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Profile: Li-ion Battery and Pack Supplier Valence Technology

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Valence maintains a team of seven application engineers on the ground in Ireland. “ In Great Britain vehicles are heavily taxed via fuel taxes, the value added tax, registration fees and location specific congestion charges and the cumulative effect of these taxes can have a significant impact on a vehicle’s operating cost.

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Automotive Market Research Perspectives on Selling Green in a Try-to-Survive Market

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Edwards believes that while consumers move up the tree into areas like freedom and esteem they always maintain a strong connection to the security foundation. Quietness is tied to larger engine size. The larger the engine, the quieter the vehicle. by Bill Cooke. Freedom: The ability to do what you want.

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Vaillant and Honda present home combined heat and power system for Europe

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It is the first European system with highly efficient gas engine technology for use in single-family homes. Vaillant developed all the hydraulics for the heating system and the control and connection technologies. For the management of the whole system a system regulator was designed to ensure economical and demand-based use of energy.

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We Need More Than Just Electric Vehicles

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The total cost of purchasing and driving one—the cost of ownership—has fallen nearly to parity with a typical gasoline-fueled car. Scientists and engineers have extended the range of EVs by cramming ever more energy into their batteries, and vehicle charging networks have expanded in many countries. EVs have finally come of age.