition, in the period to 2017 Roskill forecasts that the main market driver for lithium-ion batteries will gradually switch from portable consumer electronics to electric vehicles, especially hybrid variants.

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FEBRUARY 16, 2016

CPT specializes in the safe low-voltage application of switched-reluctance machines (SRMs) to a vehicle powertrain and driveline, providing intelligent electrification of the propulsion system with near full hybrid vehicle capability. The business was established in 2007 to acquire Visteon’s advanced powertrain business. Earlier post.)

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OCTOBER 17, 2011

Scientists at the University of California, Riverside’s Center for Environmental Research and Technology have received a $2-million contract for a first-of-its-kind study of hybrid construction vehicles. Half of the funding will be used as an incentive voucher to get 20 to 30 hybrid construction vehicles in use.

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OCTOBER 23, 2009

has introduced a fuel-efficient, high-performance diesel hybrid electric powertrain, “Q-Force”. In 2007, the US Army awarded Quantum a $4.88-million million contract ( earlier post ) to develop a diesel hybrid electric version of its Alternative Mobility Vehicle (AMV) “Aggressor.” ( Earlier post.). Earlier post.) Earlier post.).

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MARCH 18, 2010

BAE Systems has delivered the first of the hybrid electric systems that will power 56 double-decker buses in Oxford and Manchester (UK) to bus manufacturer Alexander Dennis Limited (ADL). Enviro400 hybrid system for double-decker hybrid bus. Click to enlarge.

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FEBRUARY 5, 2019

The fleet of 63 NGEN-1000 electric delivery cargo vans are produced by equipment manufacturer Workhorse Group. These new vehicles add to the company’s already robust alternative fuel vehicle (AFV) fleet, which includes fully electric, hybrid-electric, compressed natural gas (CNG) and clean diesel.

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OCTOBER 31, 2010

Hybrid electric locomotive sales will have an increasing presence in global rail markets between 2015 and 2020, according to a new report from Pike Research. During that period, hybrid locomotive sales will increase at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 19.4% This would translate into a need for storage of 116.4

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MARCH 1, 2018

Van Hool, the Belgium-based independent bus, coach and industrial vehicles manufacturer, has landed a significant contract with RVK Köln and WSW Wuppertal (Germany), to supply 40 hydrogen buses of the latest generation. With to the hybrid power source, the buses, with a tank capacity of 38.2

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SEPTEMBER 4, 2009

Annual global sales of TMC hybrids. Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) has cumulatively sold more than 2 million hybrid vehicles since the launch in 1997 in Japan of the Coaster Hybrid EV in August and the Prius in December. On May 31, 2007, the global cumulative sales of TMC’s hybrid vehicles had topped 1 million.

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MAY 3, 2016

UPS announced an update to 125 Workhorse E-GEN series hybrid electric delivery trucks that improve fuel economy as part of the company’s broader Rolling Laboratory approach. AMP Electric Vehicles was established in 2007 as a developmental-stage vehicle electrification company. The smaller engine will improve fuel economy, however.

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MARCH 15, 2013

Data for MY 2011 are final; data for MY 2012 are preliminary and based on projected vehicle production values provided to EPA by manufacturers. Based on preliminary estimates, CO 2 emission rates have decreased by 13% and fuel economy values have increased by 16% from MY 2007-2012. l/100 km), both slightly worse relative to MY 2010.

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MAY 6, 2011

Jaguar will develop the micro-turbine hybrid C-X75 concept car ( earlier post ) as a limited production supercar (maximum of 250), priced at between £700,000 - £900,000 (US$1.15 - $1.48 Newsome was at Jaguar Land Rover as Group Chief Engineer for Advanced Product Creation and Research between 2001 and 2007. The C-X75 concept in Paris.

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Now, to be sure, there is some merit to the notion that it’s pointless for manufacturers to chase lap times around an arbitrarily selected ribbon of tarmac in the German countryside. By the way, a Porsche 919 Hybrid Evo turned the trick in 5:19.546 in June 2018 with driver Timo Bernhard behind the wheel. Trophy-R by over half a second.

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MARCH 27, 2013

Mitsubishi Motors reported two separate incidents with Li-ion battery packs: one, a fire in a i-MiEV battery pack at the Mizushima battery pack assembly plant; the other, heating and melting in a pack installed in an Outlander plug-in hybrid electric vehicle. In the Mizushima event, the pack was connected to charge-discharge test equipment.

