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Zytek Automotive takes class win with electric seven-seat taxi

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Zytek won the award for Most Economical & Environmentally Friendly Multi-Purpose electric vehicle with a 7-seat electric Mercedes Vito taxi ( earlier post ) in the first RAC Brighton to London Future Car Challenge. —Zytek Automotive managing director, Neil Heslington, who drove the Vito.

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Zytek awarded £1.35M in UK government funding to develop electric powertrain technologies center of excellence

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UK-based clean vehicle technology specialist Zytek has won a £1.35-million million) grant from the UK Government’s Regional Growth Fund to support the development of an Electric Powertrain Technologies Center. Zytek will invest a further £3.65 million (US$2.2-million) million (US$5.9

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UK Government Providing Funding for New Electric City Car That Can Be Sustainably Manufactured

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Bill Gibson Chairman, Zytek Automotive; Lord Drayson , Science and Innovation Minister; and Gordon Murray, Chief Executive and Technical Director, Gordon Murray Design. Consortium partners for the electric T.27 27 project are Gordon Murray Design as the lead organization and Zytek Automotive Limited. Click to enlarge.

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Vocis to demonstrate 2-speed EV transmission at LCV2011

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UK transmission engineering and control specialist Vocis will give its twin speed electric vehicle transmission ( earlier post ) its first public demonstration at LCV2011 (the Low Carbon Vehicle show) on 7-8 September at Rockingham Motor Speedway in the UK. Vocis 2-speed transmission. Click to enlarge.

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Ricardo to host conference on energy generation and management in low carbon vehicles

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Ricardo will host a conference on the challenges and potential solutions for auxiliary power units (APUs), waste energy recovery, and parasitic loss reduction in electric and other low carbon vehicles. The conference will conclude with a comparison of range extended electric vehicles to other low carbon powertrain architectures.

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Gordon Murray T.27 unveiled; Zytek provides more details on 25 kW EV powertrain

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At an event held at the Royal Automobile Club, Pall Mall, London Gordon Murray Design unveiled its latest ultra-compact electric city vehicle, the T.27 27 electric vehicle program, Zytek released more details regarding the electric drivetrain developed for use in this lightweight vehicle.

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Partners Present Details of 29M Low Carbon Vehicle Technology Project in UK; 15 Separate Workstreams from Battery Cells to Aerodynamics

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million) Low Carbon Vehicle Technology Project (LCVTP) Based in the UK’s West Midlands were revealed at a launch event held at the Heritage Motor Centre in Warwickshire. The Low Carbon Vehicle Technology Project comprises 15 separate technical R&D workstreams, each of which is led by a partner who will work closely with selected SMEs.

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