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Volvo Cars to limit all its cars to 180 km/h (112 mph); geo-fenced limits possible in future; proposals coming on intoxication and distraction

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Volvo Cars, as a worldwide leader in safety, will limit the top speed on all its cars to 180 km/h (112 mph) from 2020. Above certain speeds, in-car safety technology and smart infrastructure design are no longer enough to avoid severe injuries and fatalities in the event of an accident. —Håkan Samuelsson.

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Subaru introducing its first plug-in hybrid in US; Crosstrek Hybrid

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Conversely, it can be powered by the engine to function as a generator for the hybrid battery. The Crosstrek Hybrid is capable of speeds up to 65 mph when in full electric mode and is a full second faster from 0 to 60 mph than the standard Crosstrek. One motor functions as an engine starter.

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Lightning Systems accepting orders for LightningElectric battery-electric upfit for Ford Transit; price and specs

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The LightningElectric battery conversion package is available for Ford Transit as part of Ford Motor Company’s eQVM program. Conversions and service are performed by Ford QVM-certified upfitters and dealers around the world. Conversions and service are performed by Ford QVM-certified upfitters and dealers around the world.

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4 Classic Car Relaunches Transforming the EV Landscape

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Experts retrofitted the baby blue 1968 model with an electric motor, which the company used to debut its conversion program. The battery-powered model reaches 62 mph in 5.5 The electric-powered version of its 1970 model features a conversion kit with a battery shaped like a cassette. DeLorean really gets to the future 3.

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An Easy EV Conversion Kit For People

Open Source Civic EV Kit

After spending the past year and a half converting a Porsche 914 to an electric vehicle, I decided to expand my horizons by designing an open-source electric vehicle (EV) conversion kit for a commonly used car. All the commercially available freeway-capable (70 mph) EVs are priced way out of reach for the average consumer.

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Successful first test run of Alstom Coradia iLint fuel cell train; signed letters of intent for 60 trains

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Alstom successfully performed the first test run at 80 km/h (50 mph) of the fuel cell passenger train Coradia iLint ( earlier post ) on its own test track in Salzgitter, Lower Saxony (Germany). Based on Alstom’s flagship Coradia Lint diesel train, Coradia iLint is suited for operation on non-electrified networks.

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This new Airbus air taxi has a 50-mile range and is quieter than a hairdryer

Baua Electric

Airbus has introduced its latest zero-emission eVTOL, designed to carry four people with a noise decibel range lower than a hairdryer when flying – which will radically cut into the noise pollution factor of a futuristic vision of eVTOLs buzzing around busy cities. Perhaps closer to people talking loudly.

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