Green Car Congress

APRIL 25, 2023

Toyota was earlier granted a Zero Emission Powertrain (ZEP) Executive Order (A-014-1170) from the California Air Resources Board (CARB) for its new heavy-duty fuel cell electric powertrain kit. The hydrogen-fueled powertrain kit includes a 200 kWh Li-ion battery; hydrogen fuel storage tanks (58.8 Earlier post.)

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Kits Los Angeles Emissions Kenworth 221

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 22, 2009

For years now, inventors and sellers of electric car conversion kits have been blasting traditional automakers for not providing the 100 m.p.g. Now, of course, Bright Automotive is ready to unveil the IDEA, with the expectation it will have 50,000 ready for sale in 2013. The 100 m.p.g. Right Now can be seen here.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

We believe such production models could be available for sale in three years."Furia DaimlerChrysler has presented plug-in hybrids in commercial vans that have enough room to store the batteries, but the technology is not quite ripe for cars."Plug-in losing sales to fuel-efficient cars from Toyota Motor Corp., Bloomberg ).

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