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CA Energy Commission awarding Wrightspeed $5.789M grant for retrofit range-extended electric powertrain for medium-duty commercial vehicles

Green Car Congress

Wrightspeed’s Geared Traction Drive integrates an electric motor, a two-speed gear box and an inverter. CEC also awarded $1,815,123 to Zero Motorcycles; $10 million to Tesla Motors; and $2,230,595 to Quallion LLC out of the same program. Wrightspeed made its first conversion kit for the Isuzu NPR. Source: Wrightspeed.

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EV conversion business profile: British Off Road, QLD

EV Central

This Australian Defence Force ute has been stripped of its Isuzu diesel engine and gifted a NetGain electric motor and Tesla batteries. We’re working on another Beetle right now, and a 2013 Land Rover Defender with Tesla motor is next. It’ll be the same with the electric motor. What motors do you use in your conversions?

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Tigor EV Highway Drive: Bengaluru - Coimbatore - Ooty - Mysuru

Plug In India

​​ Day 1 - The Tigor EV from Tata Motors in Bengaluru The Udyan Express reached KSR Bengaluru on time, after having been delayed by more than 50 minutes enroute. The check in was at 1330 hrs - and there were no unsanitized rooms available, so we decided to take an Ola to go to Kropex Motors, the Tata Motors dealer at Singasandra.