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Battery powered trailer boost range, efficiency — now for $120,000 less

Baua Electric

The company claims the Range Energy electric trailers can double a trucks’ fuel economy and slash its NOx emissions by as much as 67%. I’m betting batteries , for what it’s worth – but Range Energy customers will be able to put their electric trailers to work behind either! gross vehicle weight (well below the 80,000 lb.

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Hyundai to begin production of ix35 Fuel Cell vehicle in December; targeting 1,000 units by 2015

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Hyundai called the ix35 Fuel Cell its “halo vehicle” in the Blue Drive sub-brand, the badge worn by Hyundai’s cleanest vehicles, including Sonata Hybrid, i20 Blue Drive and BlueOn, Hyundai’s battery-powered i10. ix35 fuel cell powertrain layout. ix35 fuel cell powertrain layout. Fuel consumption.

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2019 Porsche Cayenne E-Hybrid PHEV debuts; third new Porsche hybrid powertrain since 2017

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Acceleration from zero to 60 mph happens in 4.7 seconds vs. Cayenne S E-Hybrid) and a top track speed of 157 mph (+6 mph vs. Cayenne S E-Hybrid). In addition, the battery is charged as quickly as possible to ensure maximum performance. Power is stored in a 14.1 seconds (-0.7 seconds (-0.9

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GM details 2016 Chevrolet Malibu Hybrid powertrain design and operation

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l/100 km) combined, 47 mpg city and 46 mpg highway; the powertrain shares the transmission architecture with the 2016 Chevrolet Volt extended range electric vehicle (EREV), but includes changes to optimize the system for engine-driven charge-sustaining operation in the range of conditions represented by the US EPA 5 cycle fuel economy tests.

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Volvo to unveil XC60 gasoline-electric Plug-in Hybrid Concept at Detroit show; system targeted for US and China markets

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It is also possible while recharging the car to heat or cool the passenger compartment, reserving more battery power to propel the car. Using the US certification standards, which include emissions from the production of the electric energy, the combined fuel economy in continuous driving is 50 mpg US (4.7

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Advantage EV

Electric Auto Association

Gas and diesel vehicle owners in cold climates face reduced mileage, frozen fluid lines, dead batteries, and long warm-up periods. Cold weather is hard on all vehicles : Drivers of both EVs and gas and diesel vehicles have to deal with complications caused by cold weather.

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

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C-MAX Hybrid is targeted to deliver better fuel economy than the 41 mpg Ford Fusion Hybrid, the most fuel-efficient sedan in America today. 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).

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