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

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an electric drive powered by overhead wires—the Solaris vehicles commissioned by Gdynia will be fitted with additional batteries which enable driving off the traction line. Both types will be able to cover a distance of dozens of kilometers in zero-emission mode without the use of a pantograph.

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

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PowerGenix, the developer of nickel-zinc (NiZn) rechargeable batteries ( earlier post ), has signed a product evaluation contract with HELLA, a Tier 1 supplier to major automotive manufacturers worldwide. It’s inherently very safe and also promises to provide equivalent emissions reductions, but at a lower cost. Marc Nalbach of HELLA.

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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. Power-assisted bicycles.

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

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prototype is powered by a 44kW (60hp) electric motor and is equipped with a 15kWh battery. The Renault-Nissan Alliance intends to mass market zero-emission vehicles. That said, electric vehicles generally tend to emit less greenhouse gases than equivalent internal combustion-engined vehicles. The 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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A chemical battery or chemical power supply is a device that converts chemical energy into electrical energy. The benefits of liquid flow batteries are a flexible layout, long cycle life, fast response times, and no harmful emissions; the disadvantage is that the energy density varies greatly.