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UK Collaboration Develops Plug-in Hybrid Retrofit for Conventional Vehicles

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The development team retained the existing conventional front-wheel-drive system of the Combo but added an electric drive, powered via low-cost valve regulated lead-acid (VRLA) batteries, to the rear wheels. The ADDZEV consortium includes: Cranfield University. The approximately 4.8

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Axion supplying PbC batteries to Norfolk Southern for all-battery switcher and working on line-haul hybrid locomotives; micro-hybrid and stationary expansion

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The Crescent Corridor is a 2,500-mile (4,023-km) rail network supporting the supply chain from Memphis and New Orleans to New Jersey. Micro-hybrid testing against VRLA. NS’ main emphasis will be the line-haul, over-the-road locomotives, Granville said, which is where the real fuel savings and emissions reduction will accrue.

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