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LondonEnergy puts Volvo FM Electric semi trucks to work in waste management

Baua Electric

The waste management and resource experts at LondonEnergy have taken delivery of a Volvo FM Electric 6×2 tractor unit, and they’re putting it to work immediately. “We LondonEnergy’s new electric semi truck will be tasked with collecting unrecyclable waste from the company’s transfer station, in Islington, UK.

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Transphorm introduces first qualified 600V Gallium Nitride product and demonstrates 99+% efficient DC-DC boost converter

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Transphorm’s solutions cut energy waste by 20% today and simplify the design and manufacturing of a wide variety of electrical systems and devices, including motor drives, power supplies and inverters for solar panels and electric vehicles, according to the company.

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Transphorm introduces Gallium Nitride diode; >99% efficient DC-DC boost converter

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Transphorm says that its solutions cut energy waste by 20% and simplify the design and manufacturing of a wide variety of electrical systems and devices, including motor drives, power supplies and inverters for solar panels and electric vehicles. is showcasing a GaN-based, dc-to-dc boost converter running at more than 99% efficiency.

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Cemex Germany strengthens EV fleet with iONTRON ready-mix trucks from Putzmeister

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During vehicle operation itself, the 315 kW e-motor produces no carbon emissions, either when driving to or working on the construction site. It recovers its full battery capacity overnight at a DC charging station in the ready-mix concrete plant.

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Audi boosts range and efficiency in e-tron; extra 25 km in WLTP

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In normal driving, the motor on the rear axle provides propulsion as standard. Now, due to a number of optimizations, the front electric motor is almost entirely disengaged and disconnected from the electricity supply. Only when the driver requests more power do both motors spring into action.

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Local Motors 3D printing a Strati at NAIAS; announces two micro-factories to open

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Local Motors is 3D printing and assembling a Strati—the first 3D-printed car—live from the show floor at the North American International Auto Show (NAIAS). The design was chosen in May 2014 from more than 200 submitted to Local Motors by the company’s online co-creation community after launching a call for entries.

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2024 Lucid Air Grand Touring adds heat pump, charges up to 30% faster

Baua Electric

General Motors plans to put heat pumps in every one of its Ultium EVs , and Rivian plans to add them soon. Other models adding them in the past year have included the Mercedes-Benz EQS and EQE , and some versions of the Ford F-150 Lightning.