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Audi TechDay e-mobility, Part 2: systems and components

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Unlike internal combustion engines, electric motors yield their maximum torque at extremely low rpms, practically from the starting position. Asynchronous motors (ASM) have no permanent magnets and are simple in design, sturdy, low in maintenance and long-lived. The passive circuit uses the temperate air from the vehicle interior.

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

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USA Today ) 10/25/06 DaimlerChrysler is downright reluctant, even though it has built four test models, commercial-size vans that run on gasoline and electricity. This is different from anything Ive ever seen in my 40 years in the automobile industry." ( Detroit Free Press ). USA Today ) 6/23/06 "General Motors Corp.,

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