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Fuel Cell Plug-in Hybrid Taxi Unveiled at London’s City Hall

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Intelligent Energy, Lotus Engineering, LTI Vehicles and TRW Conekt, with funding from the UK Government’s Technology Strategy Board, unveiled a full performance, zero-emissions Fuel Cell Hybrid London taxi. Acceleration from 0-30 mph takes 4.5 seconds; acceleration from 0-60 mph takes 14 seconds. . Earlier post.). F to +98.6 °F).

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Kreisel Electric expanding capacity with construction of new Li-ion battery plant

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Kreisel Electric, an Austrian developer and manufacturer of high-performance battery packs for electric mobility and stationary energy storage systems, is expanding its production capacity to 800,000 kWh per year with the construction of a new battery plant. from 120 to 267 miles. Kreisel has also swapped out VW’s 24.2

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Road-legal Fuel Cell Black Cabs make first appearance on London’s roads

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The project to deliver a fleet of the zero emission taxis to the streets of London in time for 2012 is on track, according to project fuel cell provider Intelligent Energy, with the first Fuel Cell Black Cabs covering a combined total of more than 8,000 miles in road and test track testing conditions.

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DLR developing four-passenger fuel cell aircraft

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The HY4’s electric motor has an output of 80 kW and allows for a maximum speed of approximately 200 km/h (124 mph) and a cruising speed of 145 kmh/h (90 mph). Depending on velocity, altitude and load, a range of between 750 and 1500 kilometers (466 to 932 miles) is possible. —Josef Kallo.

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Elithion ships Li-ion battery management systems to AvtoVaz for EL LADA EV

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The first batch of cars will become taxis in the Stavropol region in the near future. EL LADA is based on the LADA Kalina, and can accelerate to 130 km/h (81 mph), has a range of 150 km (93 miles), and can be charged from home outlets.

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Polaris to buy Global Electric Motorcars LLC (GEM) from Chrysler

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The GEM e2 two-passenger vehicle features six 12-volt flooded electrolyte batteries and a range of up to 35 miles on a charge. will acquire low-speed electric vehicle manufacturer Global Electric Motorcars LLC (GEM), a wholly-owned Fargo, N.D.-based To date, GEM cars have driven more than 450 million emission-free miles.

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Uber and Hyundai announce aerial ridesharing partnership, release new full-scale electric air taxi model at CES

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Uber and Hyundai Motor Company announced a new partnership to develop Uber Air Taxis for a future aerial ride share network and unveiled a new full-scale aircraft concept at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES). Hyundai is our first vehicle partner with experience of manufacturing passenger cars on a global scale.

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