Clean Fleet Report
FEBRUARY 20, 2022
Back in 1938, Mercedes-Benz reached 268.9 How did the Mercedes W125 beat the Veyron decades ago? Examples include the Lightyear One (featuring a C d value “below 0.20”) and the Mercedes EQXX (featuring a C d value of 0.17). The more streamlined the car, the longer the range for the same battery.
EV Central
NOVEMBER 25, 2022
Aptera – US-based company claims to have created the world’s most efficient vehicle with the three-seat F1-inspired Aptera. BMW iX – ground-up battery electric vehicle promises to take the luxury fight to Tesla. Expect less equipment and, possibly, a smaller battery pack. Think iX3, but smaller.
EV Adoption
FEBRUARY 22, 2021
Ford, Toyota, GM and Mercedes could also see their EV shares surge. – Karma also teased a GX-1 Series, an SUV to be built on a new global platform, in both battery electric and extended-range EV versions and with deliveries expected in 2022. – Batteries/Charging. via Automotive News (subscription required). 19 via Electrive.
Baua Electric
JANUARY 17, 2024
The timing fit in with Ford’s future-product announcements, directly following a preview of the company’s Gen 2 EVs, including a three-row EV that would get 350 miles of range from a battery pack of around 100 kwh. But Ford’s commitment was, for the auto industry, the turning point.
Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven
APRIL 19, 2009
If the hybrids engine starts operating, at higher speeds or throttle demands or lower battery levels, the control system automatically stops the external synthesis. When the powertrain control system switches the car back to running on the electric motor only, the synthesis controller instantaneously sets the system running again.
Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven
APRIL 21, 2009
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. Daimler/Mercedes Took over Daimler/Chrysler Sprinter PHEV program. Batteries not ready. Hyundai Partnering with Korean battery companies for hybrids.
Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven
APRIL 21, 2009
How Real, How Soon, and What Must Happen Next,” which concludes the costs of creating an automotive market dominated by electric and hybrid cars are prohibitively high for the foreseeable future – as high as $49 billion for Europe alone (along with another $21 billion for battery-charging infrastructure). Volt will survive and prosper,” G.M.’s
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