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Suzuki Swift Dzire Electric Car Conversion with Gears

Plug In India

By Atul Gopal We had an opportunity to visit Nothway Motorsports to check out their new electric car conversion kit. For a kitted car to handle well, you also need to understand suspensions. The petrol Dzire weighs around 915 kg and the diesel one at 965 kg. Unlike CNG kits, EV kits dont eat up the boot space.

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New Maruti Swift retains winning formula in a new avatar | Autocar Professional

Baua Electric

litre Z-series powertrain, which now features a three-cylinder layout for the petrol engine, christened Z12E, a downsize from the outgoing 1.2-litre, While the new Z-series unit gets a mild-hybrid system in overseas markets such as Japan, the India-spec model only gets an engine-idle-start-stop system. litre, four-cylinder, K12C unit.

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

They will buy a car and rent or lease the battery and the cost of leasing the battery will be the same as, or less than, the cost theyre paying today for petrol. On the other side are two allied car makers, Frances Renault SA and Japans Nissan Motor Co., "People wont buy a full car. USA Today ) 6/23/06 "General Motors Corp.,

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Electric Cars and a Smarter Grid - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

February 17, 2009 9:52 am Link Wireless transmission of electrical energy needs to be funded for effective liberty from petrol based fuel products to occur. We may have to wait for the next President unless circumstances and an enlightened electorate ( we can dream can’t we ) forces his hand. — AH2 14.

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