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Efficient Drivetrains now offering OEM developer kit for plug-in hybrid solutions

Green Car Congress

(EDI), a developer of advanced hybrid and electric drivetrain solutions, has expanded its product portfolio to include the EDI PowerDrive electrification kit and developer support program for vehicle manufacturers moving to create a PHEV offering.

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Stuff We Use: What’s the Best Garage Lighting?

The Truth About Cars

& Thanks to the scourge of so-called high-efficiency lighting – or perhaps it is age and eyesight which seem to be inversely proportional as I blast beyond my 43rd trip around the sun – it never seems to be bright enough in my garage. .& And when I say ‘recommended’, what I actually mean is ‘vehemently instructed’.

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Bidirectional Charging Management (BCM) research project gets green light; tying in renewables

Green Car Congress

Not only will electric vehicles with bidirectional charging capability be able to draw electrical power for their high-voltage battery when plugged into a compatible charging station or wallbox, they will also have the ability to reverse the process and feed energy back into the power grid.

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2023 Alfa Romeo Tonale PHEV pricing and specifications: Stylish plug-in hybrid comes at a price in Australia

EV Central

The plug-in hybrid version of its new Tonale small SUV has gone on sale in Australia, priced from a chunky $77,500 before on-roads for the Alfa Romeo Tonale PHEV. The PHEV version includes a Dark Miron body kit with matte inserts, 19-inch diamond cut alloys, full LED Matrix headlights and Brembo red brake callipers.

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Volkswagen to introduce Golf plug-in hybrid at Geneva; first deliveries in autumn

Green Car Congress

Golf GTE plug-in hybrid. Volkswagen will formally unveil the Golf GTE—a new plug-in hybrid (PHEV) version of the Golf hatchback combining electric mobility with the dynamics of a Golf GTI—at the Geneva Motor Show next month. Click to enlarge. Golf GTE will arrive at dealers in the first markets world-wide in autumn 2014.

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BMW Group hits 100K electrified vehicle mark for this year, lights up Group HQ like a battery

Green Car Congress

In recognition of the miletone, BMW used a light installation to transform its Group headquarters—the world-famous “Four-Cylinder” in the north of Munich—on the evening of 18 December 2017 into a battery. This 99-meter-high signal is lighting the way into the era of electro-mobility. We deliver on our promises.

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ALTe Developing Series Plug-in Hybrid Powertrains for Conversion and OEM Applications

Green Car Congress

Rendering of the Gen 2 series plug-in hybrid powertrain under development. A Bloomfield, Michigan startup is developing light- and medium-duty series plug-in hybrid electric vehicle powertrain systems—initially as conversions, but ultimately extending to an OEM basis. Tags: Conversions Hybrids Plug-ins.