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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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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. China-based SORL Auto Parts, Inc., Earlier post.)

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Nissan Teams Up with LeasePlan to Bring Nissan LEAF to Europe

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The car will be mass-marketed globally from 2012 onwards. LeasePlan will purchase more than 100 Nissan LEAF electric vehicles from Nissan and will offer them to its customers in thirteen countries in Europe, starting in early 2011 in line with Nissan’s launch plans in those markets. million vehicles globally.

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

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Hundreds of charging stations for electric vehicles dot Utrecht’s urban landscape in the Netherlands like little electric mushrooms. Debates over the feasibility and value of such vehicle-to-grid technology go back decades. Debates over the feasibility and value of such vehicle-to-grid technology go back decades.

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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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Choosing “best of” or “most important” new cars is always dicey, and doubly so with electric vehicles. We fully expected to have one or two contenders from General Motors’ ambitious lineup of Ultium-based vehicles contending for the Most Important title. kilowatt-hour battery powering a single 160-kilowatt (215-horsepower) motor.

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

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Choosing “best of” or “most important” new cars is always dicey, and doubly so with electric vehicles. We fully expected to have one or two contenders from General Motors’ ambitious lineup of Ultium-based vehicles contending for the Most Important title. kilowatt-hour battery powering a single 160-kilowatt (215-horsepower) motor.

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