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DOE Announces Nearly $11 Million for Advanced Automotive Battery Research, Development, and Demonstration Projects

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million for a project to develop a chemical shuttle agent that will eliminate the danger of overcharging lithium-ion batteries developed for plug-in hybrid electric vehicles, hybrid electric vehicles, and electric vehicles. million, project to develop hybrid nano carbon fiber/graphene platelet-based high-capacity anodes for lithium batteries.

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Road Test: 2024 Toyota Mirai Limited FCEV

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No plugging in to an electrical outlet. The Mirai has had only a little competition Along with the Mirai, the Hyundai Nexo FCEV (and its predecessor, the Hyundai Tucson FCEV ) has been on sale in California since around 2016 and makes-up a part of the total 18,025 FCEVs sold in California. In October 2023 Gov.

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Road Test: 2023 Mazda CX-5 2.5 Turbo AWD

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The CX-5 Turbo interior is simple with an all-black color scheme and aluminum accents, steering away from faux wood or carbon fiber. That’s a good place to start when summing-up the Mazda line-up of crossover/SUVs, its one remaining sedan and, of course, the delightful MX-5 Miata. The EPA rates the CX-5 2.5L The cargo area is has 29.1

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Audi unveils h-tron quattro fuel cell SUV concept at Detroit; MLB evo platform

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Each motor powers one set of wheels—as on the technology demonstrator Audi A7 Sportback h-tron quattro (a plug-in hybrid design with an 8.8 The Hyundai iX (Tucson) Fuel Cell Vehicle SUV, with a 100 kW stack and 100 kW motor, has an NEDC fuel consumption of 0.95 Earlier post.). —Siegfried Pint. Earlier post.)

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