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EV battery test simulation technique helps OEM overcome fast-charge challenge

Green Car Congress

The work with Croda in considering different types of chemical as a battery coolant has provided valuable insight that has not only helped to overcome an existing challenge, but generated vital data that can streamline the development of new, more efficient EVs. —Kyle Thompson, one of the energy technologies team at Croda Europe.

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Ineos drives towards hydrogen car future – ET Auto

Baua Electric

Calder spoke from the UTAC vehicle test centre in Millbrook, a village north of London, where the hydrogen-powered vehicle quietly navigated dusty sharp bends and other obstacles. Hydrogen cars work thanks to the cleanest form of the gas combining with oxygen in a fuel cell to generate electricity.

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Insight becomes Science Museum piece

Green Cars News

Honda’s all-new Insight is being put to work by the Science Museum. Donning a bright livery that explains its petrol-electric hybrid technology and regenerative braking, the Insight has been transformed into an educational display that is functional too. Tags: Honda hybrid Insight museum science.

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Toyota Prius named WhatGreenCar of the Year

Green Cars News

The new Prius was chosen from a short-list of 10 green car finalists which were test-driven at Imperial College, London, by six of the UK’s leading green transport and environmental experts. litre petrol engine in place of the 1.5-litre Counter-intuitively, the new Prius uses a new four-cylinder, 1.8-litre

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Slow start for charge of the electric cars - Times Online

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

It ispleasingly quick but will still only manage 150 miles between charges, muchless than a tank of petrol, even if it costs only £1.50 Freight Bus was one of the losing entrants in London mayor Boris Johnson’scompetition to design a new bus for the capital. to charge overnight. Please read our Privacy Policy.To