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Renault partners with R-FIT to launch electric retrofit kits in France

Green Car Congress

Renault is launching electric retrofit kits in France in partnership with R-FIT. These kits can be installed on the popular Renault 4, Renault 5 and first generation Twingo. The Renault 5 electric retrofit kit will go on sale in France in September 2023 while the kit for the Twingo will be made available at a later date.

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MAHLE combing advantages of SCT and MCT motors in new tech kit; new thermal management module

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MAHLE presented a new technology kit for electric motors that combines the advantages of its benchmark SCT (Superior Continuous Torque, earlier post ) and MCT (Magnet-free Contactless Transmitter) electric motors. Battery-electric vehicles offer MAHLE a sales potential almost three times higher than vehicles with combustion engines.

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CARB Executive Order certifies Toyota’s heavy-duty fuel cell electric powertrain kit as a Zero-Emission Powertrain (ZEP)

Green Car Congress

Toyota was earlier granted a Zero Emission Powertrain (ZEP) Executive Order (A-014-1170) from the California Air Resources Board (CARB) for its new heavy-duty fuel cell electric powertrain kit. The hydrogen-fueled powertrain kit includes a 200 kWh Li-ion battery; hydrogen fuel storage tanks (58.8 Earlier post.)

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Renault Group and Phoenix Mobility launch electric retrofit of commercial vehicles; Renault Master kit first

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Renault Group and Phoenix Mobility , a Grenoble-based company specializing in the conversion of commercial vehicles to electric power, have signed a letter of intent to form a strategic partnership for the development and commercial operation of a retrofit kit, the first of its kind in the French LCV market.

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Electrogenic Expands Its Range Of Drop-In, Plug-And-Play EV Conversion Kits

CleanTechnica EVs

The transition to electric mobility is well underway, with record market shares of EVs now a constant feature in new vehicle sales updates from a lot of markets around the world. For example, Norway increased its plug-in electric vehicle market share to 91.1% in April 2023, up from 84.2% year-over-year.

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Volkswagen ends e-Golf production in Dresden in preparation for ID.3 launch

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At the beginning of 2021, the production area of the Transparent Factory will be converted to meet the requirements of the Modular Electric Drive Kit (MEB). Measured by sales figures, the e-Golf is one of the most popular e-cars in Europe—especially with customers in Norway and the German home market.

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The Nissan Ariya NISMO looks like a badge engineering cash-grab

Electrek

It’s a more powerful, sporty, and body kit-clad version of the company’s only modern BEV offering and, for now, it will be limited to sale in the Japanese market. Nissan has announced a new performance trim level of the Ariya at the Tokyo Auto Salon 2024 show this week: Meet the Ariya NISMO.

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