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City of Gdynia orders 30 Solaris Trollino trolleybuses with Li-ion battery packs for off-wire driving

Green Car Congress

Both types will be able to cover a distance of dozens of kilometers in zero-emission mode without the use of a pantograph. This will support a zero-emission ride of around 15-20 kilometers without connection to traction. Thanks to the batteries, these will manage to ride also on routes lacking traction lines.

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Tier 1 HELLA evaluating PowerGenix NiZn batteries for 48V mild hybrid vehicles

Green Car Congress

Nickel-Zinc could offer some unique benefits in 48-volt systems. It’s inherently very safe and also promises to provide equivalent emissions reductions, but at a lower cost. In addition, a starter alternator motor is used to supplement the internal combustion engine with some level of power assist during acceleration.

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Electric bicycles classifications, history & development 

Electric Vehicles India

The ICE vehicles are one of the main causes of polluting the environment, the exhaust emissions of internal combustion engines such as hydrocarbons (HC), nitrogen oxides (NOx), carbon monoxide (CO), and particulate matter (PM), the need for alternate energy methods is greater than ever. Nickel-cadmium battery(NiCd).

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Kangoo be bop Z.E. electric vehicle available for test drive

Green Cars News

The Renault-Nissan Alliance intends to mass market zero-emission vehicles. This commitment is founded on the underlying principle that electric vehicles – unlike all other technologies (internal combustion engines, hybrids) – are zero-emission vehicles during their use on the road. Like the Z.E. Renault Kangoo be bop Z.E.

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Take a detailed look at 7 types of energy storage batteries

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It consists of two electrochemically active electrodes of different compositions as positive and negative electrodes, respectively, and a chemical substance that provides media conduction as an electrolyte, which provides electrical energy by converting its internal chemical energy when attached to some external carrier.