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DECEMBER 31, 2010

Maquette of the Can-Am plug-in Hybrid Spyder. million) in financial support to develop a plug-in hybrid version of BRP’s (Bombardier Recreational Products) Can-Am Spyder roadster. Creating a three-wheel vehicle as opposed to a hybrid car poses significant design challenges that require a very high degree of innovation.

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APRIL 28, 2009

Navistar became the first truck and bus manufacturer to receive total hybrid vehicle certification from the California Air Resources Board (CARB) for improving fuel economy and overall emissions. In addition to commercial hybrid trucks, Navistar manufactures hybrid school buses ( earlier post ).

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DECEMBER 23, 2009

UPS’ first-generation diesel hybrid delivery vans improved the on-road fuel economy by 28.9% Eaton hybrid system schematic. provided the hybrid propulsion systems for the vehicles, which were manufactured by Freightliner Corp. Eaton hybrid system components on UPS undercarriage. Source: Lammert 2009.

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MARCH 31, 2014

In terms of carbon monoxide (CO) emissions during the operation of the vehicle, a significant improvement was achieved over the 2007 predecessor. Because of the shifts in the materials mix of the vehicles, the material resources requirements for manufacturing also changed. Click to enlarge. The new C-Class. l/100 km (31 mpg US and 31.8

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MAY 7, 2013

Wrightbus, which has had a relationship with Valence since 2007, selected Valence as the battery supplier of choice for Wrightbus’ range of hybrid vehicles. This order once again demonstrates that we have the technology of choice for leading edge hybrid and electric commercial fleets.

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JANUARY 29, 2018

AFVs—including hybrid, electric and plug-in vehicles—accounted for 4.8% when compared to 2016 and the highest volume of registrations since 2007 when 16.02 A sharp contrast to 2007, when SUVs represented just 8.5% BMW Group was another strong performer, leading the premium manufacturers. on the previous year.

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2010

a wireless energy transfer technology provider, to develop automatic wireless charging products for hybrid and electric vehicles. —Randy Sumner, director, global hybrid vehicle development, Delphi Packard Electrical/Electronic Architecture. Click to enlarge. Delphi Automotive has reached an agreement with WiTricity Corp.,

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MAY 1, 2014

AFV are alternative fuel vehicles: electric, LPG, NG-biomethane, E85, biodiesel, hybrid and plug-in vehicles. While the collective target has been met, it has not yet been confirmed whether each individual manufacturer has met its own target, which is based on the average mass of the cars they sell. 2015 target: 130 g CO 2 /km.

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FEBRUARY 15, 2009

ABAT), a developer, manufacturer and distributor of rechargeable Polymer Lithium-Ion (PLI) batteries and Wuxi Angell Autocycle Co., Ltd unveiled three hybrid motorcycles at the Dealer Expo 2009, 13-16 February, in Indianapolis, IN. Wuxi Angell sold 50,000 and 70,000 electric bikes in 2006 and 2007 respectively.

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JANUARY 28, 2015

For the 2015 season, an engine manufacturer is permitted to select 32 tokens, or 48% of the engine. Renault Sport F1 has two teams for the 2015 season: Infiniti Red Bull Racing (the Red Bull Racing-Renault collaboration started in 2007); and Scuderia Toro Rosso (the Red Bull junior team, which has been run independently for several years).

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MAY 13, 2009

Proton Motor Fuel Cell GmbH, a subsidiary of Proton Power Systems plc, a designer, developer and producer of fuel cells and fuel cell electric hybrid systems, has previewed the first passenger bus using the company’s “triple-hybrid” fuel cell system. In 2007, Proton Motor introduced a triple-hybrid forklift system.

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SEPTEMBER 6, 2012

Contour Energy Systems, Inc, developer of new fluorine-based battery chemistries, nanomaterials science and manufacturing processes for lithium-ion energy storage systems ( earlier post ) is merging with Li-ion battery maker ActaCell Energy Systems, a spin-off from the University of Texas at Austin ( earlier post.

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

Toyota anticipates a 1/3 full hybrid, 1/3 gasoline, 1/3 diesel engine mix. When the first generation Auris was launched in 2007, the average emissions were 152 g/km. This fell to 142 g/km in 2009, and then down to 125 g/km in 2011 after the pioneering full hybrid version was introduced. Full hybrid. Powertrains.

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Vikas Marwah, the CEO of Lumax Auto Technologies, said, “We never thought we would be discussing the manufacturing of plastic tanks when the joint venture started.” This growth coincides with a trend among vehicle manufacturers to switch to plastic fuel tanks for weight reduction and improved fuel efficiency. crore, Rs 47.16

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