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Ferrari’s Plug-in Hybrid One-Ups the Combustion Engine

Cars That Think

The world’s leading sports- and luxury-car brands, together with muscle-car mavens like Dodge, are now pushing the envelope of the relatively inefficient internal combustion engine (ICE). That front-drive mode gets the car a green light in cities like London and Rome as they begin to bar polluting cars from their downtown areas.

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BAE Systems launches parallel HybriDrive system for Class 6-8 vocational trucks

Green Car Congress

BAE Systems launched its parallel hybrid propulsion system for heavy-duty truck applications at the National Truck Equipment Association Work Truck Show in Indianapolis. The system can be installed with minimal impact to the vehicle, and enhances propulsion through an optimized blending of internal combustion engine power and electric power.

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The promise of wireless charging: smaller batteries, longer battery life, fewer charging stations

Charged EVs

Bob Kacergis: Our biggest one is IndyGo in Indianapolis. We also have a grocery delivery van with Waitrose in London. Charged : Tell me about your Kansas City International Airport project. The software will just rebalance and provide what the vehicle needs. Charged : Are there some other customers you can tell us about?