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UPS launches delivery eBike in Pittsburgh

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The deployment is part of UPS’s Cycle Solutions and the company’s Rolling Laboratory, which tests alternative fuels and advanced technology vehicles. The eBike is equipped with battery-powered electric motors that makes it possible to cover longer distances than traditional bikes, carry substantial loads and navigate hills and other terrain.

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SORL launches new electric air brake compressors for electric buses

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China-based SORL Auto Parts, Inc., a supplier of brake and control systems to the global commercial vehicle industry, has launched a new generation of electric air brake compressors to be used in electric buses. Air brake compressors used in traditional vehicles are powered by an internal combustion engine.

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This Dutch City Is Road-Testing Vehicle-to-Grid Tech

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Volkswagen , Nissan , and Hyundai have moved to produce the kinds of cars that can use such bidirectional chargers—alongside similar vehicle-to- home technology , whereby your car can power your house, say, during a blackout, as promoted by Ford with its new F-150 Lightning. Kempton and Letendre’s. Patrick van Katwijk/Getty Images.

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AR?V eBikes from GM are available for preorder; two models on BikeExchange.com

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V was selected as part of a global crowdsourcing campaign announced in November 2018. V eBikes are launching first in Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands, due to the popularity of lithium-ion battery-powered eBikes in those markets. In Belgium and the Netherlands, the AR?V The name AR?V

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Kia EV9 and Volvo EX30: Are they 2024’s most important EVs?

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kilowatt-hour battery powering a single 160-kilowatt (215-horsepower) motor. kWh battery option for the Light Long Range may be more popular; it’s estimated to provide 304 miles of range in rear-wheel-drive form, using a slightly less powerful 148 kW (201 hp) motor. The EX30 will be a big part of that.

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Kia EV9 and Volvo EX30: Are they 2024’s most important EVs? – Charged EVs

Baua Electric

kilowatt-hour battery powering a single 160-kilowatt (215-horsepower) motor. kWh battery option for the Light Long Range may be more popular; it’s estimated to provide 304 miles of range in rear-wheel-drive form, using a slightly less powerful 148 kW (201 hp) motor. The EX30 will be a big part of that.

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Canoo Pickup, Kia EV6, Honda and Mini EV Plans: EV Week in Review – Mar 9-15

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inch wheelbase, the Canoo is roughly the same length as compact pickups were more than 20 years ago—when the engine bay was part of the packaging. Toyota Teases New X Prologue BEV – The world’s biggest automaker has teased its first ever global electric vehicle (EV) with a sneak picture ahead of the March 17 launch.

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