Green Car Congress

JUNE 29, 2011

At an event held at the Royal Automobile Club, Pall Mall, London Gordon Murray Design unveiled its latest ultra-compact electric city vehicle, the T.27 In parallel with the announcement of the completion of the Gordon Murray Design T.27 In parallel with the announcement of the completion of the Gordon Murray Design T.27

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Zytek Li-ion Low Cost Design 218

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 2, 2011

UK-based clean vehicle technology specialist Zytek has won a £1.35-million Zytek will invest a further £3.65 Based at the company’s technical center in Staffordshire (UK), the new facility will create 44 jobs developing low carbon technologies for the automotive and other industries. million (US$2.2-million) million (US$5.9

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Zytek Energy Storage Clean Cleaning 230

Green Car Congress

MAY 12, 2010

Major elements of the new Zytek EV powertrain: inverter and power electronics (top); transmission (middle); and the air-cooled motor (right). UK-based Zytek Automotive is developing a third-generation electric vehicle powertrain. Zytek Automotive managing director Neil Heslington. Click to enlarge. Click to enlarge.

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Zytek Production Motoring Motor 199

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

Zytek has unveiled a fully engineered, electric version of the Mercedes A-Class that it developed in just ten weeks. Designed to demonstrate the capability of the company’s production-ready 55kW E-Drive electric powertrain, the five-seat electric family car project is a Zytek in-house activity and is entirely independent of Mercedes-Benz.

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Zytek Mercedes Electrical Electric 186

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 17, 2011

It promotes the development and application of new technology to take advantage of the increasing market opportunities for lower carbon vehicles. Zytek’s first experience with a high-performance electric sportscar was in 1997 when it converted a Lotus Elise to electric drive.

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Zytek Concept Motoring Motor 236

Green Car Congress

MARCH 11, 2012

The Morgan Plus E electric sports car features a five-speed manual gearbox and was designed by Morgan with the support of British technology specialists Zytek and Radshape. The Morgan Plus E concept will be powered by a derivative of Zytek’s production 70kW E-Drive, providing 300 N·m of torque. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

Ricardo will host a conference on the challenges and potential solutions for auxiliary power units (APUs), waste energy recovery, and parasitic loss reduction in electric and other low carbon vehicles. The conference will conclude with a comparison of range extended electric vehicles to other low carbon powertrain architectures.

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