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Houston-Galveston area to deploy 30 battery-electric delivery trucks

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The Smith Newton trucks include the company’s proprietary Smith Power, with variable 40-120 kWh battery pack options; Smith Drive, and Smith Link, an onboard system for monitoring the vehicle’s vital statistics. Its service area is 12,500 square miles and contains more than 6 million people.

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2022 Ford F-150 Lightning First Drive: Ford’s most valued model is now electric

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With the battery pack below the cabin and bed, the Lightning has a much lower center of gravity than any F-150 powered by an engine. It’s the ability to use its battery to power your house during an electricity outage—if you get the big battery and high-end spec, and have a house with wiring that accommodates it.

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First drive: US spec Audi A3 Sportback e-tron plug-in hybrid; 83-86 MPGe with 16-17 mile EV range

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Although the EPA has not as of this writing released the final fuel economy numbers for the US A3 e-tron, Filip Brabec, Director, Product Management, Audi of America, said that the figures will be around 83 to 86 MPGe combined (depending on the equipment level), with 35 to 39 mpg gasoline only and 16-17 miles of EV range. Battery pack.

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IBM and EKZ partner to make plug-in charging more convenient with new smartphone application

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The device, roughly the size of a phonebook, was installed in several electric vehicles, including a Renault Twingo to collect information on the vehicle’s battery charge level, location and the power source. According to the latest statistics available, approximately 55.6%

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Argonne Study Examines Impact of Real World Drive Cycles on Efficiency and Cost of Different PHEV Configurations

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Aymeric Rousseau, program manager at Argonne, presented a small slice of this wide study at the Advanced Automotive Battery Conference 2009 (AABC) this week in Long Beach. Here the controller drives as long as possible using battery energy, depleting the state of charge (SOC) from 90% to 30%. Load engine power strategy. L/100km (35.6

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BMW provides initial look at X5 eDrive plug-in hybrid prototype

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The BMW Group has decided that the key components of this technology, such as the electric motor, high-voltage battery and power electronics, will be developed in-house. Its power is supplied by the lithium-ion high-voltage battery pack. During overrun, the high-voltage battery can be recharged via the electric motor.

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Study finds that low carbon vehicles will make progress in closing TCO gap by 2030, but will still require financial support for wide adoption

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mile) electric range. mile) electric range. Battery electric vehicles. The scenarios considered included: Policy interventions to equalize the TCO for low carbon and conventional cars; Battery and fuel cell cost reductions; Fuel shocks inflating the fuel price; The use of different discount rates; and.

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