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Aura System’s Generator Incorporated into Azure’s Balance Hybrid for USPS

Green Car Congress

Azure Dynamics Corporation incorporated Aura Systems ’s AuraGen motor/generator into its Balance Hybrid Electric vehicle delivered to the United States Postal Service fleet (USPS). The stators are made from a steel ribbon with copper windings. s vertical wind turbines. Aura Systems. The AuraGen. Click to enlarge.

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Finding Battery Minerals With AI

Cars That Think

For this trend to continue, though, mining companies need to find a lot more of the metals used to build electric cars and their batteries. He’s the co-founder and president of KoBold Metals , an AI-powered mineral exploration company working to discover the materials for electric vehicle batteries. Today I’m talking with Josh Goldman.

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GM Will Apply Plug-in Hybrid Technology To One of Its Remaining Four Core Brands, Delivery Still in 2011

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Saturn currently sells two hybrid vehicles (VUE and Aura with GM Hybrid System) and was scheduled to begin initially offering a two-mode hybrid Vue ( earlier post ), with a Vue plug-in two-mode hybrid version ( earlier post ) due in 2011 for use in a cooperative demonstration test fleet with the US Dept. Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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Plug-ins to play part in GM future

Green Cars News

Currently Saturn sells two hybrid vehicles - the VUE and Aura with GM hybrid system - and was also scheduled to offer a two-mode hybrid Vue with a Vue plug-in two-mode hybrid version scheduled for 2011 to be used in a test fleet with the US Department of Energy.

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Mercedes-AMG EQE53 4matic+ review

EV Central

We’re nearing ski-resort altitude on the winding road, and the EQE53 is doing amazing things. Its shorter wheelbase means less room inside, but also less underfloor space for batteries. But any perceptive driver will be aware of how hard the brakes and front tyres are working when the AMG is hustled along a winding road.