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Kia launching new diesel 48V mild-hybrid powertrain in 2018 on Sportage; more models to come

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The roll-out of diesel mild-hybrid technology will contribute to the brand’s global efforts to improve whole-fleet fuel efficiency. kWh 48-volt lithium-ion battery and a new Mild-Hybrid Starter-Generator (MHSG). Battery power can also be used to provide a new Moving Stop & Start function.

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President Obama Awards $2.3B for Tax Credits for New Clean-Tech Manufacturing Jobs; GE Gets Largest Battery-related Award

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GE has already invested more than $150 million in developing battery technologies, and the tax credit will supplement GE’s investments in the new product line that will serve the rail, marine, mining, telecommunications and utility sectors. Other battery awards were: Grantee Description. Aerovironment, Inc.

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Charley Boorman: myenergi HQ

My Energi

He has just returned from his latest global adventure through South and Central America up to Los Angeles on his electric motorbike for his new TV show ‘The Long Way Up’. The major differences on the SR / S over the SR / F are the addition of the more relaxed riding position (through re-positioning of the bars and pegs.) TORQUE: 189.8

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Best electric scooters in India 2023

Electric Vehicles India

The TVS iQube has all the modern features you need, including LED lighting, a full-color TFT instrument panel, USB charging port, under-seat helmet storage, and a plug-and-play charger. Access your ride stats, remote battery charging, geofencing status, and more with just a few taps on your smartphone. It also has a 7.0-inch

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Nissan introduces the e-NV2000 electric van

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Nissan introduced the Nissan e-NV200 battery-electric compact commercial van ( earlier post ), the second battery-electric vehicle in its global line-up, joining the Nissan LEAF. Most notable is the Lithium-ion battery which has been changed to allow it to fit under e-NV200’s floor without compromising the cargo area.

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Our PRIUS+ Project Photos PHEV Resources Global Warming Take Action News and Events Contact Us How Carmakers are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity If you ask, "have major auto-makers come around on PHEVs?", The biggest barrier is the battery." About CalCars Plug-In Hybrids FAQ How to Get a PHEV Where PHEVs are Carmakers Say.

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Nissan’s Big Gamble

Revenge of the Electric Car

That bet takes shape at a new lithium ion battery plant and at an electric-vehicle assembly line that Nissan will build at its Smyrna, Tenn., In California, Nissan of Elk Grove owner John Driebe thinks Nissan has identified a powerful new market segment. Batteries are expensive. manufacturing complex.

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