EV Central

MAY 23, 2025

That group also includes the battery-powered Juke, a tiny electric city car and the third-gen Leaf SUV that will be offered to Australians from next year. Developed alongside the new Renault 5 E-Tech, the Micra EV was restyled by the Japanese brand’s London based design studio. 2026 Nissan Micra. 2026 Nissan Micra.

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EV Central

MARCH 3, 2025

The new baby battery-powered SUV has been designed to sit below the EV3 and EV5 in the current car-maker’s growing all-electric SUV line-up, but it’s stylish SUV shape can’t save it being ruled out for Australians even before the production car’s debut. 2025 Kia EV2 Concept interior.

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JUNE 10, 2025

TVS Motor Company appears to be gearing up to launch a brand-new electric scooter, as revealed by a recent design patent filed in Indonesia. The leaked sketches showcase a futuristic, urban-oriented design that hints at a scooter potentially more affordable and versatile than the current TVS iQube.

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EV Central

MAY 22, 2025

The decision comes less than two years after the small SUV underwent a significant update designed to close the gap between it and other EVs like the Mercedes EQA. Helping make the decision easier for Lexus Australia is the lukewarm sales performance of the battery-powered small SUV.

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JULY 17, 2025

Cleverly, it sacrifices none of the four-door’s tech and still manages to cover an incredible 761km on a single charge. Clever design details include a new panoramic roof that looks like it extends from the windscreen rail all the way to the rear screen. Home charging is up to 22kW using a wall box. 2026 Mercedes-Benz CLA.

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Clean Fleet Report

MAY 10, 2025

Charging A fast charger The lithium-ion batteries come with a standard pre-conditioning system to aid faster and more complete charging in cold weather. Charging times vary for the two battery sizes. kWh Standard Range battery Level 2 10-100%: 5 – 6 hours 64.8

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EV Central

JUNE 5, 2025

Promised to be more of a credible alternative to combustion car, the all-new Nissan Leaf is said to be a high efficiency SUV on the highway that can add 250km of range in a short 14-minute charge. Releasing the first of three videos that help chart its development, all give a closer look at the battery-powered production SUV.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 20, 2020

The technology group Wärtsilä has been awarded a contract to design and equip two new zero-emissions ferries. The orders with Wärtsilä for the design and the equipment were placed in April 2020. The Wärtsilä ship design is tailored to the operating and route profiles of the two double-ended shuttle ferries.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 7, 2021

One of our first sustainable mobility solutions was a dual-mode Autorail à Grande Capacité (AGC) train, designed and developed by its Crespin site in France; the AGC was the world’s first hybrid train when it entered service in 2007. The effort is part of France’s strategy to eventually phase diesel power out of its national rail fleet.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 25, 2023

Austrian Federal Railways (ÖBB) has awarded Stadler a framework agreement for up to 120 battery-powered trains. The FLIRT Akku vehicles are designed to replace the current diesel fleet and will enable sustainable operation on lines that are only partially electrified.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

(NFI), to supply ultra-high energy lithium-ion battery packs for its zero-emission, MCI D45 CRTe LE CHARGE long-distance motor coach. In addition, each has designs for the power to energy ratio needed. MCI will send its D45 CRTe LE CHARGE to Altoona, Pa., Fuel cells.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 28, 2022

In the eActros, this continuous brake system is provided by a trailer brake (High Power Brake Resistor or HPR for short) for battery-electric vehicles. At Logistik Schmitt, the eActros 300 (6x2), designed for operation with a trailer, comes equipped with a center-axle Rockinger trailer coupling.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 30, 2013

After trolleybuses, hydrogen-powered buses and hybrid vehicles, we are coming out with our own concept of a battery-powered electric bus. battery-powered) buses has been recently announced by a number of not only European, but also Czech large cities. Škoda battery-electric bus. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 20, 2023

A complete system featuring a compact design, Rheinmetall’s new coolant system saves precious installation space. Designed for both 400- and 800-volt applications, it delivers up to 8 kW of nominal cooling output and up to 11 kW of heating for battery-powered and hybrid systems.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 25, 2023

The uniquely designed vessel will be fully battery powered, with e-motor driven Wärtsilä waterjets as the main propulsors. The battery modules and energy storage system package is four times larger than on any electric/hybrid ship currently operating. It will also be the world’s first electric, lightweight catamaran.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 26, 2020

The new C+pod is a two-seater BEV designed as a mobility option that improves per-person energy efficiency. One of those services is Toyota Green Charge, a joint project developed with Chubu Electric Power Miraiz Co., The C+pod supports standard charging, which makes charging easy whether at home or outside of the home.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 23, 2022

Rolls-Royce is developing turbogenerator technology—including a new small engine—designed for hybrid-electric aviation applications. Rolls-Royce is also set to build on our existing network to offer maintenance services for electrical systems. —Rob Watson, President – Rolls Royce Electrical.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

Daimler Trucks also presented for the first time a preview of a purely battery-powered long-haul truck, the Mercedes-Benz eActros LongHaul, which is designed to cover regular journeys on routes that can be planned in an energy-efficient manner. Its range on one battery charge will be approximately 500 kilometers.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 14, 2022

