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Better Place Opens First EV Demonstration Center; Dor Alon to Deploy Battery Switch Stations in Israel

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Better Place announced the grand opening of the company’s first electric vehicle (EV) battery switch demonstration center in Israel. In the near future, the Better Place Center will have the Renault Fluence ZE for demonstrations, which will be available in Israel in 2011. Earlier post.). The Center, which includes 1 1.5-km

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VisIC and ZF partner on R&D effort to develop EV inverter based on GaN semiconductor technology; focus on 400V

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ZF Friedrichshafen AG and Israel-based VisIC Technologies Ltd., D 3 GaN technology has been shown to reduce the power losses by at least 50% while benefiting from the high-yield, low-cost proprietary design of GaN transistors. It also simplifies the system solution and enables high-efficiency and affordable power train solutions.

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Israel Aerospace Industries Applies Horizon Fuel Cell in Unmanned Aerial System

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Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) has integrated Horizon Energy’s AEROPAK fuel cell as a next-generation power system for IAI’s Bird Eye 650 Unmanned Aerial System (UAS). The AEROPAK is a game-changing propulsion power system.

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BMW Group to offer 25 electrified vehicle models by 2025, 12 fully electric

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The Group’s market share for electric drives in Europe is already three times higher than its market share for combustion-powered cars, added Klaus Fröhlich, Member of the Board of Management of BMW AG, Development. Our test fleet is now on the roads in Germany, Israel and the US – making daily trips. —Harald Krüger.

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Nissan Swear off Hybrids and Hydrogen

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He has also promised that it will have three battery-powered models on sale by 2011: an electric Kangoo van, a Clio-sized five-seat hatch and a larger saloon designed primarily for Israel but which would also be sold across Europe. Pelata's vision is that a third of Renault's line-up will be electric within a decade.

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Slow start for charge of the electric cars - Times Online

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Buyerswill purchase the car – at about the same price as a conventional model –but lease the batteries from a third-party energy supplier for a monthly feeequivalent to the fuel costs for an economical petrol or diesel car. So the car uses an electrical store to power the drive motor. May I ask what powers the heater?

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The right way to get oil-rich West Asia to pressure electrical vehicles? Chinese language EV makers contemplate

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s top class Zeekr emblem have began promoting in Israel and planning to make bigger into extra international locations within the patch, together with Qatar and Bahrain. There’s also the threat of the Israel-Hamas war escalating. Top temperatures, in conjunction with the want to run air con continuously, manner batteries drain faster.