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UK Awards 24M to 6 Low Carbon Vehicle Projects

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Projects include the development of new engines for plug-in hybrid versions of Nissan, Lotus and Jaguar Land Rover cars, a lightweight electric bin wagon, development of lightweight materials for vehicle weight reduction, and new technologies using thermal energy to improve vehicle performance.

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Audi’s production electric e-tron quattro may set a new standard for vehicle handling; advanced vehicle dynamics control

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However, he started his career as a Formula 1 engineer and is a motorcycle racer, and thus embodies both an analytical and empirical appreciation of the realities of vehicle dynamics, as well as the potential inherent in certain types of electric drive. Audi combined the crown-gear differential with a torque vectoring software solution.

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Lotus and Harmon partner up to add sound to hybrids

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New York 2009: Mercedes E250 Bluetec concept would get 28/39 city/hwy rating Breaking - Zero Motorcycles unveils the Zero S [w/Video] GM and Segways PUMA live reveal Hyundai to offer plug-in hybrid in U.S. for 2012 Featured stories Feed Greenlings: What is regenerative braking? New York 2009: The Scion iQ goes Big Wheels!

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