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1-year customer field trials of FUSO electric Canter in Portugal show 64% lower costs, 37% reduction in CO2 given local power mix

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Daimler has concluded customer field trials with eight pre-production Fuso Canter E-Cell electric trucks ( earlier post ) in Portugal. FUSO developed the battery-powered and locally emission-free Canter E-Cell at the Daimler Trucks Center of Competence for Hybrid Technology. That time is cut to just one hour on a quick charging system.

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Toyota Motor Europe to supply fuel cell modules for train project as member of FCH2RAIL consortium

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The EU project FCH2RAIL (Fuel Cell Hybrid Power Pack for Rail Applications) consortium—with partners from Belgium, Germany, Spain and Portugal—is developing and testing a new zero-emission train prototype. When there are no overhead lines, the energy will come from the fuel cell and battery system.

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Daimler electric trucks & buses log more than 7M customer kilometers

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Worldwide, Daimler battery-electric trucks and buses have already logged more than seven million customer kilometers (4.3 The eEconic is mainly used as a waste-collection vehicle in urban waste-management. The eCanter is produced in Kawasaki, Japan and in Tramagal, Portugal. million miles). The range of the 7.49-ton

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US$7.5M JOSPEL project to develop energy efficient climate control for EVs; leveraging Joule and Peltier effects

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Even in today’s modern electric vehicles, a lot of energy is wasted on heating or cooling, in turn limiting the already relatively short range by further draining the battery capacity. The aim of the €6.7-million million (US$7.5-million) The aim of the €6.7-million million (US$7.5-million)

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Daimler Trucks unveils electric heavy-duty Urban eTruck from Mercedes-Benz; fleet trial for the light-duty Fuso Canter E-Cell

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The power is supplied by a battery pack consisting of three modules of lithium-ion batteries with a total capacity of 212 kWh. Depending on the desired range, the modular battery pack can be customized by adding or removing batteries. The cab is heated by waste heat from the drivetrain cooling system.

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Slow start for charge of the electric cars - Times Online

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Cheap to run but expensive to buy, they offer theprospect of low or zero carbon emissions, but manufacturers won’t sell themunless motorists want to buy them – and motorists won’t buy unless the priceis right and there are enough places to charge the batteries. to charge overnight.

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My Cycling trip from Agra to Bikaner

Plug In India

Marriyam, from Goa, Portugal was the Christian one and Rukaiya Begum, the Muslim one was from Turkey. I have used tailgating in crisis situations like when we had to get a Nexon EV back from Ahmednagar to Pune on half battery. I feel standardised packaging is the best way forward to reduce the solid waste problems that our cities face.

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