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Schaeffler secures volume orders for commercial vehicle electric traction motors, hybrid modules

Green Car Congress

The 800 V motor, used in pairs in battery-powered vehicles, delivers a maximum continuous output of 180 kW and generates a maximum torque of 950 N·m. It also features wave winding technology, an innovation that makes installation less complex and increases power density. The start of production is scheduled for 2024.

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Are Solid-State Batteries the Next Big Breakthrough for EVs?

Clean Fleet Report

Questions & Answers from our Friends at EarthTalk® Are solid-state electric vehicle (EV) batteries a solution to some of the issues with the lithium-ion batteries powering our EVs today? Volkswagen, Hyundai, Nissan and Honda are also developing their own solid-state batteries. See more at E Magazine.

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EVs Raise New Challenge for Fleet Optimization: Telematics Hasn’t Caught Up

Green Fleet Magazine

EV telematics is in its infancy, hobbled by the difficulty of gathering data from battery-powered vehicles as well as the inability of today’s telematics solutions to integrate data on mixed EV and ICE fleets.

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Seasonal Tips: Getting the Best Range from Your EV

Clean Fleet Report

According to a Consumer Reports experiment , the magazine staff found that EVs can lose a significant amount of battery power during colder months. Like the heating system, using AC in your EV can suck up battery power quickly, impacting your range. This is particularly true if the temperature dips below freezing.

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The Battery Revolution Is Just Getting Started

Cars That Think

Thirty-two years later, our laptops are powered by much, much lighter lithium-ion or lithium-polymer batteries. My lap is relieved, but the battery life is the same—it's still about 10 hours, as it was with the Macintosh Portable. Batteries have gotten a whole lot better, but they have not gotten Moore's-Law better.

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Why L. Ron Hubbard Patented His E-Meter

Cars That Think

From 1934 to 1940, he regularly penned 70,000 to 100,000 words per month of pulp fiction under 15 different pseudonyms published in various magazines. Keystone Press/Alamy Chapter 14 of the report is devoted to the E-meter, which Anderson viewed as a powerful enabler of Scientology. In his patents (see, for example, U.S.

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Audi scraps A2 electric car plan

Green Cars News

Premium car maker Audi is planning a u-turn on some of its electric car plans according to automotive magazine, Car. According to the British mag, Audi has cancelled its plans to produce a battery-powered A2 model and is likely to axe plans for the A1 e-tron hybrid. It is believed a combination of production costs, [.].

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