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Electric Car Company Aurica Motors Enters Two Partnerships for Manufacturing Training and Engineering

Green Car Congress

Electric car company Aurica Motors, which plans to retool the NUMMI plant in California to build not only electric cars but compatible battery charging stations ( earlier post ), has entered two partnerships in support of its mission. Motive develops concept vehicles for major automakers such as Dodge, Hyundai, Suzuki, Chrysler, and Toyota.

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Tech: Aerodynamics Is the Key To EV Range

Clean Fleet Report

For example, Ford experimented with different shapes for its “Probe” concept car series. Every kWh/m of energy consumption that can be shaved makes the car cheaper (needing fewer battery cells to go the same distance), lighter (less battery weight) and more efficient (less weight means lower rolling resistance).

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Partner Update and Announcement

Plug In Partners

The base credit will be $4,000 for a PHEV with a battery of at least 5kwh. A 15 kwh battery would have an approximate all-electric range of between 40 and 60 miles depending on the configuration of the vehicle operating system and many other factors.

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New EV electric car calendar

EV Central

Aptera – US-based company claims to have created the world’s most efficient vehicle with the three-seat F1-inspired Aptera. Audi A6 e-Tron – concept car points to sleek large luxury sedan powered only by electricity. BMW iX – ground-up battery electric vehicle promises to take the luxury fight to Tesla.

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How to Get a Plug-In Hybrid

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

PHEVs with "Good Enough to Get Started" batteries. The nonprofit CalCars does conversions to demonstrate new designs and provide a platform for different batteries; we dont sell conversions. We will have similar solutions available for better (but more expensive) nickel-metal hydride or lithium-ion batteries.)

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BMW CE 04 Definition – Electric Scooter!!

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Though the model is not production-ready, we can expect the production model without much change from this concept. . BMW CE04 boasts a futuristic eye-catching design and it is an evolution of the Concept Link, which was released in 2017. The battery pack is housed within the floorboard, resulting in a lower centre of gravity.

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

GM has announced plans for public sales in 2010, and almost every carmaker now says it will sell PHEVs or highway-speed battery electric vehicles (BEVs) sometime after 2010. Showed BlueZERO E-CELL PLUS series PHEV concept in December 08. Batteries not ready. Has shown some concept fuel-cell PHEVs.

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