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FEBRUARY 8, 2010

Eco City Vehicles PLC (ECV), a developer and supplier of eco-friendly commercial vehicles and the London licensed taxi, launched an all-electric prototype of the London-licensed Mercedes Vito taxi, developed by a consortium of companies including ECV’s manufacturing partner Penso, Mercedes Benz UK and Zytek Automotive. million (US$3.9-million)

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NOVEMBER 5, 2009

Bill Gibson Chairman, Zytek Automotive; Lord Drayson , Science and Innovation Minister; and Gordon Murray, Chief Executive and Technical Director, Gordon Murray Design. 27 project are Gordon Murray Design as the lead organization and Zytek Automotive Limited. Click to enlarge. The UK-backed Technology Strategy Board is investing £4.5

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AUGUST 11, 2011

The new transmission will be demonstrated in a prototype electric minibus developed with powertrain supplier Zytek. The company will also show its rapid prototyping tool for control system development, now in small batch manufacture. Vocis 2-speed transmission. Click to enlarge.

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Green Cars News

OCTOBER 14, 2009

The huge push state side to embrace green cars may adopt a distinctly British influence when Zytek, a specialist in electric vehicle drivetrains, provides its advanced technology for a new US Government-backed electric commercial vehicle programme.

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OCTOBER 12, 2009

Elektromotive, a leading provider of electric vehicle charging facilities, has been selected as one of the UK companies trialing the smart electric drive ( earlier post ). The smart electric drive has been developed in conjunction with Zytek Group, and is exempt from Vehicle Exercise Duty and London Congestion Charge. Click to enlarge.

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MAY 12, 2010

Major elements of the new Zytek EV powertrain: inverter and power electronics (top); transmission (middle); and the air-cooled motor (right). UK-based Zytek Automotive is developing a third-generation electric vehicle powertrain. Zytek Automotive managing director Neil Heslington. Click to enlarge. Click to enlarge.

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Green Cars News

MAY 28, 2010

UK automotive design company, Gordon Murray Design has announced the specification and performance targets for its new T.27 The company has released details of the new electric car model in the hope of attracting partners and funding for UK manufacture. 27 electric city car.

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

Zytek has unveiled a fully engineered, electric version of the Mercedes A-Class that it developed in just ten weeks. Designed to demonstrate the capability of the company’s production-ready 55kW E-Drive electric powertrain, the five-seat electric family car project is a Zytek in-house activity and is entirely independent of Mercedes-Benz.

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Green Cars News

FEBRUARY 8, 2010

Eco City Vehicles PLC has launched an all-electric prototype of the London-licensed Mercedes Vito taxi, which has been developed by a consortium of companies including Zytek Automotive, Penso and Mercedes Benz UK. With zero road emissions, travelling by taxi in the nation’s capital could soon get an environmentally friendly spin.

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Green Cars News

JUNE 22, 2009

Reaction from customers taking part in the UK trial, including the Metropolitan Police, universities, local councils, architects and energy companies, has proved so encouraging that smart’s parent company, Daimler AG, has confirmed that the smart electric drive will go into small series production, with cars coming to the UK in early 2010. .

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JUNE 9, 2015

Evolute Drives, incorporated as a separate entity by its sister company Drive System Design (DSD) ( earlier post ), is seeking investors to help commercialize its high efficiency MSYS multi-speed transmission system for hybrids and electric vehicles. Earlier post.).

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JUNE 3, 2010

The company also produces Four Wheel Drive/performance Rear Wheel Drive cars sub-assemblies. Oerlikon Graziano is best known for its six-speed transaxles, which are standard fitment in models from performance cars such as Aston Martin, Ferrari, Lamborghini, Maserati, and Alfa Romeo.

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MARCH 29, 2010

A prototype electric version of the Mercedes Vito Taxi designed and built in six months by a consortium of British technology companies—Zytek, Valence Technology, Penso and Mercedes-Benz UK ( earlier post )—is ready for trials.

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Green Cars News

AUGUST 17, 2011

Two truly British electric car concepts are set to make an appearance in 2012, as hand-built luxury car brand Morgan Motor Company teams up with a consortium of other British brands to produce the Morgan +E programme.

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APRIL 28, 2009

Zytek (a UK based company) make the motor and drivetrain for it. The first one was the Zytek design you mentioned, but this is a 2nd "new and improved" design from Tesla, with more power, higher speed and greater range. This must be some kind of private venture. There are already about 300 of them being leased on a trial basis.

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