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EVs to be showcased in London to Brighton electric vehicle rally

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From the Sinclair C5 to the Jaguar i -Pace – The Big Lemon London to Brighton electric vehicle rally is set to be a showcase of innovation across electric motoring and clean energy. The Big Lemon London to Brighton electric vehicle rally will be sponsored by EDF , Britain’s biggest generator of zero carbon electricity. Saloon cars.

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CPT presenting two papers at SAE World Congress on SpeedStart and TIGERS for 48V mild hybrid systems

Green Car Congress

SpeedStart and TIGERS technologies are aimed not only at the C-segment car platform represented by the Ford Focus, but also are relevant from the B-segment to the largest passenger car and rapidly growing SUV platforms. Due to the absence of rotor windings, SR machines possess low rotating inertias thus minimizing rotor losses.

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Ford Europe reveals Transit Smart Energy Concept; maximizing EV efficiency and range

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Ford anticipates beginning road-trials with the Transit Smart Energy Concept later this year after completing wind-tunnel tests, as the company seeks to develop new strategies to enhance the performance and driving range of electrified vehicles.

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Opinion: Debunking the mythsWhy fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEVs) are viable for the mass market

Green Car Congress

Whilst hydrogen today is extracted from natural gas and is already a global, multi-billion dollar industry used in a wide range of industrial applications, it is also produced from renewable sources like solar, wind or biogas without the need to use fossil fuels. Crucially the driver does not have to fill up again for several hundred miles.

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Ferrari’s Plug-in Hybrid One-Ups the Combustion Engine

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That front-drive mode gets the car a green light in cities like London and Rome as they begin to bar polluting cars from their downtown areas. Roma and his team are busily developing EVs, including the Lyric SUV and Celestiq sedan. But the tech is changing so fast that 10 years from now we’ll have a completely different discussion.”

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Smart-grid project matches wind to electric cars | Green Tech - CNET News

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The EDISON (Electric Vehicles in a Distributed and Integrated Market using Sustainable Energy and Open Networks) research consortium will seek to match power generation from wind turbines on the island of Bornholm, Denmark, with the power consumption of charging plug-in electric cars. The project is partly funded by the government of Denmark.

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