Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 8, 2010

Eco City Vehicles PLC (ECV), a developer and supplier of eco-friendly commercial vehicles and the London licensed taxi, launched an all-electric prototype of the London-licensed Mercedes Vito taxi, developed by a consortium of companies including ECV’s manufacturing partner Penso, Mercedes Benz UK and Zytek Automotive. million (US$3.9-million)

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Green Cars News

MAY 30, 2010

27 City Car from Gordon Murray Design have been revealed. The pure electric drive vehicle has been designed to fully optimise packaging, weight and performance. It is powered by a third generation Zytek powertrain with a 25kW motor and a 12kWh lithium-ion battery pack. The specification and performance targets of the T.27

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 29, 2011

At an event held at the Royal Automobile Club, Pall Mall, London Gordon Murray Design unveiled its latest ultra-compact electric city vehicle, the T.27 In parallel with the announcement of the completion of the Gordon Murray Design T.27 In parallel with the announcement of the completion of the Gordon Murray Design T.27

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 21, 2014

city car concept, shown at the Tokyo motorshow, is powered by an electric drive system from Zytek that employs a range of new design approaches to minimize the cost, weight and size of the powertrain while maximizing the performance and range. —Steve Tremble, Zytek sales and marketing director. Yamaha’s new MOTIV.e

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Zytek Concept Cars Electric 225

Green Car Congress

MAY 12, 2010

Major elements of the new Zytek EV powertrain: inverter and power electronics (top); transmission (middle); and the air-cooled motor (right). UK-based Zytek Automotive is developing a third-generation electric vehicle powertrain. Zytek Automotive managing director Neil Heslington. Click to enlarge. Click to enlarge.

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Zytek Production Motor Motors 199

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

Zytek has unveiled a fully engineered, electric version of the Mercedes A-Class that it developed in just ten weeks. Designed to demonstrate the capability of the company’s production-ready 55kW E-Drive electric powertrain, the five-seat electric family car project is a Zytek in-house activity and is entirely independent of Mercedes-Benz.

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Zytek Mercedes Electric Electrical 186

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 9, 2013

Specialist engineering consultancy Drive System Design (DSD) has been named as a member of the £16-million, 27-month Evoque_e program ( earlier post ) to develop new modular hybrid, plug-in hybrid, and battery-electric vehicle (BEV) technology. Electric (Battery) Motors Transmissions' Click to enlarge.

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Zytek Motor Motors Motoring 218

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 4, 2013

million (US$25 million) “Evoque_e” collaborative research project to develop new modular hybrid, plug-in hybrid, and battery-electric vehicle (BEV) technology. Batteries Electric (Battery) Hybrids Motors Plug-ins' Jaguar Land Rover will lead a £16.3-million Evoque_e is a two-year UK government Technology Strategy Board project.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 29, 2010

A prototype electric version of the Mercedes Vito Taxi designed and built in six months by a consortium of British technology companies—Zytek, Valence Technology, Penso and Mercedes-Benz UK ( earlier post )—is ready for trials.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 9, 2015

At the CENEX Low Carbon Vehicle event in the UK, Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) is showcasing three Concept_e research demonstrators—a mild hybrid, plug-in hybrid, and battery-electric vehicle—including a new novel high performance, modular electric drive module (eDM) developed in-house by Jaguar Land Rover. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 3, 2010

Oerlikon Graziano is highlighting its and Vocis Driveline Control’s (in which Oerlikon Graziano holds a majority share) development of the gearbox for the battery electric e-Vito Taxi ( earlier post ).

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Aston Martin Zytek Taxi Ferrari 218

Green Car Congress

JUNE 9, 2015

Evolute Drives, incorporated as a separate entity by its sister company Drive System Design (DSD) ( earlier post ), is seeking investors to help commercialize its high efficiency MSYS multi-speed transmission system for hybrids and electric vehicles. Earlier post.). —Alex Tylee-Birdsall. —Alex Tylee-Birdsall.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 5, 2011

Designed and manufactured by Italian drivetrain specialist Oerlikon Graziano with UK control systems specialist Vocis (itself part-owned by Oerlikon Graziano), the concept is intended to increase vehicle range or to allow reduced battery pack size, as well as providing improved low-speed pull away and higher-speed cruising.

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Range Zytek Motor Motors 199

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 28, 2009

Also ferrying guests about a short circuit (so to speak) was a smart fortwo imbued with a Tesla-engineered drivetrain, fruit of its effort to supply Daimler with battery packs for 1,000 smart eds. Zytek (a UK based company) make the motor and drivetrain for it. from the Tesla Roadster. 15 days ago AutoblogGreen for 03.31.09

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