Developed as part of the Advanced Propulsion Center-funded CELEB (Cost Effective Low Entry Bus) project—in which Equipmake has led multiple international partners over the last three years—the objective of the program has been to deliver a cost-effective bus designed for the South American market.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 18, 2021

Cummins and Kalmar will together offer battery-electric terminal tractors globally. Cummins designed the PowerDrive 8000 for the terminal tractor segment to better meet the necessary duty-cycle and power requirements for the distribution and port environments. There are two battery capacities to choose from, 152 or 182 kWh.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

With clear contours and an LED light strip in the front area, the vehicle provides a preview of the design language of the series-production vehicle. The batteries of the production eActros LongHaul can be charged from 20 to 80% in well under 30 minutes at a charging station with an output of about one megawatt.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 15, 2018

The battery-powered eTruck is a MAN eTGM 18.360 4x2 LL. The type designation indicates that the truck is a semitrailer tractor and belongs to the 18-tonne weight class, while the overall combination with a semitrailer is designed for a total weight of 32 tonnes in delivery traffic.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 21, 2022

This design precludes the need for rare earth metals altogether in the manufacture of the rotor. The virtually silent power delivery of the BMW i7 xDrive60 is further helped by improvements to the electric drive units’ acoustics, a model-specific mounting concept and newly developed noise encapsulation for the electric motors.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 20, 2023

Technology and engineering services company WAE Technologies (WAE) launched Elysia, its mass-market Battery Intelligence software offering designed to unlock significant improvements in the life, safety, usable energy, power, and rapid charging times of any battery system.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 16, 2023

With a hydraulic system powered by a Volvo Penta-supplied electric machine power take-off (EM PTO), this concept machine can effectively use battery power to transport its own excavator. Currently, the EL41H4 is still a concept machine and further testing and development is required before the next steps can be decided.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 7, 2021

The SiC inverter uses a scalable power switch for 800V systems, allowing it to be optimized for a variety of customer applications at different power levels. The SiC design builds on BorgWarner's proven cooling technology that enables a reduced semiconductor area for cost-effectiveness. BorgWarner 800V SiC inverter.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 25, 2013

Stanford / SLAC’s new lithium-polysulfide flow battery design compared to conventional “redox” flow batteries. The new flow battery uses only one tank and pump and uses a simple coating instead of an expensive membrane to separate the anode and cathode. Credit: Greg Stewart/SLAC). Click to enlarge. 1 and 190 Wh L ?1

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 7, 2020

After about a year of intensive practical use by ten customers in Germany and Switzerland, eight of the purely battery-powered Mercedes-Benz eActros trucks are now successively going to new customers in Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands. Lithium-ion batteries with 240 kWh supply the energy for the eActros.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 7, 2021

Representative battery power profile during an eVTOL trip. Required battery specific power in hover versus in cruise for the aircraft configurations being pursued by the industry. Battery energy breakdown for eVTOL trips with design-C and a 200Wh/kg battery pack. —Yang et al.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 9, 2022

Epiroc scored high on safety, design and testing of the entire battery system. Epiroc also offers large capacity batteries, uses a standard CCS charging protocol, has a battery swap system, and the designs are universal and compatible.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 9, 2020

It has been popular with many customers, due to the superior driving performance delivered by three types of 4WD system, including Dynamic Torque Vectoring AWD; design which fuses refinement with SUV-like power; spacious luggage storage; and an interior designed for convenience, making it suited to diverse situations.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 29, 2012

Plug-in hybrids and all-electric models have additional options for monitoring information like battery state of charge. Ford differentiates between the two PHEVs by noting that C-MAX is geared toward those most concerned with fuel economy, but designed so that owners aren’t forced to sacrifice comfort and convenience.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 16, 2013

Under this agreement both companies will work towards development of a 40 kW on-board DC generator to charge batteries during the daily drive cycle to increase the range of Balqon vehicles. Balqon’s heavy-duty trucks and drive systems are designed to transport up to 30 ton cargo containers. Polar Power, Inc.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 22, 2022

Powered by GM’s Ultium Platform, the Zevo 600 is designed for last-mile deliveries, with an estimated range of up to 250 miles on a full charge. This is part of a larger agreement between FedEx and BrightDrop that will see FedEx incorporate 2,500 total Zevo 600s across FedEx operations over the next few years.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 31, 2020

Cree has introduced the Wolfspeed 650V silicon carbide MOSFETs , delivering a wider range of industrial applications and enabling the next generation of Electric Vehicle (EV) onboard charging, data centers, and other renewable systems with industry-leading power efficiency. Enabling up to 70% higher power density compared to silicon.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 29, 2013

A battery-powered, six-seat passenger transfer vehicle is now available in the UK. The Golia multi-passenger electric vehicle (EV) has full N1 type approval, a 30 mph (48 km/h) top speed and a quick-swap battery pack for extended hours operations.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 2, 2020

Clayton Equipment, the only British independent locomotive manufacturer in the UK capable of designing and manufacturing locomotives up to 150 tonnes, has agreed a contract with Beacon Rail Leasing for the supply of 15 Hybrid CBD90 shunting locomotives along with options for a period of three years. —Adam Cunliffe, CEO of Beacon.

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