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Battery powered trailer boost range, efficiency — now for $120,000 less

Baua Electric

This year, Range Energy bumped its largest battery offering to 300 kWh. If they work (and if their weight penalties don’t hurt shippers’ profit margins), they’ll make it real easy for truck fleets to dip their toes into the waters of electrification while hydrogen and batteries battle it out for ultimate supremacy.

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BMW, Croatia’s Rimac partner on high-voltage EV battery technology – ET Auto

Baua Electric

BMW and Croatia’s Rimac have agreed to partner on high-voltage electric vehicle battery technology , they said on Tuesday, a European tie-up aimed at challenging Asian dominance in the field. The German carmaker hit an all-electric sales share of 15% last year and has said it expects that figure to reach 50% well before 2030.

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CATL, Xiaomi & BAIC to build a battery plant in China

Teslarati

China’s top battery supplier, CATL, entered a joint venture with Xiami Auto and Chinese state-owned BAIC to build an intelligent battery cell plant. The upcoming battery cell manufacturing plant will be built under the jointly established Beijing Era New Energy Technology Co., Xiaomi Auto is contributing $6.9

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Toyota launches all-new Aqua (Prius C) hybrid in Japan; bipolar nickel-hydrogen battery

Green Car Congress

(then, Kanto Auto Works, Ltd.) Bipolar nickel-hydrogen batteries. The all-new Aqua is the first vehicle to use a high-output bipolar nickel-hydrogen battery as an electric drive battery. The all-new Aqua is the first vehicle to use a high-output bipolar nickel-hydrogen battery as an electric drive battery.

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A Self-Propelled, Battery-Powered Travel Trailer From Tesla & Other Auto-Tech Alums — A CleanTechnica Exclusive

CleanTechnica EVs

An interview with the Lightship founders reveals a tech-travel focus and much more -- sustainable RVing can renew connections with nature and each other.

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JBM Auto to launch 9-, 12-meter electric buses at Auto Expo 2018 in India

Green Car Congress

JBM Auto will launch its EcoLife 9- and 12-meter electric buses at the Auto Expo 2018 in February in India. JBM Auto Limited, the bus division of JBM Group, partnered with Solaris on the development of the buses.

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Volvo Reaches 44% Plugin Vehicles

CleanTechnica EVs

Full battery-powered electric vehicles (BEVs) accounted for just 7.2% of the US auto market last year, compared to 16% in. continued] The post Volvo Reaches 44% Plugin Vehicles appeared first on CleanTechnica.

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