Battery Powered Detroit Downsizing 
Green Car Congress
APRIL 6, 2017
Improving battery power to such as level would further enable hybridization to near-HEV levels as well as engine downsizing, thereby enabling fuel economy improvements beyond the current 10-15% MHEV limit.
Green Car Congress
AUGUST 25, 2009
Negotiations over GM’s sale of Opel to Magna or RHJ have stalled, with the German government favoring the Magna bid and GM preferring that of RHJ, according to an update report in the Detroit News. Continuing Opel’s strategy of downsizing, a new 103 kW (140 hp) 1.4 L/100 km (51.1 L/100 km (38.6 L/100km (39.9 L/100km (39.9
Green Car Congress
FEBRUARY 14, 2010
Electric vehicle’s cost-effectiveness improved with battery replacement and opportunity charging, but it was not enough to match the conventional platforms. For the electric-powered vehicles, the electricity cost is relatively low, reflecting the low cost of electricity and the high efficiency of batteries and motors.
Green Car Congress
JANUARY 11, 2012
Automotive supplier KSPG Automotive (formerly Kolbenschmidt Pierburg), a subsidiary of Rheinmetall AG, and FEV have jointly developed a concept for a compact, 30 kW range extender for battery-electric vehicles. The advantages of such power units lie in the fact that they reduce battery size and costs and lower additional related weight.
Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven
APRIL 21, 2009
which hopes to sell cars here in three to five years, used the Detroit Auto Show to display a prototype sedan it says can run 60 miles on batteries developed in-house and another 190 miles on a gas/electric system. The F6 DM uses ferrous batteries, with no lithium content, that BYD says are high-energy density and low cost.
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