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Controlled Power Technologies and Advanced Lead-Acid Battery Consortium to unveil LC Super Hybrid at Geneva show; low-cost “micro-mild” demonstrator

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The production-ready technology offers the potential of a mass-market, gasoline-fueled family car with drivability, performance and 5.6 liter TSI gasoline engine, which delivers 158 hp and 250 N·m; the engine output of the LC Super Hybrid is generally equivalent to vehicles in the 2-liter class. Click to enlarge.

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Honda announces second plug-in vehicle testing program; Japan joins US, China may follow

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In the US program, the city of Torrance, California along with Stanford University and Google Inc., The vehicle can be operated in three drive modes: all-electric, gasoline-electric hybrid and engine drive modes. VRLA (lead-acid), Panasonic. Solar-powered charging station for the test vehicles. Click to enlarge. DC brushless.

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