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Northern Lights Energy and Reva Electric Car Company Sign Agreement to Develop the Electric Vehicle Market in Iceland

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Northern Lights Energy ( NLE ), the initiator of the 2012 charging infrastructure project and provider of infrastructure and services for electric vehicles (EV) based in Iceland, has signed an agreement with Reva Electric Car Company to jointly develop the electric vehicle market in Iceland. The REVA NXR. Click to enlarge.

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Siemens and Cohda Wireless to collaborate on vehicle-to-infrastructure devices; Cohda and u-blox

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V2I devices are part of Cooperative Intelligent Transport Systems (C-ITS), which share information between vehicles and roadside infrastructure such as traffic lights. Siemens expects to deploy transport infrastructure such as overhead sign gantries and traffic lights in its V2I roadside units (RSUs) globally.

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Volkswagen: e-mobility and sustainability; Part 1, the e-Golf and Golf GTE

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earlier post ); and currently has two battery-electric passenger cars on the market (e-Up! Although the other electric-drive vehicles are prominent, the focus is on the new e-Golf—the first electric version of the most successful European car. Energy consumption for our trip (which included some highway time) was recorded as 14.0

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Battery company Kreisel Electric introduces automated 2-speed transmission for EVs

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Austria-based battery pack provider Kreisel Electric ( earlier post ) has developed a production-ready, automated 2-speed transmission for electric mobility applications in combination with an integrated powertrain architecture specially developed in cooperation with Sala Drive GmbH —both designed for high performance and torque ranges.

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Ford unveils new Focus; 10% better fuel economy; focus on tech; gasoline and diesel

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Ford has sold almost seven million Focus cars in Europe and more than 16 million around the world since the first generation Focus was introduced in 1998. Air separation features incorporated into the rear bumper and light units, in addition to optimized rear spoiler and window strake designs, to limit drag-inducing vortices.

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Can-Am Spyder First Drive: Embracing The Third Wheel

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While Can-Am offers the smaller, cheaper, and lighter Ryker with powertrains sized at 600 and 900 cubic centimeters, the Spyder F3 and RT come with a liquid-cooled, 1,330cc Advanced Combustion Efficiency (ACE) inline-triple manufactured in Austria by the BRP-owned Rotax. But I never had an opportunity to take one beyond 103 mph.

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Volkswagen’s first two production battery-electric vehicles debut at Frankfurt

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is attributable to the very good cD value for a car of this size of 0.308 (4% lower than its cousin the take up!); With a top speed of 130 km/h (81 mph), the average range of the e-up!, seconds it reaches 100 km/h (62 mph). Top speed is 130 km/h (81 mph). The efficiency of the e-up! Motor and gearbox assembly.