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Three fire trucks with Volvo Penta electric drivelines heading to Berlin, Amsterdam and Dubai to begin customer testing

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Volvo Penta has developed an electric driveline for leading fire service vehicle manufacturer Rosenbauer’s pioneering fire truck, named “Revolutionary Technology” (RT). With this tandem, the RT becomes a fully integrated power plant that is able to automatically recharge its batteries when more energy is consumed than they store.

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Nissan to begin production of Pathfinder hybrid in Russia; importance of Russian market

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A regenerative braking system automatically recharges the battery by converting the vehicle’s kinetic energy that would be otherwise lost in braking. Pathfinder production is being added to Nissan’s manufacturing operations at St. Russia also is the only market in the world where Nissan Motor Co.

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Jaguar provides some details on its concept hybrid C-X16 to be introduced at Frankfurt

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The battery is constantly and automatically recharged, the entire system overseen by a Hybrid Vehicle Supervisory Controller. The dual-cam, four-valve cylinder heads are constructed with recycled aluminum to reduce the environmental impact of manufacturing.

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