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Genesis premieres first EV model: Electrified G80

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Genesis officially introduced its first EV model, the Electrified G80, to the global market at the 2021 Shanghai International Automobile Industry Exhibition (Auto Shanghai 2021). With this, customers can use a 800V rapid charging system with no need for an additional converter, and also a 400V charger.

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European EAGLE project to develop gasoline engine with 50% peak efficiency; Renault to manufacture prototype

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The project foresees as well the development of a catalytic converter compatible with lean combustion and the use of hydrogen as a component to reduce NO x emissions.

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Study shows 99% of used lead-based vehicle batteries in the EU are collected and recycled

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The batteries are picked up at collection points by specialized companies which transport and deliver the batteries to secondary smelting plants operating under strict environmental regulations. In all cases they are then sent on to collection points. Some processes neutralise the spent electrolyte and then dispose of it.

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Bosch Powers the Automotive Sector Toward an Electrified Future

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Electric cars are an important focus of Robert Bosch — another leading automotive company founded in Stuttgart. As the automotive industry races toward an electrified future, Bosch is accelerating its R&D into the essential building blocks of electric drivetrains. Electric mobility is growing up now,” he says.

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New York Turn On

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Turn on the Electric Road By DAVID MORRIS Published: October 8, 2006 Minneapolis LAST summer, New York State took a page from California’s playbook, using state policy to jump-start a 21st century automobile industry.

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A brief discussion of the history of EV charging technology

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The 6kW Wattstation, introduced in 1910, was the earliest prototype of charging equipment for electric cars, and the mercury rectifier was still used to convert AC to DC. When these cars ran out of power, the battery was usually removed from the car and installed back in the vehicle after charging in the Battery room. Corner of Battery Room.

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“Energiewende” in a tank; Audi e-fuels targeting carbon-neutral driving with synthetic fuels from renewables, H2O and CO2; Swiss policy test case

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The company currently has a number of projects underway producing or developing—with its different technology partners—e-gas (methane) ( earlier post ); e-ethanol ( earlier post ); two versions of e-diesel from different pathways ( earlier post , earlier post ); and e-benzin (gasoline) ( earlier post ). Earlier post.).

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