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Zypp Electric raises USD 15mn from Series C round led by ENEOS – ET Auto

Baua Electric

The Series C1 funding comprises USD 15 million in equity closure as part of its on-going USD 50 million round which is split into USD 40 million equity and USD 10 million debt, the company said. Besides ENEOS, the equity funding had participation from the existing investors, 9 unicorns, IAN fund, venture catalysts, WFC, and others.

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DuPont Industrial Biosciences awarded grant for high-efficiency biogas enzyme production

Green Car Congress

DuPont Industrial Biosciences has been awarded a grant from the European Commission to demonstrate high-efficiency enzyme production to increase biogas yields as part of the DEMETER project, funded from the Bio Based Industries Joint Undertaking under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation program. Earlier post.).

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ALABC lead-acid UltraBattery Civic hybrid surpasses 100,000 miles of fleet duty

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The batteries supplied by Exide as part of the C3 Project performed well under the HEV screening test, especially at high temperatures. Ah (at a C1 rate) after 51,000 miles driven, which is a very minimal capacity loss when comparing an average 7.55 The battery capacity was 7.54 Ah for the new modules.

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Toyota Prius named WhatGreenCar of the Year

Green Cars News

The 10 cars up for contention for the 2009 Award included: the Citroen C1 ev’ie electric, Mitsubishi i-MiEV electric, Toyota iQ, Ford Fiesta ECOnetic, third-generation Toyota Prius hybrid, Volvo S40/V50 DRIVe start-stop, new Honda Insight hybrid, VW Passat BlueMotion 2, BMW 318d saloon, and the Citroen C3 Picasso compact-MPV.

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GM provides technical details of the Gen 2 Voltec propulsion system used in the 2016 Volt

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After proving a initial look at the design and capability of the different components ( earlier post ) late last year, GM is now providing deeper technical insight into the second-generation platform. Clutches are OWC1, C1 and B1. liter range extender engine. Click to enlarge. Measured efficiency map of Motor A.

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