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Mini Recharged is converting classic Minis to EVs with "bespoke upcycling" program

Green Car Reports

The Mini Recharged program will convert classic Minis to electric drive, with all changes reversible to protect the originality of donor cars, Mini said in a press release. The idea for the. Mini is launching an EV conversion program for classic cars.

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Electric Jeeps, Volvo C40 Recharge up close, 50 mpg for under $30,000: The Week in Reverse

Green Car Reports

Which company thinks that CVTs are a good idea for electric cars? We got an up-close look at the Volvo C40 Recharge electric vehicle and its rounded. Which automaker advised owners of its popular EV to park it outside?

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Volvo XC90 plug-in hybrid review, Chinese EV tariffs, retailers shun EV charging: Today’s Car News

Green Car Reports

Senators push the idea of new tariffs to keep out Chinese EVs. In a review of the 2024 Volvo XC90 Recharge, Green Car Reports found that this. Big-box retailers could be doing more to support EV charging. We revisit the XC90 plug-in hybrid. And could the Rivian R3 help EV revive small cars in America?

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This Idea Wasn't All Wet: The Sensing Water-Saving Shower Head Debuts

Cars That Think

In 2012, with California in the midst of a severe drought, Schneider, then a mechanical engineering graduate student at Stanford University , once again tossed out a “cool idea.” The general idea is really simple,” Schneider says. “A A lot of people have said they also thought of this idea.

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VW electric convertible, Volvo C40 Recharge debut, Nissan e-Hybrid efficiency: Today’s Car News

Green Car Reports

And VW teases the idea of an electric Cabriolet. Nissan hits a 50% thermal efficiency with an engine set for hybrid duty. Volvo reveals the first EV for its lineup that won’t get a gasoline equivalent. This and more, here at Green Car Reports. There aren’t any mass-market convertible electric cars.

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U Tokyo team proposes new high-capacity rechargeable battery system based on oxide-peroxide redox reaction

Green Car Congress

are proposing a new sealed rechargeable battery system operating on a redox reaction between an oxide (O 2- ) and a peroxide (O 2 2- ) in the cathode. Therefore, we have reached an idea that Li 2 O 2 would act as a 3 V-level cathode utilizing the redox couple of oxide (O 2? peroxide (O 2 2? ).

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Vale partners with Wabtec on ammonia fuel study and orders three FLXdrive battery electric locomotives

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Initially, we are maximizing energy efficiency, replacing the diesel locomotives in the dynamic helper with battery ones, but the idea is that, in the future, the other locomotives on the train can be fueled by ammonia. The FLXdrive locomotive’s energy management system recharges the batteries along the route as the train brakes.

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