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Bosch testing fuel cell vans using its own fuel cell components

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With the two fuel cell vans, we are expanding our understanding of the system and showing that the fuel cell can also be a suitable drive solution for light commercial vehicles. After the required technical tests, the vehicles were granted official approval for road use.

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ALTe Powertrain and Inmatech form JV for hybrid electric storage devices; Li-ion cells, supercaps, and control electronics

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ALTe Powertrain Technologies, the developer of a Range Extended Electric Powertrain used to repower light commercial vehicles up to 26,000 GVW ( earlier post ), has signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) to form a joint venture with Inmatech, Inc. ,

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US Senators Introduce Bill to Expand Incentives for Natural Gas Vehicles

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1408 ), the purchase tax credit cap for a light-duty natural gas vehicle would be increased to $12,500, up from the current $5,000. The bill includes a “Sense of the Senate” provision that the Environmental Protection Agency should streamline the process for certification of natural gas vehicle retrofit kits.

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Ford Investing $550M to Retool SUV Plant to Produce Focus Small Car and EV

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The plant, formerly the Michigan Truck Plant and the production site for Ford Expedition and Lincoln Navigators SUVs, is one of three North American light truck plants Ford is retooling to build fuel-efficient global small cars in the coming years. The 2.866 million square-foot plant was built in 1957.

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£10 million fund ‘to kick-start the low carbon revolution’

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Local communities could be kitted out with a range of low carbon technologies including electric car charging points as part of a new fund opened for applicants today. Around a quarter of the UK’s greenhouse gas emissions come from heating, lighting and powering electrical appliances in homes.

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Optimistic EVs – the cure for range anxiety | Opinion

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In that time the big, stylish and reasonably spacious Mercedes did all kinds of duty, from ferrying multiple children to tipsy adults, picking up an electric drum kit and keeping it hidden in the boot until Christmas Eve and transporting unfeasible amounts of alcohol. 2024 Mercedes-Benz EQE 300 SUV.

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Never Recharge Your Consumer Electronics Again?

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One company that’s hoping to reduce our battery anxiety is Exeger , which wants to enable self-charging devices that convert ambient light into energy on the go. So our solar cell can convert any light energy to electrical energy. And now, we use the electrons to light the lamp or a motor or whatever we do with it.