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Directly-cooled lighter-weight EV motor made with polymer housing

Green Car Congress

Researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Chemical Technology ICT are working together with the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology KIT to develop a new cooling concept that will enable polymers to be used as EV electric motor housing materials, thereby reducing the weight of the motor and thus, the EV itself. Coolant circuit in the stator.

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Kopernikus Project P2X integrated container-scale test facility produces first fuels from air-captured CO2 and green power

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Partners of the P2X Kopernikus project on the premises of Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) in Germany have demonstrated the production of fuel from air-captured CO2 using—for the first time—a container-based test facility integrating all four chemical process steps needed to implement a continuous process.

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How I turned a shipping container into a solar off-grid charging station with A/C

Baua Electric

To save a bit of money instead, you can source your own solar panels, solar charge converter, batteries, inverter, and wiring, then make it all play together. And the answer is to hopefully give them better wind protection. You can see it in more detail in my video of the project.

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Daimler Trucks NA SuperTruck achieves 115% freight efficiency improvement over 2009 baseline; 50.2% engine BTE

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Friction-reducing measures include a variable speed water pump, a clutched air compressor, low-viscosity oil and an improved cylinder kit. The basic shape originated as a 3D computer model, which was carefully honed by aerodynamicists using digital wind. Aerodynamics.

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Road Test: 2022 Lexus RX 450h F Sport AWD

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coefficient of drag (C d ) helped reduce wind noise and increase fuel economy. The 4-wheel anti-lock brakes with ventilated discs were part of the regenerative charging system, an energy recovery process taking the usually wasted friction and heat from braking or coasting, and converting kinetic energy into stored energy. Big spindle.

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Road Test: 2021 Lexus NX 300h F Sport Black Line Special Edition

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Wind noise was low with a respectable 0.34 The four-wheel power-assisted disc anti-lock brakes are part of the regenerative charging system that converts kinetic energy into electric energy and stores it in the battery when applying the brakes or coasting. Coefficient of Drag (Cd). Stopping was straight without fade on repeated stops.

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Volkswagen Group shows 3 hydrogen fuel cell concepts at LA Show: Audi A7 Sportback h-tron; Golf Sportwagen HyMotion; Passat HyMotion

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Put another way, the fuel cell technology is being developed so as to work as components in the MQB (transverse) kit, the development of which is led by the Volkswagen brand, and the MLB (longitudinal) kit being driven by Audi. Because the exhaust system only has to handle water vapor, it is made of weight-saving plastic.

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