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EALABC paper outlines approach to 48V hybrid systems with advanced lead-carbon batteries

Green Car Congress

Augmenting its existing LC Super Hybrid program ( earlier post ), which deploys a downsized gasoline-electric powertrain, ALABC is working on advanced diesel-electric applications in development programs being undertaken with car makers including Ford and Kia. —Allan Cooper. —Allan Cooper.

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Ferrari’s Plug-in Hybrid One-Ups the Combustion Engine

Cars That Think

That front-drive mode gets the car a green light in cities like London and Rome as they begin to bar polluting cars from their downtown areas. The Arizona-built Lucid Air that I recently tested amasses up to 1,126 metric hp. The Rimac starts from $2.4 million, nearly five times the Ferrari’s price. second pace.

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