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Volkswagen sold around 394,000 battery-electric vehicles in 2023

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the United Kingdom, Sweden, France, Norway and Belgium. By comparison, BEV market leader Tesla sold over 1.8 million BEVs sold , with many of its over 3 million vehicle sales coming from plugin hybrids and gas cars (via Reuters ). By comparison, BEV market leader Tesla sold over 1.8 4 units for a 62.9

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Polestar 7 to replace Polestar 2 in EV line-up to avoid Volkswagen Golf-like fate

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The Polestar 2 is the brand’s first fully electric vehicle after the Polestar 1, a hybrid with up to 78 miles of electric range. The Polestar 2 is already a market leader in several regions like Norway, Sweden, Germany, Belgium, and others. In comparison, the Polestar 2 is powered by Volvo’s CMA platform.

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Ford and Schaeffler demonstrate Fiesta-based e-WheelDrive car; follow-up research project in the works

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At Ford’s Lommel Proving Ground in Belgium, Ford Motor Company and Schaeffler demonstrated the Fiesta-based eWheelDrive car. Fiesta eWheelDrive. Click to enlarge. Earlier post.) The liquid-cooled wheel hub drive, which is in its beta stage of development, also delivers up to 700 N·m (516 lb-ft) of torque.

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NMCA shown to be a promising cathode material for high-power and safe Li-ion batteries

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A team of researchers from CNRS, IPB and SAFT in France and UMICORE in Belgium report on the synthesis and performance of a new high-power cathode material for Li-ion batteries (NMCA) in a paper in the Journal of Power Sources. Li 1.11 (Ni 0.40 Al 0.05 ) 0.89 Al 0.05 ) 0.89

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MIT team develops first supercapacitor made entirely from neat MOFs, without conductive additives or binders

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Conventional MOFs exhibit surface areas exceeding 7,000m 2 g −1 , yet their use in EDLCs has been limited as precursors/templates for carbons (via pyrolysis), or as hybrid composites with conductive additives such as graphene, because their electrical conductivity is typically much lower than that of graphitic carbons.

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Frost Sullivan Projects That About 80% of European Vehicle Sales Will Be in the 150 g/km CO2 Band by 2015; EVs as a Strategy of Premium Automakers

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The countries covered in this research service are Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom. European automakers are striving to comply with EU CO 2 norms (average fleet emissions less than 130 g/km by 2015) to avoid penalties. (As

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Study suggests fuel cell hybrid with supercapacitors for energy storage the most fuel efficient

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The fuel economy of the supercapacitor fuel cell hybrid, they noted, is higher despite the vehicle being heavier and more expensive. Comparison of the improvement in hydrogen fuel economy between the FCHEV powertrains over different driving cycles. —Hegazy et al. Left : CSEM. Right: CSPSO. Click to enlarge. EVS27-8920681).