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Volvo LX1 series hybrid wheel loader demonstrates 50% improvement in fuel efficiency; renewable diesel in the engine

Green Car Congress

With funding provided by the California Energy Commission, Volvo Construction Equipment (Volvo CE) demonstrated its LX1 prototype mid-sized (20 ton) hybrid-electric wheel loader ( earlier post ), a piece of equipment widely used in the construction, refuse, and agricultural industries, that achieved a 50% improvement in fuel efficiency.

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Electrify America to install 30 charging stations with battery energy storage at the Port of Long Beach for drayage trucks

Green Car Congress

Electrify America plans to install 30 electric fleet-dedicated chargers paired with battery energy storage systems (BESS) at the Port of Long Beach, California, as part of Electrify America’s $25-million “Green City” investment in the region at the Ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles.

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Magna forms e-powertrain joint venture in China with SAIC Motor subsidiary

Green Car Congress

Both partners will give the JV full support to develop localized core competencies in terms of market development, R&D, advanced manufacturing and key parts supply such as gearboxes, inverter components and motors. Magna’s Highly Integrated eDrive System LOW is a 76 kW (peak) unit designed for HEV and small EV applications.

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EV News: EV everywhere

Electric Auto Association

EV towing Ready for a serious haul Many EVs available today are engineered to tow substantial weight. EV manufacturing Volvo revolution Large-scale casting technology is now under implementation at the company’s Sweden plant. Volva mega-casting. Inifniti QS concept. 2022 Lincoln Aviator EV.

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Electric trucks like the Tesla Semi are nearing cost parity with diesel, EU studies show

Teslarati

This means that even vehicles like the Volvo VNR Electric Class 8 truck , which only has an operating range of 150 miles, could be utilized to their utmost potential. . Tesla, for its part, has noted that the Semi, which has been delayed for a few years now, is finally poised to begin deliveries later this year.

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Nissan Leaf – Taking Reservations

Revenge of the Electric Car

The only all-electric “highway-capable&# vehicle available today is the $109,000 Tesla Roadster. Some automakers rolled out limited editions of electric vehicles in the 1990s, only to scrap the models a few years later, in part because of a shortage of public charging stations. “I want the Leaf to succeed.

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