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ZF and start-up Levant Power partnering on first fully active, regenerative suspension for automobiles

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ZF Friedrichshafen AG has entered into a partnership with Levant Power Corp. Levant Power Corp., Previous attempts to achieve high-bandwidth active suspension have fallen short due to cost, complexity and power consumption. The recently agreed cooperation between ZF Friedrichshafen AG and Levant Power Corp.,

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Energica Ego Electric Superbike Beats 2 Teslas, Ferrari In 1/4-Mile (Video)

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Energica recently released a video that puts its Energica Ego electric superbike in direct competition with a variety of well known high-powered cars and motorcycles. plug-in cars electric motorcycles Zero Motorcycles Energica Ego P85D'

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Shell, Gordon Murray and Osamu Goto to develop new ultra-compact ICE city car

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The three parties last collaborated in 1988 on Ayrton Senna’s and Alain Prost’s Honda-powered, Shell-fueled race cars that won all but one Grands Prix that season, a record that still stands. City car Fuel Efficiency Personal Transit'

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Electric Car Manufacturers Inspire New Paradigms -- Seeking Alpha

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Creature comforts include air conditioning, power steering, sunroof, and electric windows and mirrors. There are at least a half dozen different technologies to power cars with electricity under construction. He said that the superiority of the steam powered car over the ICE was that you got full power and torque immediately.