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Renault Group and Phoenix Mobility launch electric retrofit of commercial vehicles; Renault Master kit first

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Renault Group and Phoenix Mobility , a Grenoble-based company specializing in the conversion of commercial vehicles to electric power, have signed a letter of intent to form a strategic partnership for the development and commercial operation of a retrofit kit, the first of its kind in the French LCV market.

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Phoenix Drives inverter used in MAN Metropolis series-hybrid concept refuse truck

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The Phoenix Drives PD550-dual inverter is the main power electronics module used in the MAN Metropolis, a plug-in hybrid concept truck that will be on display at the eCarTec International Fair for Electric- and Hybrid-Mobility held 23-25 October 2012 in Munich. Earlier post.).

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Nikola announces Nikola Badger pickup; FCEV/BEV powertrain to support 600-mile range

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Nikola Corporation announced the product launch of the Nikola Badger electric pickup truck with an estimated range of 600 miles. The Badger is engineered to deliver 980 lb-ft (1,330 N·m) of torque, 906 peak HP and 455 continuous HP. The partnership will follow the Badger build from concept through production.

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Five Cool Tech Demos From the ARPA-E Summit

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You lose about half of your range in an electric vehicle if you drive it in the middle of winter in Michigan,” says Cyrus Rustomji, cofounder of South 8. Rustomji says he expects EV batteries made with South 8’s technology to maintain nearly full range at –40 °C, and gradually degrade in temperatures lower than that.

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ARPA-E to award $10M to third SEED cohort

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Awards may support exploratory research to establish viability, proof-of-concept demonstration for new energy technology, and/or modeling and simulation efforts to guide development for new energy technologies. Engineering Of Scalable Platinum-Free Electrodes For Pure-Water Aem Water Electrolysis. Phoenix Tailings.

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DOE announces $29M in funding for fusion energy technology development

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The project team will integrate FERMI’s capabilities and demonstrate utility by simulating and assessing the innovative and potentially transformative liquid-immersion blanket concept that could enable a compact, high- field path to commercial fusion energy. Interfacial-Engineered Membranes for Efficient Tritium Extraction - $1,397,973.

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Mercedes-Benz launching capacitive steering wheel in E-Class this summer

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The French engineer Alfred Vacheron is considered the inventor of the steering wheel. For the world’s first automobile race—from Paris to Rouen in July 1894—he had installed a steering wheel instead of the usual steering lever in his Panhard & Levassor, which was powered by a Daimler engine.

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