Green Car Congress
FEBRUARY 7, 2021
To help France meet its sustainability targets, Bombardier will now convert AGC hybrid trains to full battery power. The effort is part of France’s strategy to eventually phase diesel power out of its national rail fleet. The range in battery mode will be at least 80 kilometers.
Green Car Congress
JANUARY 18, 2014
The VTO FOA is open to any and all ideas which significantly advance the mission of the VTO. If an unconventional solution can be found to reducing the cost for either conventional oxidation or conventional conversion of the fiber, the cost could be reduced. The cost to manufacture the carbon fiber is high.
Cars That Think
MARCH 31, 2022
They reach out from their exhibit case to spark conversations with visitors: “I remember Grandma having a slide rule like that.” A 9-volt battery powered the Texas Instrument TMS0975NL integrated circuit and the eight-digit LED display. What the article really shows is that Johnson had no idea how museums work.
Green Car Congress
OCTOBER 28, 2021
Instead of using the sustainably generated electricity for extending the vehicle’s range, it can also be used for the pre-entry climate control or to operate energy-intensive systems such as the air-conditioning and load compartment cooling systems, or for charging battery-powered tools, smartphones and laptops.
Cars That Think
JUNE 4, 2022
The ideas developed at PARC found their way into a number of commercial products, companies, and publications, shown here as leafy branches. So almost everyone who joined PARC in its formative years had a different idea of what the center’s charter was. The idea for the laser printer came to PARC from Xerox’s Webster, N.Y.,
Green Car Congress
APRIL 23, 2015
liter four-cylinder, naturally-aspirated direct-injection spark-ignition engine with sufficient power to continue normal driving after most of the battery energy has been depleted by EV driving or during conditions when available battery power is low because of extreme temperatures. The range-extending engine is a 1.5-liter
Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven
APRIL 21, 2009
Several after-market companies have done PHEV conversions of the Ford Escape hybrid and one has done a retrofit of the F-150 pickup -- see Where PHEVs Are and ICE-Conversions.) When Lutz first proposed creating an electric car in 2003, the idea "bombed" inside GM, he says. Has shown some concept fuel-cell PHEVs. Detroit News ).
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