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Porsche greenlights Mission E electric sports car; launch at end of decade

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Over the next few years, the company will build a new paint shop and a new assembly plant. The vehicle can optionally be recharged wirelessly by induction via a coil set into the garage floor. The production vehicle is now due to be launched at the end of the decade. In addition, the existing body shop is being enlarged.

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Ford unveils C-MAX Energi, its first production plug-in hybrid, and another hybrid variant

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It builds on the powersplit architecture Ford uses in its current hybrids, allowing it to operate in fuel-saving electric mode beyond 47 mph (76 km/h). This allows it to run in electric mode before using the gasoline engine. When the entire ring is solidly lit, the vehicle is fully charged.

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PIP Declares Victory

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The Chevy Volt , a plug-in electric car, will have the battery power to take most American drivers to and from work every day without using any gasoline at all. The vehicle will be recharged at night, plugged into a standard home outlet. the year that the Volt should arrive in showrooms. Parent company BYD Co.—it

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VW Jumps on the Bandwagon

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During a presentation of Volkswagen's new electric car program entitled "Fleet Test: Electric Drive Vehicles," Winterkorn explained that TwinDrive can power a vehicle solely on electricity for up to 50 kilometers (31 miles) and can be plugged into to existing power outlets for recharging.

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Bright’s Plug-In Car: Aerodynamics Are Key

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195, Bright will be building cars that “do more with less&# , a philosophy MacCready was famous for (and the title of a wonderful biography on him). Andy Frank makes the observation that parallel hybrids (Toyota Prius) are cheaper than series hybrids (Chevy Volt). At the end of this article, Prof. I’m still not convinced.

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On the Horizon

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N ow that the number one automaker and the number two automaker has made the commitment to building Plug In hybrid / electric vehicles by 2010, another automotive giant is joining the race. What we are seeing is that the shifts coming from the markets are more powerful than what regulators are doing,” he said. Toyota ( TM ).

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Bosch starting volume production of silicon carbide power semiconductors

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To achieve this, Bosch’s semiconductor experts are building on their decades of expertise in chip manufacturing. The chips are also important for 800-volt systems, where they enable faster recharging and better performance. In addition to weight, this is another way to reduce the cost of electric vehicles.

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