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Nissan and Yamato Transport begin test drives of battery-powered refrigerator trucks

Green Car Congress

Nissan Motor Co., will conduct test drives of the ATLAS F24 Refrigerator Truck by Li-ion Battery for a one-year period starting this month, in cooperation with Yamato Transport Co., The standard model of the ATLAS F24 Refrigerator Truck by Li-ion Battery is scheduled to go on sale in Japan in summer 2013.

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Hardcore electric ute incoming: Dakar-ready Ford F-150 Lightning Switchgear concept paves the way for wild Raptor EV

EV Central

Mustang Mach-E 1400, Mustang Cobrajet 1400 and the F-100 Eluminator left off, the latest battery-powered concept from Ford Performance has this time been prepared in cooperation with North Carolina-based motorsport engineering firm RTR Vehicles. Picking up where the SuperVan 4.2,

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How the Adoption of Tesla’s NACS Charging Network is Changing the EV Market

EV Life

Tesla’s North American Charging Standard (NACS) charging network, considered to be the best charging infrastructure in the world, is joining forces with other major automakers, allowing them to adopt this revolutionary technology and make it available to their customers. Driving an electric vehicle is getting a whole lot easier.

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Ram Promaster EV brings Detroit’s third maker into electric vans

Charged EVs

Detroit automakers to offer a battery-electric van for the delivery fleets found throughout the US. Nissan never offered its e-NV200 compact electric van here (and the gasoline NV200 itself is now gone too). The Ram’s battery powers a 200 kW (268 hp) motor driving the front wheels, rated at 302 lb-ft of torque.

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Lux: future use of wide bandgap materials in power electronics will reduce EV cost

Green Car Congress

As silicon struggles to meet higher performance standards, WBG materials are benefiting critically from evolving battery economics. The US, Japan and the United Kingdom, among others, are funding research and development in power electronics. Electric (Battery) Power Electronics' million to a $3.8-million

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Ram Promaster EV brings Detroit’s third maker into electric vans – Charged EVs

Baua Electric

Detroit automakers to offer a battery-electric van for the delivery fleets found throughout the US. Nissan never offered its e-NV200 compact electric van here (and the gasoline NV200 itself is now gone too). The Ram’s battery powers a 200 kW (268 hp) motor driving the front wheels, rated at 302 lb-ft of torque.

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False Starts: The Story of Vehicle-to-Grid Power

Cars That Think

It occurred in the wake of the California electricity crisis of 2000 and 2001, when mismanaged deregulation, market manipulation, and environmental catastrophe combined to unhinge the power grid. In the early years of the automobile, battery-powered electric cars were competitive with cars fueled by gasoline and other types of propulsion.

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