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The sales growth was mainly led by the company’s fully electric cars. Volvo Cars’ Recharge line-up of chargeable models, with a fully electric or plug-in hybrid powertrain, made up 41% of all Volvo cars sold globally (67,403 units) in Q1 2023.
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Partners since 2016, DAIHEN licensed WiTricity’s technology to commercialize wireless charging stations for electricvehicles (EVs) and for automatic guided vehicles (AGVs) in factory and industrial settings. DAIHEN recently launched a demonstration with Kansai Electric Power Co.
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The powertrains analyzed include conventional diesel; diesel hybrid electric; plug-in hybrid electric; compressed natural gas; fuel cell electric; and battery all-electric. —Chad Hunter, lead author of the report and former NREL researcher.
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TM4 and Cummins are jointly developing a plug-in hybrid powertrain for Class 7/8 transit buses that can reduce fuel consumption by at least 50% compared to conventional hybrid buses. The range-extended electric drive system comprises a gen-set (Cummins’ Euro 2019 B4.5 —Wayne Eckerle, VP, Cummins Research and Technology.
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Zipcar has introduced a 2014 Honda Fit battery electricvehicle (EV) at The University of California, Davis’ (UC Davis) West Village , the largest planned zero net energy community in the United States. In the course of a year, the community is designed to generate as much energy as it consumes.
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When we began the project to develop a proof-of-concept electric Commodore, it was critical that we. We were able to quickly switch our depleted battery for a fully charged one, so we didn’t have to park and plug in in order to. It shows that with battery switch, the age of the electric car has truly arrived.
will create the Honda Smart Home US, a showcase that demonstrates Honda’s vision for sustainable, zero-carbon living and personal mobility, including the use of solar power to charge a Honda Fit EV battery electricvehicle. American Honda Motor Co., model home in San Marcos, Calif., and potentially in additional KB Home markets.
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The American National Standards Institute (ANSI) released for public review and comment a draft of the Roadmap of Standards and Codes for ElectricVehicles at Scale developed by the Institute’s ElectricVehicles Standards Panel ( EVSP ). Earlier post.) Medium- and heavy-duty EVs are also covered.
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