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Moog has collaborated with Komatsu to build a fullyelectric compact wheel loader machine. The companies will demonstrate the connected and automation-ready, zero-emission, battery-powered machine at bauma 2022 from 24-30 October at Messe München.
The New York City Council passed a bill mandating that the city’s school bus fleet be fullyelectric by 1 September 2035. Of the 960 currently managed by the City, 885 would still be need to be converted from diesel to electric as the City had previously committed to converting 75 school buses.
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has announced an all-electric tugboat to serve the Port of San Diego. The eWolf will be first zero-emission tugboat in the US when it sets sail in 2023, hauling with it more than 6MWh of batterypower. All without using a single drop of fuel. Crowley Maritime Corp.
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Tesla’s all-electric “Giga Train,” which will transport employees to work at Gigafactory Berlin in Germany, has taken its first trip as operation was launched earlier this week. It is the first-ever fullyelectric, battery-powered train in Berlina and Brandenburg.
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ton model of the final design of the autonomous and fullyelectric container vessel Yara Birkeland ( earlier post ) was revealed as testing commenced at SINTEF Ocean’s 80-meter test tank facility in Trondheim. The vessel will be delivered and begin first tests and operations early 2019, and conduct fully autonomous operations in 2020.
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Better Place announced the grand opening of the company’s first electric vehicle (EV) battery switch demonstration center in Israel. Earlier post.). The Center, which includes 1 1.5-km
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(Redwood) will collaborate to create a supply chain to recycle Volkswagen and Audi electric vehicle batteries in the United States, with the goal of providing accessible and more sustainable electric mobility for American drivers. Volkswagen Group of America is aiming for 55% of its US sales to be fully-electric by 2030.
announced a battery and power electronics development and supply agreement and an investment in eNow, Inc., a provider of solar and batterypower systems that enable fully-electric Transport Refrigeration Units (eTRUs) for Class 8 commercial trailers. XL Fleet Corp.
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kWh lithium-ion battery pack (from the Jetta Hybrid), which stores the kinetic energy recovered from regenerative braking; assists in the starting phase of the fuel cell; and adds a dynamic boost to the maximum acceleration of the Golf SportWagen. The fuel cell and batterypower an electric motor adapted from the e-Golf.
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