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GM will build the Cadillac ELR, a luxury coupe featuring extended-range electric technology, at the Detroit-Hamtramck Assembly, General Motors North America President Mark Reuss said Tuesday. The ELR is the production version of Cadillac’s Converj, a concept vehicle revealed at the North American International Auto Show in 2009.
Volvo Trucks will start serial production of trucks with the new e-axle in a few years and it will complement the current line-up of battery electric trucks. We will continue with our versatile battery electric trucks that are already in production. They can currently cover a wide range of transport assignments.
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Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) showcased the utility’s first extended-range electric truck with manufacturer VIA Motors at three Bay Area National Plug-In Day events—in San Francisco, San Rafael and Cupertino—on Sunday. PG&E joined with VIA Motors in 2008 to develop the extended-range electric vehicle, or eREV.
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BMW will supply a four-cylinder turbocharged engine for the next generation of Fisker cars, code-named ‘Project Nina’, which are scheduled to go into production in the re-commissioned former GM plant in Wilmington, Delaware at the end of 2012 and be on sale globally in 2013.
will be a training and general aviation aircraft which will also have a combustion engine within the fuselage to provide an extendedrange or endurance. The two-seater version E-Fan 2.0 will be a fully electric training aircraft powered only by batteries. The four-seater version E-Fan 4.0
a subsidiary of Zhejiang Geely Commercial Vehicle Group, to co-develop a medium-duty extendedrange electric truck. VIA Motors develops and markets extended-range electric (eREV) and all-electric (EV) powertrain systems for most vehicle classes from light-duty through Class 8. of Volvo AB—the home of Volvo Trucks.
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The company will start with an allocation of production that is distributed between itself and several Tier One sub-contractors in order to expedite the manufacturing ramp rate and delivery of motors to early customers. We’re entering phase two of the company’s production plans based on extremely high customer demand.
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Despite restrictions brought about by the coronavirus pandemic, the BYD eBus fleet has been delivered on time and according to pre-pandemic production schedules. The 13-meter model benefits from BYD’s new upgraded battery technology to provide extendedrange and city-to-city capability.
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Final production and testing of the new vehicles will be completed at Plug Power’s headquarters in Latham, New York, before they are made commercially available to the public in the third quarter of 2020. An extendedrange option is also available, effectively doubling the standard average range to 400 miles.
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New Flyer manufactures its own batteries in its bus production facilities. The battery packaging, developed by New Flyer, utilizes single waterproof enclosure design and offers weight reduction and simpler maintenance, decreasing the number of parts by 90%.
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At this week’s WasteExpo2016, Mack Trucks, one of North America’s largest manufacturers of heavy-duty Class 8 trucks, engines and transmissions, will showcase Wrightspeed’s The Route turbine-based extendedrange electric powertrain ( earlier post ) applied in a refuse truck. —Curtis Dorwart, Mack’s refuse product manager.
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kWh Li-ion battery) and extended-range (98.8 Equipped with an extended-range battery and rear-wheel drive, Mach-E has a targeted EPA-estimated range of at least 300 miles. In extended-range all-wheel-drive configurations, Mach-E is targeting 332 horsepower and 417 lb. -ft. Next-gen SYNC.
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Extendedrange and/or increased payloads. Lyten expects full production and market availability for MY 2025-2026 vehicles. Can be produced in cylindrical, pouch, and prismatic formats. On-shore cell manufacturing facilities proximate to OEMs. Faster charge times of less than 20 minutes. No conflict minerals.
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